Art and Design (Textiles)

Course summary

You will be well suited to this course if you are: — creative and interested in fashion and textiles — keen to learn to develop your practical skills with pattern-cutting and garment construction — keen to learn about printing and decorating fabrics. YEAR 1 The first part of the course is designed to broaden your skills and knowledge of textiles techniques through workshops and practical activities. You will produce practical work in the form of embroidery and stitching, adding surface pattern and decoration to fabric and fabric manipulation. You will also be improving your recording and presenting skills through using a sketchbook and developing your fashion drawing skills. You will look at the work of other fashion and textile designers and you will share your ideas with fellow students. You will receive feedback on this work but it will not form part of the formal assessment. This learning will prepare you for the personal investigation element of the course that you will start in the summer term. During the first year you will be required to show your ability to work independently. You will choose a fashion/textile designer that links directly with your personal investigation and demonstrate your ability to research and develop your findings into an artist research board, which you will produce in a formal exam environment.