Textile Update

Nov 17 2024 51 ep. 18 mins 16

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TextileUpdate is an educational podcast about textiles with a special emphasis on textile science. What began as a podcast for university students taken from lecture recordings has expanded to special content about current issues in textiles. With a focus on sustainability, we cover technology, history, design and scientific principles behind textile performance.

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Cotton and Sustainability 2

Nov 17 2024 33 mins

How will changes in water availability impact the sustainability of cotton? With climate change, we see some changes in how much and what quality of water is available in different regions of the globe. Places that used to depend on rain to grow their crops might see less in the future while other places will deal with increased flooding or sea level changes. Cotton competes with

Cotton and Sustainability 1

Nov 17 2024 25 mins

Cotton is a popular fiber and this makes it a popular topic for research and development for sustainability. In this episode, I discuss the difference between conventional and organic agriculture in the United States and how this might impact the sustainability of cotton. My goal is to introduce concepts related to agriculture to my fashion students and explain how genetic modi

Season 4 Introduction

Nov 17 2024 3 mins

I haven’t started a new season of this podcast, which is a companion to my Textiles course at Texas State University because the course is complete. However, I know that some people are looking for a recent episode to decide if the podcast is worth the listen. I will also be uploading two episodes from a lecture I am giving at a University in Tokyo in December. So,

Season 3 Introduction

Jan 14 2021 2 mins

I start a new season of the podcast with each new session of my Textiles course. Rather than make students go back in time, I duplicate episodes from previous seasons, and put them in the proper order. Season 3 will start on January 20th, but I am going to release the first episode, on Fiber Properties, a bit early to whet your appetite. If you have been listening to Season 2,

Functional Finishes B

Aug 01 2020 18 mins

Water, stains, we can repel them all! Radiation, Fire, no problem!

Functional Finishes A

Aug 01 2020 13 mins

Changing the properties of textiles is the goal of functional finishing.

Aesthetic Finishes B

Jul 31 2020 12 mins

Besides Luster and Hand, we can change the Design or Texture of fabrics.

Aesthetics Finishes A

Jul 31 2020 18 mins

Aesthetic finishes are used to change the look or feel of fabric by changing the luster or the hand.

Routine Finishes

Jul 30 2020 16 mins

Routine finishes include bleaching, ironing and tentering.

Printing C

Jul 30 2020 15 mins

Printing and dyeing can have some quality issues that it is helpful to understand.