Textile Design: Upcycling Clothes with Experimental Techniques
A course by Giselle Manzano Ramírez , Designer and Artist
Joined December 2019
Combine innovative reverse dye techniques with unconventional objects to create unique, sustainable garments in your own personal style
Combine innovative reverse dye techniques with unconventional objects to create unique, sustainable garments in your own personal style
Joined December 2019
“I believe in art and fashion as healing practices. They help people express their feelings, develop insights, and make sense of difficult life experiences.”
Designer and artist Giselle Manzano Ramírez aims to empower people through fashion, using clothing as a canvas to convey meaning and emotion. She has worked with organizations like the NYC Department of Sanitation and hosted workshops at Pratt Institute, among others.
In this online course, she teaches you how to explore a garment as a medium for expression through experimental techniques. Learn the skills needed to give your garments a second life and transform a jacket into a work of art. Visual communication, design, art, and fashion are the keys to changing the world. Are you ready to explore their power?
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 25 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (42)
- 2,103 students
- 14 lessons (1h 43m)
- 25 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Transform a vintage jacket into a piece of art using different bleaching techniques in combination with unconventional objects.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone who wants to experiment with unconventional materials to transform clothing into wearable art.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is required.
In terms of materials, you will need household bleach, hydrogen peroxide, elastic bands, a bucket, spray and squeeze bottles, and other materials specified by the teacher in the course.
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A course by Giselle Manzano Ramírez
Giselle Manzano Ramírez is a Colombian designer and artist based in Brooklyn. As a child, she was always creative, excelling in art at school and designing for friends and family from a young age. She went on to study graphic design and visual communication, and later fell in love with fashion in New York City. She then started redesigning her own clothes before going on to become a fashion stylist and curator.
Since then, Giselle has combined her love for both graphic design and fashion to design window displays, visual merchandising, lookbooks, branding, and advertising for vintage fashion boutiques. Through working with ReFashion Week 2020, she collaborated with the NYC Department of Sanitation and DonateNYC, and has given conferences and workshops at Pratt Institute, among others. As a graphic designer, her clients include Condé Nast, Candy Pratts Price (Vogue), and the Colombian Embassy in NYC. She also collaborates with emerging artists as part of her mission to empower people through fashion.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Materials, Tools, and Research
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Materials and Tools
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Psychology of Color
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Building a Visual Narrative: Defining the Theme and Message
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U3
Bleaching, Printing, and Embellishing the Garment
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Fabrics and Outcomes
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Shibori Reverse Dyeing Technique 1
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Shibori Reverse Dyeing Technique 2
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Shibori on a Garment
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Printmaking with Everyday Objects
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Surface Embellishments
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U4
Creating Outfits and Other Applications
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Planning a Whole Outfit
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Other Techniques and Applications
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Resources to Sell Your Pieces
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FP
Final project
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Textile Design: Upcycling Clothes with Experimental Techniques
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ravenscrofttextilestudio
This course is very exciting. As my studio is 1 klm away from the house I need to know how to download the course as I am not online down at the studio.
Your help would be appreciated.