Textiles surround us in our daily lives in clothes, furnishing, wallpaper, cushions. You too can become a designer of our environment.
Textiles at Duff Miller is a creative course where you explore and choose from printing and painting on fabric, batik, knitting, embroidery to designing and making your own simple fashionable garment or accessory.
For Coursework you develop your ideas from a theme, look at links to other artists, designers and cultures of today and past times. You will use a sketchbook and make samples and then produce a final piece.
For the exam starting from a set theme you prepare ideas and samples for a final piece. A sketchbook is used over several weeks and then followed by a practical exam.
A visit to the Knitting and Stitching show is recommended and the V and A is near college and a fantastic resource.
A-level
Textiles surround us in our daily lives in clothes, furnishing, wallpaper, cushions. You too can become a designer of the environment.
To take this creative course no previous experience is required just an interest and enthusiasm for textiles and related crafts.
You will explore and experiment with a variety of techniques including printing and painting on fabric, embroidery, batik, knitting and fashion – garments and accessories. You develop your own ideas from a theme as a starting point and study links to other artists, designers and look at multicultural and historical textiles.
For the exam you are issued with a theme as a starting point and a variety of ideas and suggestions. You then develop your ideas and samples in preparation for a final piece.
The course is focussed on your individual choices which you discuss with the tutor. Use of sketchbooks is an integral part of AS textiles.
A visit to the Knitting and Stitching Show can be arranged and the V & A Museum is near college and a fantastic resource.
