Textile designing is all about making patterns for cloth which can be used in various applications. It is generally used in clothing, household textiles and decorative textiles such as carpets. The field encompasses the actual pattern making as well as supervising part or all of the production process. In other words, textile design is a process from the raw material into finished product. Fiber, yarn and finishes are the key elements to be considered during the textile design procedure.
As mentioned in the previous article
Textile designs are broadly classified into 4 categories;
FLORAL DESIGNS
This section basically consists of all types of floral prints as its name. Motifs of different flowers found in nature are used and reproduced as prints; most common ones are roses,sunflowers, tulips, jasmines, shoe flowers etc.
Leaves, thorns are also used;another type of design in this section is the Bamboo print. Floral designs are most loved by the textile designers and are reproduced since ages. The end uses of these printed fabrics are endless.
Hot favorites with the designers it is used for apparel wears, home furnishing, interiors and decorative textiles. The layouts can be anything from tossed, one directional,2 directional, packed and border.
GEOMETRIC DESIGNS;
These include all types of shapes, lines, circles etc. The designs created from lines give an interesting look of stripes and checks are more used for shirting purposes. Polka dot prints are one of the most common prints which fall in this category.
Another common print is the abstract print created with combination of different shapes mainly finds it s use in casual wears. Plaids are great geometric designs and are created in monotones or neutral colors to give it a subtle look.
CONVERSATIONAL DESIGNS:
These include the nursery prints, landscapes, cityscapes, animal skin prints, mythological print, newspaper print etc. Basically whatever found in nature and manmade is converted in design form, e.g.: A space ship made by man can be used as a print on a fabric or the beautiful sunset scene can be used as a print.
A nursery print is a print which is very popularly used for kids wear and nowadays it is a craze on casual wears too. These prints include motifs of alphabets, numbers, toys, cartoon creatures anything and everything loved by children.
A mythological print is a print which is created by designers using their imaginations like angel motifs, mermaids; dragons etc are used to create these prints, something from the fantasy world.
Animal skin prints are replacements of the real animal skins which people used and now is banned as per the PETA and environment Act for endangered species.This print gives a sexy and exotic look and makes wonders when used in the right way on home furnishings, apparel wears and even accessories like shoes, belts and name it.
ETHNIC DESIGNS:
These are one of the most favorite categories of Textile Designers and very much in vogue nowadays. They include the traditional prints of that particular region. Paisley a common motif finds its place in this category of designs, very commonly seen on Kashmiri shawls, Turkish fabrics indeed giving the textile a Persian look. Similarly the Ikat print is also considered as an ethnic print.
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