Art and Design (Textiles)

Course summary

Textiles A Level encourages a thoughtful and conceptual approach to working with fabric: into it, with it, printing on it, virtually or using it in three dimensions. Covering ideas that work directly with pattern design, fashion design, installation, surface embellishment, printmaking, digital design and interior design. Textiles A Level is a gateway into the creative industries, and offers the transferable skills in creative thinking and ideas development, including sustained project planning and research. We aim to stretch the imagination of students as they approach their work, to help them build a skill base that can allow for creative development and portfolio preparation for entering a career, in the arts via a degree or other pathways such as an art and design foundation course. Our purpose-built art and design facility includes gallery space, sewing room, design workshop, photographic dark room, 3 IT facilities for CAD and animation, printmaking, library and dedicated studios for Junior, GCSE and Sixth Form teaching. In the Sixth Form each student gets their own space in which to work, adding to a sense of ownership and helping their work develop in exciting ways. We have an open studio philosophy which allows for cross discipline learning and ideas sharing.