Textile Studio · Design and Technology textiles project
Preview your screen print.
See how your screen print will look on a garment. Type a slogan or upload your own artwork, choose colours and size, and turn the 3D garment to check the design from every side.
Choose a garment and a garment colour. Add text or a graphic, or upload your own picture, then change its size, position and colour. Switch between screen print, puff print and embroidery, and turn the garment to check the design from every side.
What you will learn
- Explain how screen printing works: one screen for each colour, with ink pushed through a stencil.
- Judge size, position and colour contrast for a printed garment.
- Simplify artwork to fewer colours to cut cost and make it practical to print.
Design challenge
- Choose who the garment is for and where it will be worn.
- Upload your own artwork, or type a slogan, and place it on the front.
- Count the colours in your artwork. Each colour needs its own screen, so say how many screens you would need and what you could simplify.
- Try the print on a dark and a light garment. Which colours still show up?
- Copy the specification and add two reasons for your choices.
Reflect
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Curriculum links
KS3 National Curriculum, Design and technology
- Design “develop and communicate design ideas using annotated sketches, detailed plans, 3-D and mathematical modelling, oral and digital presentations and computer-based tools”
- Evaluate “test, evaluate and refine their ideas and products against a specification”
GCSE Design and technology subject content
- Materials “natural, synthetic, blended and mixed fibres, and woven, non-woven and knitted textiles”
- Finishes “appropriate surface treatments and finishes that can be applied for functional and aesthetic purposes”
- Scale “alternative processes that can be used to manufacture products to different scales of production”
Statements are quoted from the Department for Education documents linked above. Exam boards word the GCSE content in their own specifications, so check yours before using this page for assessment evidence.