Textiles

Course Description

This exciting course is designed to encourage you to pursue your own personal exploration in diverse genres of fashion, textiles and craft. As a Textiles student, you will have the chance to develop your artistic skills and experiment with a breadth of materials and techniques in our purpose built studio space.

Your practical work follows a pathway of analytical research of artist and designers’ work, development and idea refinement to final practical pieces within the exploration of a given theme. Personal exploration is encouraged, as are independent student work, thought and idea generation.

This course is ideal if you are a creative person and you have a passion for pattern, colour, design and making or material innovation.

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Year 1:

●       Skill Building Phase

●       Personal Project: Choose to develop the area you are most interested in

 

Year 2:

●       Component 1: Personal Investigation (60% of A Level Grade)

●       Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (40% of A Level Grade)

 You will take part in skills workshops looking at textiles materials and areas such as:

●       surface design

●       embroidery

●       beading/embellishment

●       fabric manipulation

●       weaving

●       knit and crochet

●       Fashion design: pattern cutting/construction

●       trend forecasting and range planning

●       textile art

This will help you discover the type of textile practitioner you are. You will then apply the skills you have learned in briefs using research, development of ideas and refinement to finished pieces. All work is carried out in sketchbooks, with additional sampling and making. You will cover a range of techniques including use of tools and machinery such as the heat press, sewing machines and laser cutter.

More advanced techniques and skills are also taught and developed including CAD processes including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.

 

University Courses:

●       Textiles / Textile Design

●       Textile Innovation and Sustainability

●       Design for Textiles (Fashion/Interior/Art)

●       Materials Science and Engineering with Textiles Technology

●       Fashion and Textiles: Knit / Print / Embroidery

●       Fashion Design

●       Fashion Design and Technology

●       Fashion, Textiles, Footwear and Accessories

●       Fashion Styling and Imagemaking

●       Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles

●       Fashion Marketing / Promotion / Branding / Communication / Media / / Business / Buying and Merchandising

●       Fashion Illustration

●       Art History and Contemporary Fashion Design

●       Costume Design and Construction

●       Millinery

●       Surface Design / Print

●       Design for Performance / Prop Making

●       Interior Design Decoration

●       Creative and Contemporary Art

●       Art Direction

●       Fine Art

 

Career pathways:

●       Textile Design: Surface Pattern / Knit / Weave / Print / Technology / Forensic / Jewellery

●       Fashion Design: Mens / Womens / Childrenswear / Bridal / Accessories / Footwear

●       Costume Design: TV, Stage and Film

●       Atelier/Specialist: Beading / Embellishment / Embroidery

●       Interior Design: Surface / Wallpaper / Material Innovation

●       Fashion Illustration / Business / Buying / Branding / Marketing

●       Fashion Stylist or Journalist

●       Trend Forecasting

●       Own Business: Maker / Designer / Artist

●       Teacher/Lecturer

 

Coursework: sketchbooks and final pieces

Practical exam in the Textiles Studio

●       Cross Departmental New York Trip: Art and Performing Arts 

●       Regular visits to Fashion / Art / Costume Exhibitions in the North West

●       Partnership with the Courtauld Gallery in London

●       Industry Speakers: hear from people about their careers in Fashion and Textiles

●       Alumni talks and portfolio guidance: get in to your top university choice

●       Live briefs and competition opportunities

Entry requirements
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