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ART & DESIGN : TEXTILE DESIGN (FASHION & TEXTILES)
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WHY STUDY FASHION & TEXTILES?
This course will enable you to use creative visualisation and drawing to develop design concepts alongside finished samples and products. You’ll develop research and practical skills, giving you a thorough understanding of the fashion process from concept to realisation.
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The aims and learning outcomes for these qualifications are to enable learners to develop:
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Intellectual, imaginative, creative and intuitive capabilities
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Investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical and expressive skills, aesthetic understanding and critical judgement
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Independence of mind in developing, refining and communicating their own ideas, their own intentions and their own personal outcomes
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The experience of working with a broad range of media
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COURSE CONTENT
Component 01: Personal investigation
Learners should produce two elements: (i) a portfolio of practical work showing their personal response to either a starting point, brief, scenario or stimulus, devised and provided by the learner or centre (ii) a related study: an extended response of a guided minimum of 1000 words.
Component 02: Externally set task
The early release paper will be issued on 1 February and will provide learners with a number of themes, each with a range of written and visual starting points, briefs and stimuli.
A response should be based on one of these options.
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
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Textile Visionaries by Bradley Quinn
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World Textiles Atlas: The World Textiles Thesaurus and List of Journals
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YouTube is great for learning how to do different Textiles techniques
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ASSESSMENTS
Non-exam assessments
Component 1: Personal Investigation
(60%)
Exam
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment
15-hour period of sustained focus under examination conditions (40%)
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HIGHER EDUCATION ROUTES
Fashion Design / Textiles / Product Design / Interior Design
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POTENTIAL CAREERS
Fashion Design / Tailoring / Interior Design / Automotive Design / Soft Furnishing Design / Shoe Design
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EXAM BOARD: OCR
COURSE CODE: H604
COURSE TYPE: A Level
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