A Level Art and Design: Fashion Textile Design

Course summary

Course Overview This course will enable students to focus on textile disciplines within an Art and Design context. It involves the creation, selection and manipulation of textiles, across a variety of practices such as constructed, dyed and printed textiles. Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of techniques including weaving, embroidery, appliqué, batik, silk painting, tie and dye, hand painting and lino printing. A wide range of natural and manufactured materials will be explored to address aspects of design in fashion, furnishing and fine art. Why should I study A Level Art Textiles? A Level Art Textiles allows you to develop an exciting and extensive range of creative and technical skills. You will also gain a strong understanding of historic and contemporary visual art practice, through supporting contextual studies. Unique to studying Textile at A Level, you build up a very personal and continually evolving body of practical work, guided and supported by your teachers. Individual exploration and development of your personal skills and creative directions is a special aspect of this subject. A strong Art textiles training can also develop highly valuable transferable skills, including creative ideas development, problem-solving, contextual interpretation, and visual communication, as well as organisational, presentation, and teamworking skills. What can I do afterwards? Foundation Course in Art and Design. Degree courses in Fine Art, Print Making, Sculpture, Theatre Design, Fashion, Textiles, Interior Design, Graphic Design and Illustration, Animation, Film and Video Making, advertising, Packaging, Typography and Photography.