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Contemporary textiles
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This course gives you the opportunity to explore and develop practical work inspired by contemporary and experimental methods within the area of textile design. This will lead to the development of design ideas and creating exciting practical outcomes. You will learn through tutor led demonstrations and practical activities. This course is suitable for beginners who want to develop skills in experimental textiles and art processes. If you have previous experience in this subject, you will be able to develop these skills and learn new techniques.

Open Entry Requirements


This course is for anyone aged 19 or over. Basic IT skills are essential.

Open What Will I Need?


This course is delivered online. You will need access to the internet and an email account. Your teacher will contact you on a weekly basis on Teams, an online video platform and by e-mail. Don’t worry if you are not confident with logging onto a Teams meeting, your teacher will help you to get started.

Practical equipment you will need includes a sewing machine or hand sewing equipment, threads, wools and fabric scraps. We also recommend you put together a range of other resources such as sketching pencils, pens, markers, watercolour / acrylic paints /drawing inks and a selection of paintbrushes. You should also have scissors, PVA glue and/ or a glue stick and collage materials such as recycled paper or newspaper, magazines and tissue paper .

Open Assessment Methods


Your tutor will give you verbal and written feedback on your project throughout the course, with guidance on how to improve and continue to develop your skills.

Open What Will I Achieve?


You will receive an NYCC Certificate of Achievement after successfully completing the course.

Open Progression


You could move onto further Textiles or sewing courses, or the accredited course in creative textiles. There is also a range of sewing courses to develop creative ideas.

Open Is there anything else I need to know?

09148CL
02/02/2022
09/03/2022
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Wednesday
46.00

If income is less than £17,374.50, fee is £19.00
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