Summary: Going inside the world of fibers, fabrics, and yarns, this video provides students with an understanding of textile classification and how textiles are processed and tested before being used in end products. A textile researcher demonstrates how fibers are turned into fabric and explains differences between the properties of natural and synthetic fibers. A fashion designer describes the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: What makes cotton such a versatile material? How is silk produced? Why do some people have trouble wearing wool? In this program interior designer Brandi Hagen explains the qualities of different kinds of fibers, both natural and synthetic. Nylon, rayon, cashmere, flax, polyester, acrylic, bamboo, microfibers, and alpaca are only some of the many fibers discussed. Viewers also learn about...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In this program sewing instructor Kimberly Oedekoven presents the basics of sewing, encouraging viewers to "See it, like it, make it"-or to express themselves by designing new looks all their own. The video's short, informative segments include Sewing Tools and Essentials, Hand Sewing, Fabric Selection, Sewing Techniques and Rules, Sewing Machine Parts, and Fabric Selection. Instructions are...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Fractal geometry - the revolutionary new branch of mathematics - has changed the way we see the world and opened up a vast new territory to scientific analysis and understanding. NOVA explores the work of Benoit Mandelbrot, who discovered one of nature’s biggest design secrets - an odd looking, jagged repeating shape, which occurs all over biology and has greatly influenced computer design...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008