Textile Drawing. A Geometric Matter

This study investigates the relationships between textile design and geometry, focusing to this end on the concepts of structure and symmetry. These aspects, which affect both the graphic systems of the decorations and the textures of the fabrics, explain with great effectiveness the compositional logic of textile patterns whose complexity is often attributable to simple flat isometric transformations. The goal is to reveal geometric principles and construction rules underlying the design and the textile structure. These aspects are generally difficult to interpret for those who deal with textile design and who frequently follow a practical and intuitive approach and are not always supported by a real geometric awareness of graphic constructs. The paper thus intends to offer a tool with which to convey a scientific approach to the graphic design of fabrics, stimulating reflection on teaching and research in the discipline.