IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING THE STRUCTURES OF TEXTILES
Overview
The Early Textiles Study Group offers a two-part course in English on identifying textile structures. The course is intended for people of any age who have to analyse and describe early textiles as part of their employment or research work. It is suitable for people with some practical experience of textiles already i.e. with some weaving experience and/or work already undertaken with archaeological or historical textiles. Each part of the course will take two weeks. Part 1 will be on simple weaves and Part 2 on complex weaves (‘complex’ defined as made on a loom with a figure harness). People wishing to take Part 2 will be asked to take Part 1 first.
The next Part 1 is scheduled for 9-20 May 2022 and the following Part 1 will be 11-22 July 2022. The venue for both will be Britannia Mills, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, HD7 5HE. https://en-gb.facebook.com/theloftspaceBritanniaMills/
The tutors will be textile archaeologist Hero Granger-Taylor and weaver Ruth Gilbert.
The number of participants is limited to 10 and the charge per participant will be £350.
For further details please contact both tutors:
Hero Granger-Taylor, hero@granger-taylor.com
Ruth Gilbert, plainweave879@btinternet.com
Part 1 will cover the range of simple weaves (for details, see course outline). We shall take a broader view of early textiles than the CIETA course (https://cieta.fr/courses/) and cover in addition linking and looping, twining, pile structures, and weaving to shape. Participants will learn how to analyse and record structures using samples of different fabrics, a standard form and agreed terminology. They will also be introduced to different formats of weave diagram. Types of looms and how these may affect fabric structure will be discussed and some simple weaving undertaken to give a proper understanding of the process. Our aim in particular will be to increase the confidence of participants in their analytical skills, needed especially when faced with unfamiliar or poorly-preserved surviving textiles.
The specific learning outcomes for Part 1 are:
An initial Part 2 will take place 28 March - 8 April 2022, and a second 5-16 September 2022, both in London.
The tutors for Part 2 will be anthropologist Sophie Desrosiers and historian Lisa Monnas, both specialists in European medieval textiles. Sophie Desrosiers has in the past been the tutor for the CIETA ‘sessions techniques’.
The next Part 1 is scheduled for 9-20 May 2022 and the following Part 1 will be 11-22 July 2022. The venue for both will be Britannia Mills, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, HD7 5HE. https://en-gb.facebook.com/theloftspaceBritanniaMills/
The tutors will be textile archaeologist Hero Granger-Taylor and weaver Ruth Gilbert.
The number of participants is limited to 10 and the charge per participant will be £350.
For further details please contact both tutors:
Hero Granger-Taylor, hero@granger-taylor.com
Ruth Gilbert, plainweave879@btinternet.com
Part 1 will cover the range of simple weaves (for details, see course outline). We shall take a broader view of early textiles than the CIETA course (https://cieta.fr/courses/) and cover in addition linking and looping, twining, pile structures, and weaving to shape. Participants will learn how to analyse and record structures using samples of different fabrics, a standard form and agreed terminology. They will also be introduced to different formats of weave diagram. Types of looms and how these may affect fabric structure will be discussed and some simple weaving undertaken to give a proper understanding of the process. Our aim in particular will be to increase the confidence of participants in their analytical skills, needed especially when faced with unfamiliar or poorly-preserved surviving textiles.
The specific learning outcomes for Part 1 are:
- to be able to identify basic weave structures and their variants
- to be able to record in a standard format any structures analysed
- to learn to use internationally-agreed terminology (CIETA)
- to understand the relationship between looms and fabric structure
An initial Part 2 will take place 28 March - 8 April 2022, and a second 5-16 September 2022, both in London.
The tutors for Part 2 will be anthropologist Sophie Desrosiers and historian Lisa Monnas, both specialists in European medieval textiles. Sophie Desrosiers has in the past been the tutor for the CIETA ‘sessions techniques’.
