Course Title: Produce screen printed textiles

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2016

Course Code: MANU5921C

Course Title: Produce screen printed textiles

School: 350T Fashion & Textiles

Campus: Brunswick Campus

Program: C4218 - Certificate IV in Textile Design and Development

Course Contact: Peter Bonnell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9171

Course Contact Email: peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 80

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Nil

Course Description

This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge required to  apply screen printing techniques used to produce screen print designs on textiles.

This course is delivered concurrently with LMTTD4013A Prepare stencils and screens for textile printing.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

LMTTD4005A Produce screen printed textiles

Element:

1. Interpret production requirements

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Design specifications are analysed and discussed with appropriate personnel to confirm production requirements
1.2 Desired effects of screen printing are identified and appropriate printing technique selected to achieve required design outcome   
1.3 Textile substrates and quantities are selected according to design requirements
1.4 Stencil techniques, stencil types, masters, screen types, meshes and medium are selected according to requirements of printing technique, substrate and design
 

Element:

2. Apply screen printing procedure

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Workstation, tools and equipment are set up according to specifications for work.
2.2 Substrates are prepared and checked against quality standards 
2.3 Stencil masters, meshes and screens are prepared for printing according  to requirements for selected printing technique
2.4 Printing set up is prepared.
2.5 Screen printing techniques are applied to meet design specifications for sample and according to OHS practices

Element:

3. Produce Textile printed sample

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Strike off is checked against design specifications to ensure quality standards are met 
3.2 Printing faults and production problems are identified and causes determined   
3.3 Printing process, technique and medium used are analysed to determine necessary modifications to printing techniques, processes or materials
3.4 Sample is printed
3.5 Screen print is finished and housekeeping completed
3.6 Outcomes are examined with appropriate personnel and possible 
3.7 Required documentation is completed


Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

This course is delivered in a studio / workshop environment. A range of learning activities and tasks have been designed to allow students to demonstrate competency. 
Please note - not all learning activities are assessment tasks, participants will be advised well in advance if an assessment is taking place.


Teaching Schedule

 


 

 

                       

Session 1

Screen selection and reclaiming, labelling, storage, studio practice.                                                                                               

 
Session 2 Design work bought to class. Screen printing effects are identified.Design conversion options discussed  
Session 3 Opaque media selected. Prepare stencils and screens for photographic exposure. Colour mixing and testing  on appropriate substrates.  
Session 4 Developing,mixing and testing colour palette. Recording recipes, specification sheets Analysing swatch books and swatch book construction, professional presentation, examples, how to make.  
Session 5 Testing samples, workstation set up – preparing tables and stapling fabric, stops and registration rail use, squeegee selection.   
Session 6 Produce screen printed textiles. Substrate preparation – laundering, pre shrinking.
Strike off, printing techniques including flood coat and dry pull.
 
Session 7  Continue tests, colourways. Swatch book construction. Prints checked and quality examined. Screens reclaimed and checked. 
 
 
Session 8 Required documentation and final housekeeping is completed  
Session 9               

 Length Repeats, technical notes, demonstration, stop setting, brackets, workstation set up, screen and preparation Substrate preparation – laundering, pre shrinking. Strike off, printing techniques including flood coat and dry pull. Printing using stops and rail, wash and dry between prints

 
Session 10

 Analyse design specifications and interpret production requirements. Create stencils

 
Session 11

 Stencil masters, meshes and screens are prepared for printing according to requirements for selected printing technique

 
Session 12

 Strike off is checked against design specifications to ensure quality standards are met  Documentation completed in technical file. 
Prints checked and quality examined.

 
 Session 13                                
Testing length repeat, workstation set up – preparing tables and stapling fabric, stops and registration rail use, squeegee selection. Printing process, technique and medium used are analysed to determine necessary modifications to printing techniques, processes or materials  
 Session 14  Finalise tests – length repeat, colourways. Swatch book construction. Documentation completed in technical file.  
 Session 15

 Screen prints are finished and outcomes are examined with appropriate personnel

Final Assessment submitted

 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

 

Prescribed Texts
McNamara,Andrea and Snelling,Patrick (1995) 
Design and Practice for Printed Textiles 
Oxford University Press Melbourne, Australia 

Joyce,Carol (1993) 
Textile Design 
Watson Guptill Publications 
New York, USA 

Phillips,Peter and Bruce,Gillian (1993) 
Repeat Patterns 
Thames and Hudson Ltd 
Slovenia 

Fisher,Richard and Wolfthal,Dorothy (1987) 
Textile Print Design 
Fairchild Publications 
USA 

Adam, Robert and Robertson, Carol (2003) 
Screen Printing the complete water based system 
Thames and Hudson Inc., 500Fifth Avenue, 
New York, New York 10110

 

 

Other Resources

Many materials used in this course will be covered by a materials fee and will be provided in class for example- fabric, paper, pigment, binder, photographic emulsion and film. It is essential that you have a personal kit as well. This class requires a basic set of equipment that must be bought to and used in class. Please make sure you are equipped with these materials at the beginning of the program. 


• 30 cm steel ruler 
• Set square 
• Sharp scissors 
• Glue stick 
• Cutting knife with replaceable blades 
• Pacer 
• Fine liners 
• A3 size visual diary 
• Brushes – round 00, 1, 3, 6, 10 

• Black permanent marker 
• 1 pair of household rubber gloves ( from supermarket)

 

 


Overview of Assessment

Assessment tasks have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner.

Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including a range of tasks designed to develop techincal expertise and ability to produce screen printed textiles.

Observational checklists, practical tasks, technical file containing printed samples and documentation.
Students will be awarded a grade only if competency has been demonstrated within the standard enrolment period on the first assessment attempt.

Units assessed as ‘not yet competent’ on a first assessment attempt and ‘competent’ on a second or subsequent attempt are to have results amended to competent but are not eligible for grading.

Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher.
All work must be submitted by the due date.

Late submission will not be graded higher than a PASS.


Assessment Tasks

 

You will undertake 2 Assessment Tasks.

  1. Experimental Swatch book 
  2. Length Repeat - 1 colour Swiss repeat

Detailed Project briefs, submission items and Assessment criteria provided in class sessions and are available on Blackboard.

*Please note that this course will be graded CHD, CDI, CC, CAG or NYC


Assessment Matrix

 

Assessment Matrix
  Swatch book Length Repeat Technical File 
 
Interpret production requirements X X X
Apply screen printing procedure
 
X X X
Produce Textile printed sample
 
X X  

 

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