In person | 6 hours | Cheltenham
Surface Textiles Skills
An Exciting Practical Face-To-Face Textiles Skills Course, for Teachers of GCSE & A Level Textiles, for both Art & Design and D&T.
In-person
6 hours
All levels
ECT/NQT's, trainee teachers, technicians & those self-funding.
Discounts available - Please contact us for more information.
This is a totally practical day doing a large variety of Surface Textile Techniques. This course is aimed at Textile and Art teachers who are either new to teaching GCSE/A Level Art & Design or those who want to add to their resources by spending a whole day developing exciting new ideas for surface techniques linked to a large variety of relevant artists and designers.
- Learn and practice new and exciting skills that will enhance your teaching
- Develop learning from KS3, creating independent, confident and enthusiastic learners at KS4/5.
- Practice and discuss techniques including: Heat press transfer printing, screen printing, mono printing, crashing, shirring, heat shibori, PVA, ruffles, marbling, free hand embroidery, using a heat gun and more.
- Mark making for textile design
- Computer Aided design.
What to expect on the day:
- Learn, practice and create a range of new and exciting techniques related to relevant artists and designers
- How to link a variety of techniques to artists through creative practical workshops
- Looking at both historical and contemporary textile artists, fine artists and fashion designers
- Understand how to develop knowledge of artists from KS3 onwards, creating independent, confident and enthusiastic learners at KS4/5.
- Innovative ways in which students can explore, investigate and express ideas through mark making related to their primary sources and relating the right primary source to their artists.
- Techniques and processes across all areas of study incl. constructed, printed, digital and fashion.
- Links to refined ideas and final outcomes
- Looking at easily achievable themes.
- We will also look at artists annotation/evaluation
- Innovative use of the heat press.
Links to KS4 Art & design Specifications
What you can take back to school:
What is special about the Surface Textile Techniques Course?
More information
All of the Textile Skills Centre events must be booked and paid for in advance. The Textiles Skills Centre uses Cademy to automate the bookings via credit card and invoice/BACS.
When you book you will receive by email a booking confirmation only. If you need further assistance with payment then please contact us by email or phone.
Further information on the course will be sent to the 'booker' nearer to the time of the event.
It is VERY important that the person who books the course supplies your (attendee) full name and PERSONAL EMAIL, so that we are able to send you joining instructions and further details. If we only receive the ‘bookers’ email address, we have found that this delays information getting to you, or information is not passed on.
If you have any queries, please email us at: info@textileskillscentre.com, and include your phone number and/or email so that we can contact you easily.
Hear from Nicky
Course developer & leader
Nicky Simpson
Your course leader is NICKY SIMPSON, a contemporary textiles artist, who has 12 years teaching experience, heading up Fashion & Textiles at a school in Kent. She has taught Art & Design Textiles at GCSE and A Level, Design and Technology/Textiles at GCSE & A Level and BTEC Level 3 Fashion.
Her last set of grades were: A Level 100% A-A*; GCSE 70% A-A* (100% A*-B). She had a previous 22-year career as a print designer and colourist, creating print ranges for the international market. For the past 9 years Nicky has been a workshop developer and leader for the online and F2F courses for Textile and Art teachers on behalf of the Textile Skills Centre, including pattern development. Nicky has mentored many graduate trainees, and now mentors many fellow teachers through the TSC mentorship programme.
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