A-level in Art & Design - Textiles

You will learn how to analyse and evaluate a range of work produced by artists and designers from different cultures. You will develop your skills and confidence when working with new textile techniques (such as felt making, printmaking, embellishment, applique and quilting) You will develop your designing skills through the use of 2D and 3D media in either a fashion or interior design setting.

Please note if you choose this course you cannot also do Art, Craft & Design since they are two strands of the same qualification.

More info in our Arts Department options booklet: https://options.ashbyschool.org.uk/flip/leaflets/Design.pdf

Please note if you choose this course you cannot also do Art, Craft & Design since they are two strands of the same qualification.

Students are required to work in one or more area(s) of textile design, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas:

• fashion design
• fashion textiles
• costume design
• digital textiles
• printed and/or dyed fabric and materials
• domestic textiles and wallpaper
• interior design
• constructed textiles
• art textiles
• installed textiles

• Personalised project (Component 1) - Worth 60%
• Externally set assignment (15 hour practical) - Worth 40%

For all Sixth Form courses, students must have five GCSE (or equivalent) passes at Grades 9-4, which must include Mathematics and English Language/Literature at a Grade 4 or above. Students should also have a EITHER a Grade 4 in Textile Technology or a Grade 4 in Art.

Fashion and Textiles provides an ideal starting point for the study of Textiles and related subjects. This could lead to general Higher Education courses such as Foundation Art and Design courses or more specific courses such as Fashion, Textiles Design, Surface Pattern or Costume Design, Fashion and Retail Management, Buying and Merchandising.

With further training, students may choose a career related to Design and Technology with a wide variety of options available such as interior design, fashion design, stage and costume design, fabric or garment technologist, buyer or merchandiser.