What kind of textile art is?

 Textile Art

Textile Art is an art form using textile materials as its medium. The definition of textile art is a general term that include fiber art, knitwear, woven fiber, and embroidery. The possible subject matter of textile art ranges from the representation of images and figures to abstract shapes and patterns.

The types of materials used in textile arts include cloth, yarn, fiber, string, thread, or wire fabric. If a material is not fixed to another object that can move or be deformed it is considered a freeform material.

As for materials used in the production of textile art, cotton is one of the most common fibers made from plants. This can be spun into thread or yarn to be used for cloth making.

Fibers such as wool are usually made from animal hair such as sheep or goat (which can also be called "wool").

Silk is a type of protein fiber produced by silkworms that grows on spindles in their stomachs.

Recycled fibers like hemp are also becoming popular in today's society due to its biodegradable nature. Textile art which can also be known by the terms fiber art or  fabric art.

 

Types of Textile Art

 There are two types of textile art

1. Consumer art

1. Technical art

• Consumer Textiles

Textiles have an assortment of uses, the most common of which are for clothing and for containers such as bags and baskets. In the household, textiles are used in carpeting, upholstered furnishings, window shades, towels, coverings for tables, beds, and other flat surfaces, and in art. Textiles are used in many traditional hand crafts such as sewing, quilting, and embroidery.

• Technical textiles

Textiles produced for industrial purposes, and designed and chosen for technical characteristics beyond their appearance, are commonly referred to as technical textiles. Technical textiles include textile structures for automotive applications, medical textiles (such as implants), geotextile (reinforcement embankments), protective clothing (such as clothing resistant to heat and radiation for fire fighter clothing, against molten metals for welders, stab protection, and bullet proof vests).