Technology Education
Ethnoculture. Textile technologies II
Department of Technologies and Technological Education
Lect. Lina Ringeliene
Studentu str. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Room 128 (Faculty of
Science and Technology), tel. +370 5 275 32 25,
lina.ringeliene@leu.lt
English
Language of Instruction
none
Required Prerequisites
Suggested Academic Cycle Bachelor degree studies (from 2nd year of studies)
or Year of Studies
Spring
Semester
6
ECTS Credits
6
Contact Hours per Week
Compulsory
Compulsory/ Elective
Academic lectures, discussions on the basis of the analysed
Methods of Teaching
literature sources, constructive learning, individual and
group work, project work
Exam
Form of Assessment
Title of the Study Program
Title of the Module
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Instructor
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Course Description
The course presents the notion of applied arts, the main technologies of Lithuanian
folk textile (knitting, crocheting, embroidery, weaving, braiding, staining), the ornaments of
Lithuanian folk art, the colours of ornaments, symbolism, the use of Lithuanian ornaments in
modern works, the Lithuanian national costume, yarn, fabrics its kinds and characteristics, the
development history of applied arts and applied techniques (knitting, crocheting, embroidery,
weaving, table-weaving sashes, sash braiding). During practical classes the focus is on the
skills of crocheting, knitting, embroidery, weaving, table-weaving sashes and sash braiding.
Competences will learn: 1) to describe the features of Lithuanian ethnographic fine art,
peculiarities of Lithuanian folk art ornaments, characteristic colours, of making the Lithuanian
national textile, the differences of the national textile from different regions of Lithuania, 2) to
demonstrate the skills of knitting, crocheting embroidery, weaving and braiding technologies
and will be able to make methodological aids for teaching these technologies.
Readings
1. Anastazija and Antanas Tamosaitis, Lithuanian Sashes, Lithuanian Folk Art Institute,
Toronto, Canada, 1983.
2. Antanas and Anastazija Tamosaitis, Lithuanian National Costume, Lithuanian Folk
Art Institute, Toronto, Canada, 1979.
3. Balčikonis J. Rinktiniai raštai. Vilnius: Mokslas, 1982.
4. Čepienė I. Lietuvių liaudies etninės kultūros istorija. Kaunas: Šviesa, 1995.
5. Savoniakaitė V. Audiniai kaimo kultūroje. Vilnius: Alma literra, 1998.
6. Vaitkevičiūtė A. Tradicinės lietuvių juostos: audimo ištakos, funkcijos, įvairovė.
Vilnius: Žuvėdra, 2012.
7. http://www.tradicija.lt/
8. http://www.lituanus.org/main.php?id=home
9. http://www.lietuvostautodaile.lt/en/genres/textile