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Clear starting points for materials, design, process, production and the industry around them.
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Foundations worth returning to.
These concise educational articles are designed as reliable starting points, not substitutes for material practice or specialist instruction.
What Is Textile Design?
A practical introduction to designing colour, pattern, surface and structure for textiles.
Understanding Warp and Weft
Learn the two thread directions that form the foundation of woven fabric.
What Is Jacquard?
A high-level look at pattern created through controlled woven structure.
Introduction to Digital Textile Printing
How digital artwork becomes colour and pattern on prepared textile surfaces.
Screen Printing Explained
An accessible overview of how screens, colour and registration build a textile print.
Understanding Textile Fibres
A starting point for understanding the materials from which textiles are made.
Textile Quality Control Basics
Why consistent observation and standards matter across textile production.
Careers in the Textile Industry
Explore the varied creative, technical and commercial work behind textile products.
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Explore how ARTEX connects textile fundamentals with making and industry context.