Textile Update

Textile Update


Latest Episodes

Fiber Properties 1A
January 14, 2021

Our first podcast focuses on the properties of fibers that make the textiles we make out of these fibers behave in different ways.

Season 3 Introduction
January 14, 2021

I start a new season of the podcast with each new session of my Textiles course.

Functional Finishes B
August 01, 2020

Water, stains, we can repel them all! Radiation, Fire, no problem!

Functional Finishes A
August 01, 2020

Changing the properties of textiles is the goal of functional finishing.

Aesthetic Finishes B
July 31, 2020

Besides Luster and Hand, we can change the Design or Texture of fabrics.

Aesthetics Finishes A
July 31, 2020

Aesthetic finishes are used to change the look or feel of fabric by changing the luster or the hand.

Routine Finishes
July 30, 2020

Routine finishes include bleaching, ironing and tentering.

Printing C
July 30, 2020

Printing and dyeing can have some quality issues that it is helpful to understand.

Printing B
July 30, 2020

Direct printing also includes screen printing and inkjet printing while indirect printing solves a problem we have since the invention of synthetic polymers.

Printing A
July 30, 2020

The methods used for printing have developed over time.