Art and Design (Textiles)

Course summary

This two-year course introduces students to a variety of experiences that explore a range of traditional and contemporary media, techniques and processes. It is delivered across both the Art and DT departments and provides excellent continuity from GCSE Fine Art or even GCSE Design & Technology: Textiles, from a more Art based approach. Students will produce practical and critical/contextual work in one or more areas of study, for example, fashion design and/or domestic textiles. Students will develop integrated knowledge, skills and understanding of the following: • the elements of textile design such as shape, line, scale, colour, texture, pattern. • a variety of Textiles materials, processes, technologies and resources such as fabric printing, tie-dye, batik, fabric and garment construction, stitching, appliqué, patchwork, quilting and embroidery. • intended audience or purpose for Textile Design. • the relationship of form and function and the ability to respond to a concept, work to a brief, theme or topic, or answer a need for Textile Design. • how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artefacts created in the context of Textile Design. • historical and contemporary developments, different styles and genres. • how images and Textile artefacts relate to social, environmental, cultural and/or ethical contexts. • a working vocabulary and specialist terminology that is relevant to Textile Design.