Beyond the boundary between art and design

Emphasis is placed on the achievement of techniques and skills necessary to realize actual works from imagination. In this way students can face materials with full ability to create both 2D and 3D works, and establish their own identity as an artist. An additional objective is to develop a wide-ranging creativity that goes beyond various genres to achieve a flexible attitude incorporating the various textile disciplines of weaving, dyeing etc. Here, we encourage artists to utilize various materials in exploring their own way of expression, from traditional to avant garde, and designers who keep in mind the needs of the market.

Department profile (May 2009):

Total undergraduate students: 151
(M: 18; F: 133)

Overseas undergrad students: 0

Fulltime faculty: 5
Part-time lecturers: 11

Professors:

AGANO Machiko
ICHIMURA Fumio
TAKAYA Mitsuo
TOBA Mika
SUZUKI Junko

Profiles in Japanese here

Textile Design Curriculum
1st year & 2nd year: Students are introduced to traditional basics of dyeing to enable them to express themselves freely; from how to look at and depict objects, and production work including stencil dyeing, wax-resist dyeing, silk screen, weaving and fiber art. Techniques are learned step-by-step, together with the use of various tools.These two years are demanding, but rewarding in terms of discovering the fascination of textiles.

1st year: Basic 3D 1, sketching 1 & 2, basic expression 1 (stencil dyeing), basic expression 2 (silk screen), basic expression 3 (wax resist dying), basic expression 4 (weaving)

2nd year: Basic 3D 2, sketching 3 & 4, basic craft 1 (wax resist dyeing), basic craft 2 (weaving), basic design 1 (silk screen), basic design 2 (stencil dyeing)

3rd year & 4th year: Students choose the techniques that they find most interesting from their basic studies, and work with their academic supervisors to produce their original works. Students set their own themes and produce 6 – 8 pieces over two years, and can change techniques according to preference. Through this free work they will achieve the ability to think independently as practicing artists in the real world.
3rd year: Study of expressions 1 & 2, Textiles 1 – 4 (free production)

4th year: Textiles 5 (free production), graduation work