Art and Design (Textiles)

Course summary

A lively and popular course. Students can specialise in one medium or choose. This year, students continued with their art at Edinburgh, London and UEA universities to study Textiles, Art History and Fashion respectively. Pupils will create visual and tactile meaning through expressive, functional or decorative responses by selecting and manipulating fibres and/or fabrics. Context within Textile Design is a significant element of knowledge. Contexts include contemporary, historical, social, religious and cultural. Pupils will work in one or more of these areas: garments/ fashion/ soft furnishings/ printed/ dyed textiles/ installation/ expressive/ digital.