The design is the first step in creation of a pattern for textile or home textile. The image is always drawn in a way it can be repeated on an entire layout. the preliminary step in this is creating a design by reducing its size of increasing its proportion which is explained in the presentation,

1. ENLARGING AND REDUCING
A DESIGN
Presentation by
Dr. S. Aishwariya
Asst. Professor, Department of Textiles,
Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore

2. TEXTILE DESIGN IS ESSENTIALLY THE PROCESS OF
CREATING DESIGNS FOR
WOVEN,
KNITTED OR
PRINTED FABRICS OR
SURFACE ORNAMENTED FABRICS
Dr. S. Aishwariya

3. TEXTILE DESIGNERS ARE INVOLVED WITH THE
PRODUCTION OF THESE DESIGNS,
WHICH ARE USED,
SOMETIMES REPETITIVELY, IN
CLOTHING AND INTERIOR DECOR ITEMS.
Dr. S. Aishwariya

4. Design and its types
◦Type 1: Structural and Decorative
◦Type 2: Natural, conventional, stylised
designs, geometric, abstract,
historical,

5. In the art of designing…
We must always remember:
◦the elements of design – line, shape, colour, texture,
silhouette.,
◦principles of design – rhythm, proportion, balance,
harmony and emphasis..
◦Best colour – based on the occasion, season, and also
on body type, skin and hair color
◦ In a general note, the designing starts with a
design or motif

6. A good design and its block printed
version

7. Enlargement and reduction of motif

8. Motif – size
◦The size of a design motif is of
significant importance in textile
designing.
◦To think and design the size of
design to be placed on the fabric,
a designer should be aware of the
concept of enlargement and
reduction before taking any designing
project.
◦ Dr. S. Aishwariya

9. ◦Enlargement and reduction
represent two of the very basic
designing treatments given to a
motif or a design as a whole.
◦Textile designers make use of these
techniques quite often, particularly
when designing prints, for example,
for screen printing or block
printing.

10. Methods of modifying size and shape of
motif
 By use of instruments
 Manual

11. Tools Required for
Enlargement and Reduction
1.Epidiascope:
The design to be enlarged is placed on
the flat glass top (projection plate)
The enlarged level can be adjusted.
The image is projected on the screen or
on a white wall in front of the instrument
and once the desired size is achieved, a
sheet is placed on the screen and the
outline of the design is easily traced.

12. 2. Photocopier (Xerox)
◦The photocopier has become a
very essential designing tool.
◦It has made the time-
consuming task of manual
enlargement and reduction much
easier and quicker.
◦Now, it just takes seconds to
reduce the size of a design say
from 10” X 8” to 5” X 4”.

13. Step by step process to Manually
enlarge a design
◦A motif or a design can also be enlarged by the
desired amount, say doubled in size or made four
times, by drawing it free hand but it may not
accurate
◦So by use grid lines drawn manually the work can
be done

14.  The Design is enclosed in side a box
The box should be made in such a way that the lines of
the box touch the highest points of the design.
Thus we get the box exactly the size of the design.

15.  Measure the length and width of
the box and
Divide the box into numbers of
parts
Eg: Length is 3.5 inches and it
should be divided into 7 parts.,
then we must divide 3.5 by 7
So, each box will be 0.5 inch and
mark each box as a, b, c, d, e and
f.
Do the same for the width and mark the parts as 1,2,3,4
and 5.
Eg: The width is 2.5 and we want to make 5 parts, each
box will measure 0.5 inches

16. Now, if we desire to
double the design, we
must begin with
drawing a new box
and doubling the
measurement
Eg: The box was of
dimension 3.5x2.5 and
so doubled new box
will be 7x5, if it three
times bigger, it will be
10.5x7.5
Now the new box,
should hold the same
number of boxes.
Eg: We had 7 boxes of
imension 0.5’, now the
new boxes should also
be 7 in number but
with doubled with of 1
inch.

17. In the newly drawn box, we must start drawing from the
first box.
The design in the first box should be correctly drawn
and the same on each box, copying the patter in each
box of the original.

18. As we continue,
the enlarged
design is
obtained

19. Placement of motif
The drawn motif should be placed on desired
place based on
Space availability
Size of design
Colour combination
Balance of the design elements*
Find the focal point and emphasis point
*Using the elements and principles of design in a neat way

20. Thank you!!!