Art is an expression of emotion and it also acts as the mirror of cultural activities and regional identification. With the help of art, a performer can express his feelings, intuition and imagination to the spectators and audience. An artist normally aims at expressing his experiences in attractive forms and then to enjoy an unexplainable and endless pleasure.

Nowadays, all streams of fine arts flow into creative expression and innovation and most of the 64 arts described by the Indian literature are directly connected with professions of people of the society. Fine arts is divided into two main streams being performing arts and visual arts. If an artist looks forward to begin an occupation with the help of arts, he must have sufficient creativities and knowledge about market demand as well. Textile designing is one of the most useful streams and popular streams of fine arts that offer lots of employment opportunities. Textile designing as the names implies indicates designing of clothes and three main techniques are used in textile designing and they are:

• Painting and coloring technique

• Tailoring and embroidery technique

• Weaving the printing technique

Techniques in Textile Designing:

There are different techniques in textile designing and the artist can specialize in a technique that would be suitable for him. The names of different techniques in textile designing are given below:

• Carpet Designing Technique

• Soft Toys and puppetry making

• Applique Technique

• Block Printing Technique

• Screen Printing Technique

• Batik Technique

• Tie and Dye Technique

• Fabric Coloring Technique

Educational qualification requirements:

In India, a wide range of textile designing courses are being offered at different levels of education and choosing a course can act as a stepping stone towards a career in textile designing. The names of some of these courses are given below:

• Bachelor of Arts (honors) in textile designing

• Diploma in Computer aided textile and garment designing

• Bachelor of Science in

o Garment Production and Processing

o Textile Designing

• Bachelor of  Design in Textile Designing

Admissions to most of these courses are done based on the merit secured by the candidates in common entrance examination.

Recent government job notification in the field of textile designing:

Recently, the Handloom Development Scheme of Shlllong called for applications from eligible candidates for the position of Textile Designer on contract basis.

Likewise, many other public sector organizations also recruit textile designers by offering them an attractive pay package.