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You are curious, drawn to color and texture.
Look around. You are surrounded by fiber and textiles designed and produced for clothing, upholstery, window treatments, and floor coverings. The mysteries of these constructions are revealed in our fiber studio.
Your fiber study at the International School of Art & Design at Finlandia University will prepare you for a career in Fiber/Fashion Design whether you choose to work in industry or own and operate your own design business.
Inspired by the spirit of design study in Finland, the International School of Art & Design fosters the thoughtful integration of materials and processes allowing you to explore and develop your own path in the fiber arts. We begin our studies with structures - spinning, knitting, weaving, and felting fibers together - to understand the fundations of textiles. Using wool, cotton, linen, silk and nontraditional materials including paper, metal, plastics and found objects you will test and explore material potentials. You will then explore the rich potentials of textile surface manipulation through dyeing, printing, and sewing including historical and contemporary cultural studies.
Students learn the garment design methods of pattern drafting and draping. CAD design for garment is integrated. Jacquard design for upholstry allows students to design for industry with the latest software, and student designs are woven at a mill. Students in dyeing and printing develop their own line of cloth for interiors or garments. Weavers find our looms varied from four- and eight-harness jack looms to a 24-harness computer aided AVL.
You will create your own path of study through the wonders of the fiber studio. The journey is transformative.
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