The course offers you the opportunity to explore a wide range of career path- ways including textiles for:

• products
• interior accessories
• costumes
• fashion accessories & jewellery
• textiles art
• surface design & print for fashion, costume, gift wrap wallpaper & interior fabrics
• innovative surfaces
• print & illustration
You will have opportunities to use traditional & non- traditional textile media, such as paper, fabrics, metal, glass & ceramics. Develop a variety of drawing and printing techniques, digital and surface embellishment, to enhance design ideas for areas such as interior and fashion accessories, and handmade bespoke work. You will learn how to generate, develop and create contemporary ideas in response to challenging briefs and live assignments. You will gain invaluable knowledge and skills in how to become textile makers and/or surface designers through exploration, in specialist studios and workshops, experiencing and combining a wide range of mixed media textile techniques, materials and equipment used within the art and design industries. Students will have access to opportunities such as live briefs and competitions, including Knitting & Stitching Show, UAL Origins and social enterprise 'Barefoot Kitchen'. As well as experience live talks and workshops with industry specialists including designers, artists and photographers through out your time with us! Our students progress to a range of careers and study destinations, including studying degree level at the School, as well as Manchester Metropolitan University, Leeds Arts University and De Montfort University. Alumni Our students have taken the skills they have learnt with us and carved our successful and exiting careers including: • Rebecca Hayman, Interior Designer, Naru & Ross Architects • Pepe Lowe, Print Designer for fashion, Not Just a Label • Olivia Havlock, ‘Olivia Rose The Label’ • Adele Catchpole, Entrepreneur • Matthew Duffy, Fashion Designer, London College of Fashion • Cheryl Holmstrom, Wedding Dress Designer • Lucy Addison, Applied Artist • Jessica Langford, Jeweller • Hannah Johnson, Buyer, River Island • Rhiannon Vest, Visual Merchandiser • Bettie Hope, Entrepreneur, Slutmouth • Laura Coupland, Junior Designer, Sipsmith Gin • Chloe Lewis & Jen Lithgo, Jewellery Designer • Hayley Densley, Jewellery Designer • Laura Murray, Costume Designer, Hackney Empire • Catherine Dickinson, Exhibition Assistant, The Bowes Museum • Charlotte Victoria, Jewellery Designer • Helena Cooling, Set Designer, Darlington Hippodrome