- Observational drawing
- Fashion illustration
- Garment construction
- Mark-making
- Fabric manipulation
- Embroidery
- Weave and knit
- Collage
- Printmaking
- Experimental textiles
- Felt-making
- Concept building and contextual research
- Portfolio presentation
- Time management and problem-solving skills
- Presentation skills
What are lessons like in this subject?
You will work in a welcoming, creative, open studio environment. experiencing both traditional and contemporary Textile and Fashion Design processes. You will nave access to industry standard Mac suites, weaving looms, sewing machines and screen-printing equipment alongside a range or experimental processes and materials across the Visual Arts department.
You will engage with live briefs, thinking like a designer in industry, from the ideas generation stage, client profiling, and design ideas through to the production of final garments and exhibition pieces. You will have talks from practitioners working in the textiles industry, to help your progression into creative degrees and job roles. You will also have a direct progression route onto our Foundation Art and Design Diploma based at the NCLT Trust HQ in Normanton, West Yorkshire.
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What will I study?
What our
students
Textiles allowed me to be creative alongside my academic subjects and has helped me develop necessary transferable skills that are required of me in my chosen career path. Textiles is a challenging subject which means you have to have a passion for it, but the final outcomes of the course is extremely fulfilling. Textiles also has some of the best teachers for support, in and outside of the course, which means you are thoroughly supported throughout your time studying textiles.
Grace Bashforth - Minsthorpe Community College
Textiles & Fashion Design
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