Jacquard workshop class 1電腦提花密集班第一班結束

This week had been an intense week. Eight students of different ages and occupations learned how to design Jacquard fabric and weave it.
電腦提花密集班第一班已經結束，八位來自不同地方、不同年齡和職業的學員，在五天內都學會如何設計提花檔案，並織出成品來。

There are three topics of this workshop: damask, shade weaving and multi-color weave ( weft-backed weave). Students can weave one small test piece after each topic and weave a bigger piece at the end. They are not familiar with hand weaving and spend too much time on weaving. The last piece was finished at 1:30 am Saturday. It would be better if all students can see other people's final works and had discussion. I am sorry about that we miss the most important part of learning--critique. This is the first time that I lost control of the progress of this kind of workshop.
課程中介紹不同的織法，學員可織一個試片。雖然是小小一片，但耗掉不少時間，使得最後的大作品在星期六凌晨一點半才全部織完。結果沒辦法大家一齊討論最後的作品，而這個部分是學習中最重要的部分！這也是密集班課程第一次進度失控，許多人太執著於要親自織出來，但我覺得檢討或討論作品會比親手織布來得重要。畢竟用一百多萬(十年前價格)又不太能操的織布機來練習丟梭子，是有點不智的。



Fist test

 



Test of shade weaving



Test of weft-backed weave



Students with their final works