Get Into Textiles: Design, Manufacture, and Use in the 21st Century: Dyeing and Printing This eight-part series explores the world of the 21st century textiles industry, using case studies from top fashion houses, designers, and hands-on textiles technologists. From recycled vintage fabrics to state-of-the-art “smart” garments, viewers will gain understanding of how textiles are used as design elements as well as for industrial purposes—and how digital technology enables the creative and manufacturing processes to speed fashion to market faster than ever before. 8-part series, 25–27 minutes each. Computerisation has taken fabric-printing to new levels, allowing for more designs, more colours, and softer fabrics, all at a lower cost. This program explores technological advances in printing and dyeing, giving viewers a detailed look at flat-bed, carousel, roller-screen, and transfer methods of producing patterns on cloth. Digital colour-matching, use of an atmospheric jet machine for batch-dyeing of fabric, quality control to test for shrinkage and colour-fastness, and environmentally-sound practices to dispose of dyeing products are all covered. Part of the series Get Into Textiles. (25 minutes) 1. Printing: Screen Printing (03:03) A 500-year-old art, screen printing can put patterns on just about anything. Viewers learn each step of setting up for screen printing. For larger orders, the process is automated. 2. Printing: Roller Screen Printing (01:54) In this process of screen printing, the screens come in cylinders. For any process, spotting errors early saves money. A roller screen can produce a km of printed fabric in one hour. 3. Printing: Flocking (01:09) Patterns are first roller-screen printed on fabric. Then they pass under a snowstorm of tiny filaments. It is cured in a high-temperature oven. Flocking appears on many surfaces such as greeting cards and CD covers. 4. Printing: Transfer Printing (03:11) Transfer printing invo