TEXTURE
SABRINA SULTANA
WHAT IS TEXTURE?
Texture is the surface quality of an object. The one
element that the way something feels when touched
and look as though it would feel then touched.
For example, a rock is rough and rugged
While a piece of silk fabric is soft and smooth.
WHERE IS TEXTURE FOUND?
Textile is all around us, in our living rooms,
the carpet we walk on, on the cloths we wear,
texture on tree, trunks, texture is everywhere.
In the thickness and appearance of fabric
TYPES OF TEXTURE
Visual Texture
Texture that can be seen.
Shiny, dull, matte
Physical Texture
Is the illusion of physical texture created
Is the physical texture can with your finger on a flat surface
Rough, prick It can not be felt
It’s a actual 3D feel surface. Printed or drawing materials on fashion
Its also called implied textile or drawn
texture.
2D surface
ADJECTIVES USED TO DESCRIBE TEXTURE
Smoot Grainy Bumpy Spongy Glassy
Wet Rough
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Furry Slimy Hard Fluffy
Sandy crude
Soft
Silky Shiny Feathe Squish
Coarse hairy
Velvety ry y
Stubbl Scratc
Wavy woven
Lumpy y hy Prickly Hard
HOW IS TEXTURE
CREATED
By the fiber type, weaving or
knitting process, surface
ornamentation or by the fabric
finishing.
WHY IS TEXTURE
IMPORTANT IN FASHION
It can increase or decrease the
appearance of body size
It can draw added attention to a design.
INCREASING SIZE
Use shiny or glossy fabric or apply techniques
(reflect more light)
Thick
Bulky, shaggy, fuzzy, wrinkled.
DECREASING SIZE
Use dull color fabric or materials to
absorb the light
Thin t mid-weight
Smooth, flat surface.
Thank you
