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Jasmine Carroll
artist & educator
2nd year textiles
Aim:
To explore shape to create an A6 textile fabric book based on the theme 'Memories Worth Passing On'
Lesson 1
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Discussing who we could interview for the textile book, and what questions could be asked
Lesson 2
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Mindmapping the interview, what story can we tell?
Lesson 3
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Students show and tell their primary source objects before creating a storyboard to design the start, middle and end of their textile book
Lesson 4
Making templates for the textile book pages and cover out of cardboard, measuring and cutting out
Lesson 5
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Stitching bootcamp: Learning and practicing how to thread and cast on a needle
Learning and practicing how to start and complete a straight stitch
Lesson 6
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Stitching bootcamp: Learning and practicing how to cast off a needle and how to start and complete a blanket stitch
Creating book pages out of fabric using cardboard templates
Lesson 7
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Stitching bootcamp: Learning and practicing how to appliqué and french knot
Refining and realising page 1 in the textiles book
Lesson 8
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Refining and realising page 2 in the textiles book
Lesson 9
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Refining and realising page 3 in the textiles book
Lesson 10
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Catch up lesson: allowing students to continue working on their page 1, 2 and 3 of their textiles book
Lesson 11
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Working on the title of the cover page, students select one short word to describe their story
Lesson 12
SS: Louise Bourgeois: Ode à l'Oubli (2004)
Assembling the textiles book to create the realised final artefact
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