Art and Design (Textiles)

Course summary

Do you have a passion for fashion or an artistic flair and love to create new and exciting designs? From 3D hand-beading and laser-cutting for appliqué to screen-printing, this course will allow you to learn how to create textile samples and transform them into innovative final outcomes in fashion, interiors or textile art. As long as it fits in the textiles room you can make it. Through a series of short projects, you will be introduced to a huge range of practical textile skills;screen-printing, felt-making, machine and hand sewing, silk painting, weaving, shibori techniques and much more. You will learn how to develop ideas from your own photographs and drawings and transform these into innovative and creative textile responses.