
Art: Textiles
Course Overview This is a fine art textiles course which will offer you the opportunity to explore a wide range of textile techniques.
Full course details
Course Overview
This course, equivalent to three A Levels, is ideal preparation for students keen to study Art at a higher level or pursue a career in the industry. Working in our purpose-built art studios, you will benefit from the input of both full-time staff and visiting artists and designers.
Assessment: |
Coursework (100%) |
Duration: | 2 years |
Entry requirements: |
Standard entry requirements plus grade 5 in GCSE Art & Design. Applicants are required to bring a portfolio to interview. |
Exam board: | UAL |
Costs: |
Purchase of materials plus optional visits to exhibitions. Upfront cost for a 'Starter Pack'. To include pen nib and holder, masking tape, craft knife, sketching pencils, fine liner, brushes, lino cutting tool, scissors, glue stick and A6 sketchbook at a very competitive price. |
Programme leader: |
You may be required to complete an activity before you start in order to help introduce you to the subject. Check back in the summer term for more details.
In year one you will work on a flexible introductory core programme of visual studies, integrated individual and group projects and workshop practice in both 2D and 3D of which drawing is an integral part. Contextual studies, information technology and professional practice also form a vital part of the course. This will culminate in a final project which will be exhibited in the College.
During your second year you will select a pathway in which to specialise from any of the units covered (Painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, 3D design, fashion and textiles, photography or animation) and produce a final major project. Within this, research and development and a written statement of intentions are important elements. Work is internally assessed at the end of each unit and externally moderated.
The final unit of the qualification is available at Level 4 to support
progression to higher education. Some learners may choose to progress to
the UAL Level 3 or Level 4 Diploma in Foundation Studies - Art & Design.
Last year, students went on to various destinations including University of Brighton, University College Birmingham, University of Southampton, Cardiff Metropolitan and University of the Arts, London.
This course is excellent preparation for those wanting to enter the industry and employment.
This course is an accepted qualification for entry into art college or university, with students going on to study a range of related subjects including fashion and textiles, graphic design, visualisation and animation, fine art, illustration, artistic make-up, and 3D animation.
Name: | Bethany |
Course: | Art and Design (Extended Diploma) |
I came to The Henley College from Newlands Girls' School in Maidenhead. I chose this course due to it's wide basis of skills available. It has allowed me to discover the specialism I was interested in and to help me to learn what I wanted to do at university or as a career. The units and brief we were given helped to show us what it is like to work on different subjects from graphics to 3D and also to help understand the art world using live briefs. I chose this course as I wanted to be creative but to also achieve a good qualification. Doing a full time art course was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
I have a place at the university of creative arts at Farnham and I am going to study glass, ceramics, metalwork and jewelry. In the future I hope to work in 3D crafts.
One of my favourite parts of this course has been the projects you do at the end of each year. In my first year we created our own brief based on a subject and this allowed us to research and experiment with the techniques we loved, mine being surface pattern. In our second year our final major project was created by us and was completely self motivated. This allowed us to really get into the project but to also push the boundaries.