EXAMINED USING 9-1 GRADES EXAM BOARD: EDEXCEL SYLLABUS NUMBER: 1TE0 ASSESSMENT: 40% EXAMINATION 60% NON EXAM-BASED
ART & DESIGN: TEXTILE DESIGN CGA PATHWAY
WHAT WILL I LEARN? GCSE Art Textiles is a multidisciplinary practice exploring a wide-range of materials, techniques and processes such as stitching, printing, weaving and dyeing. The course focuses on developing ideas and experimentation giving an understanding of the important role that textiles artists and designers play in creative industries such as fashion, theatre and retail. You will study the work of artists, photographers and designers and work within a wide range of categories. Drawing is an essential skill in the development process of Textile Design, from initial visual research, recording from primary sources, through to the translation of ideas into finished designs.
Component 1: Personal Portfolio Two sketchbook projects are completed in Years 10 and 11, with resolved work produced in any media forming a portfolio. Component 2: Externally Set Assignment A preparatory sketchbook is produced in 10 weeks on a theme set by the exam board. The resolved piece is then produced in a timed (10 hour) exam. In both components 1 & 2, students create work for at least some (or all) of these areas: constructed textiles, digital textiles, dyed fabrics, printed fabrics, fashion design, installed textiles, soft furnishings, stitched and/or embellished textiles.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU NEED TO: • be creative and want to express yourself. • enjoy making decorative and/ or functional products. • enjoy printing, dyeing, sewing and applique.
• be able to develop a portfolio of work that demonstrates a range of techniques.
KS5:
A-level Fashion & Textiles, A-level Product Design, A-level Fine Art
HIGHER EDUCATION: University
A qualification in textiles opens the door to a range of exciting careers including costume design, fashion design, interior design, fashion & media journalism, photography, illustration, textiles design, museum curator, jewellery design, buyer, visual merchandiser.
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