Art and Design (Textiles)

Assessment

During the spring term after completion of your introductory projects, you will begin work on your Personal Investigation. An extensive self-directed major project which integrates critical, practical and theoretical work. This gives you the opportunity to develop a project based on your own chosen theme and to work with greater independence, allowing you to pursue a more extensive project which continues into the second year of the course and counts for 60% of your final mark. Throughout this major project, you will be able to work to your strengths and build on your skills and particular areas of interest, whether that be weaving with recycled plastic or digitally manipulating imagery to screen print. You will be expected to develop a variety of experimental personal responses and to complete individual finished pieces of a high quality which are supported by an exciting and artistic sketchbook that documents your exploration and development of ideas. Following the completion of your Personal Investigation, in the second year, you will begin work on the Externally Set Assignment (40%). This consists of a range of visual and written starting points that are prepared by the examining board. You will choose one of these and begin a 10-week preparatory period leading to the development of resolved final work produced in 15 hours (normally three days), under examination conditions in the textiles studio.