COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN AND APPLICATION I (RUG-CARPET WEAVINGS)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GES 6131 DESIGN AND APPLICATION I (RUG-CARPET WEAVINGS) ELECTIVE 2 2 0 10

Offered By

Traditional Turkish Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GONCA KARAVAR

Offered to

Traditional Turkish Arts

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach the students what kind of materials the traditional carpets and plain weavings have been made of, by which technique and by which loom; to have them weave by using carpet, rug and plain weavings techniques, and have them gain problem solving ability for possible problems in the course of design, theory and application, and have them make original designs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   classify traditional carpets and plain weavings in accordance with weaving techniques,
2   develop original designs within the scope of a selected subject,
3   turn on carpet weaving loom,
4   program preparations before weaving process,
5   apply traditional carpet and plain weaving techniques,
6   convert their designs into products,
7   present the products effectively.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Raw materials used for carpet, rug and plain weavings; thread making and dying process; determining the subject to be designed
2 Types of looms used for weavings, their introduction, slide presentation and starting sketches for designs
3 Information about preparations before weaving and going on with sketches
4 Explaining fringe, çiti, dressing, rug knitting, knot techniques; evaluating sketches and making colour variations of the selected sketches
5 Explaining buttoned rug weaving technique, colouring the designs
6 Instructing the technique of rug woven on a hand loom, drawing the warps, preparing the looms for weaving
7 Instructing Zili weaving technique and completing preparations for weaving
8 Instructing Sumak weaving technique, starting weaving process
9 Going on with weaving
10 Going on with weaving
11 Going on with weaving
12 Going on with weaving
13 Going on with weaving
14 Going on with weaving

Recomended or Required Reading

Belkıs Acar BALPINAR: Kilim, Cicim, Zili, Sumak Türk Düz Dokuma Yaygıları. Istanbul 1982. 128 S.
Çetin AYTAÇ: El Dokumacılığı, Ankara 1989. THK Basımevi. 262 S.
Lütfi ÇETIN: Halıcılık Ders Notları. Isparta 1969. 17 S.
Elvan GÜLAL: Halı Dokuma Tekniği. Eskişehir 1991. 71 S.
Abdullah Gülcemal: Temel Kavramlarıyla Halı ve Desen Teknolojisi. Isparta 1997. 151

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, the lecturer s notes and resource researches will be used. Application works will be realized in the workshop under the supervision of the lecturer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.60 +PAR * 0.20

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Evaluation criteria is made up of the students researches on the subject, project preparation and presentation and their success at design works.

Assessment Criteria

The students projects and assignments will be evaluated out of 100. Attendance will be effective on the pass grade by 20 %.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

80 % attendance is compulsory. Workshop studies are nominal. Especially, designs and applications have to be completed in a lesson s time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gonca.karavar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Design Project 14 7 98
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 244

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15555
LO.2525
LO.3544
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655
LO.75

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