SUBJECT

Textiles & Fashion Design

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 have access to industry standard Mac suites, 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.

What will I study?

  • 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 our
students

say

I love studying Textiles and Fashion Design as it continuously pushes me to expand my creativity and think in more experimental ways. The course has challenged me to express myself through materials, concepts and designs , while developing my confidence and artistic skills .Subjects like this encourages creative freedom, individuality and self expression which a lot of other subjects do not offer .

Amelia Szynalska - Appleton Acedemy


Textiles & Fashion Design

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