Fast Fabric For Fashion Inovation Erasmus Project

Project Title

Fast Fabric For Fashion Inovation

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

The project ‘Fast Fabrics For Fashion Inovation = FASHION’ is aimed to learn, develop and improve participants’ professional and transferable skills and competences. The secondary schools from Portugal, Latvia and the Czech Republic will cooperate in modifications of plain fabrics with using different techniques changing their surface, color or patterns. Handmade modificated fabrics will be used for designing and creating/sewing various garmens and their presentation in an international fashion show and national exhibitions. Since the schools prepare students for their professional career, the activities are focused on aspects of diversity in the textile/fashion production in the European regions with various traditions and roots.

The main objectives concerning to the students and teachers are:
1) learn 5 new techniques for modificating textile fabrics. The main aim of workshops is to change the plain fabrics/materials with using different methods of patterning, processing or changing structures.
2) work with the exact sizes of fabrics and remodel them to pieces of clothes
3) increase participants ability to describe procedure of techniques in a detailed manual (description and / or video)
5) show and learn how to promote own abilities, creativity, professional skills and final products made during the project – final fashion show and exhibitions
6) create promotional, educational materials and products related to the textile handmade craft showing its diversity and possibilities

About 150 participants (90 in international workshops) will be involved in the project, most consisting of students (age 16-19) and their vocational teachers who will plan, implement, produce, assess and disseminate activities and outcomes gained in the project.The opening workshop is planned only for the teachers and its main goal is to teach the techniques in advance for better estimations and planning the workshops for students. The aim of the following three workshops is learning different techniques of fabric modifications that can be used for plain/ordinary fabrics. In Portugal the participants will deal with technigues which change colors and patterns (tie dye + wax batik and lino print). In the Czech Republic they will work with the textile structure/surface of the processed textile and change it with heat and nuno felting. In Latvia they will learn Devoré (burnout) technique which combines changes in surface and colors with chemicals agents. However, the main goal of the project is not to produce textiles by these techniques, but to learn the individual techniques step by step and design and create and/or sew garments from the modified textiles. The final workshop and activities include the presentation of the produced garments at the national / international fashion shows and national exhibitions. The exhibited clothing accompanying with printed catalogues, photographs, videos and tutorials will be used by each school as a study resources and promotional materials for the Erasmus + programme.

Proposed activities address traditional and contemporary textile arts, as well as analyzing, developing materials, semantics and technicians of textile objects, and applying new processes / techniques and new materials / materials. Experience has shown that the requirements of theoretical knowledge overbalance practical vocational skills and craftsmanships in vocational education. Handicrafts which require a combination of creativity and handwork have not been very popular nowadays. Students are interested in digital technologies, graphic design, photography, which are fields that are primarily focused on computers. The schools have realized a ceramic project which helped to increase students´interests in study. We hope that a similar situation will happen in fashion/textile design. The most significant objectives of motivation are to create conditions (workshops) in which are people willing to improve own skillfulness with interests and enthusiasm, expand the techniques taught at schools and increase the professional skills of graduates.

It is believed that the project will help students and teachers to improve and enhance not only their professional and vocational skills but also transferable competences so important for their employability and increase interests of future students in studies at vocational schools.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 69528 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stredni umeleckoprumyslova skola keramicka a sklarska Karlovy Vary, prispevkova organizace & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis
• Profesionalas izglitibas kompetences centrs “Rigas Dizaina un makslas vidusskola”