This course will provide you with key skills for the textile industry: colour and styling, surface pattern design, texture and embellishment processes and fashion illustration.
Lessons are highly creative and practical. During the two year course, you will explore digital printing, heat transfer printing, flocking, foiling, machine and hand embroidery, shibori, CAD Design using Photoshop, laser cutting, dyeing techniques and constructed textile techniques exploring paper, fabric and plastic manipulation.
The textile classrooms are equipped with a wide range of high quality equipment. This includes a dye sublimation printer, heat presses, laser cutting machine, embellishing machines, sewing machines and a range of printmaking equipment to name a few.
Ideally you should have a grade 4 in GCSE English language and GCSE maths.
Studying art and/or design at GCSE is advantageous but not essential.
Creative thinking
Independent thinking
Problem solving
Time management
Working towards deadlines
Self motivation
Research skills
Visual communication
Enthusiasm
Reflective thinker
Technical skills
Starter pack - £49 (approx) from the College shop.
Useful equipment to have at home -
Sellotape, pritt stick
Scissors
Pencils - 2B-4B
Access to a sewing machine with the capacity to do free machine embroidery, would be helpful in continuing with coursework at home.