This new and exciting course is designed to encourage you to pursue your own personal exploration in diverse genres of fashion, textiles and craft. As a Textiles student, you will have the chance to develop your artistic skills and experiment with a breadth of materials and techniques in our purpose built studio space.
You will take part in skills workshops looking at textiles materials and areas such as print, dye, embroidery, embellishment, surface and digital design, that will help you discover the type of textile practitioner you are. You will then apply the skills you have learned in briefs using research, development of ideas and refinement to finished pieces. All work is carried out in sketchbooks, with additional sampling and making. You will cover a range of techniques including use of tools and machinery.
Your practical work follows a pathway of analytical research of artists’ work, development and idea refinement to final practical pieces within the exploration of a given theme. More advanced techniques and skills are taught and developed including CAD processes including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
Personal exploration is encouraged, as are independent student work, thought and idea generation. This course is ideal if you are a creative person and you have a passion for pattern, colour, design and making or material innovation.
Erin Day | Teacher of Textiles
Ashton Sixth Form College, Darnton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RL
t: 0161 330 2330
e: erin.day@asfc.ac.uk
w: www.instagram.com/asfctextiles
