Why teach textiles

Marina Moskowitz at mmoskowitz wisc. Join Our Email List. Become a Volunteer. Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer Community Texture. Deadline : Monday September 23, View Opportunity. Become A Member. I became obsessed with the tactile feel and the versatility that fabric offers.

My main focus became free motion thread work and colour theory. I gained as much textiles education as possible, from night courses on drawing and watercolour painting, to taking every fibre artist workshop I could. Teaching came next — another great way to learn. An important goal of mine was to complete a textiles education course and achieve a City and Guilds certificate.

Taking a distance textiles education course suited me very well. I value being able to work at my own pace, however, what I have appreciate the most is the opportunity to be creative and to work outside the box.

Each portfolio is structured on a similar format but the outcome of work is individualised. I have pushed myself into directions, such as using programmed stitches to create design, I would have never gone to otherwise. The first 5 of the 12 portfolios taught me some incredible ways to create design, developing my ability to do abstract art. By becoming immersed in the subject, the rest of the levels provided opportunities to create more in depth fibre art pieces.

With my process I create a coloured drawing in a similar proportion to the final piece. Without a shadow of a doubt, the thing I enjoy the most is seeing the students learn. That may sound really daft, but at the end of the year when you see their garments on a model or in a fashion show - after all the hard work and stress that went into making them, it's absolutely fantastic. I'm pregnant at the moment so I'll be leaving in a couple of months, but I'm coming back in September.

I'm not a stay-at-home mum, so I'm not abandoning ship altogether. The textiles teacher. Topics Further education College voices. Reuse this content.