Subject Information - Art Textiles
VISION/AIM
By studying Art Textiles students should have the opportunity to gain confidence, independence and problem solving skills to enable appropriate decision making in the classroom. Students should be challenged to be creative and curious in creating solutions to problems and outcome in response to artists and designers. In doing so, all students should consider sustainability, environmental and social issues that affect the development of solutions and outcomes. To be successful students need to be able to select and handle materials and develop a range of skills to realise ideas.
Skills learned should equip students to engage in art and design in adult life and make sound decisions about sustainability, aesthetics and function.
Students have and will continue to visit exhibitions, participate in inspirational trips and participate in workshops with artists/designers as part of this course.
Resources and support materials can be found on Google Classroom.
Further information can be requested from the Head of Department/Lead Teacher sdaly@fhes.org.uk
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Year 7 |
Designing and making a prototype for a product sold in a gallery shop - with a focus on print making and construction. |
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Year 8 |
Designing and making an outcome for a client with a focus on fabric embellishment and construction. |
GCSE Art Textiles
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Exam Board |
AQA |
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NEA |
Component 1/ NEA 1: Portfolio worth 60% final GCSE mark Component 2/ NEA 2: Externally set assignment is worth 40% final GCSE mark |
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Link to the Specification |
https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/art-and-design/specifications/AQA-ART-GCSE-SP-2016.PDF |
Teaching Schedule
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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Year 9 |
Investigation, experimentation and recording ideas: During this term the students continue their journey learning about textile artists and designers. Students develop researching skills and build up a catalogue of skills that can be used to manipulate materials safely and accurately. Students learn skills that are covered by the AO1, AO2, AO3 assessment objectives covered in this term. The projects teacher led. |
Investigation, experimentation and recording ideas and creating a response: During this term the students continue their journey learning about textile artists and designers and cultures. Students develop researching skills and build up a catalogue of skills that can be used to manipulate materials safely and accurately. Students learn skills AO1, AO2, AO3 and create a final piece that meets the A04 assessment criteria. The projects are teacher-lead with some opportunities for students to choose their own artists/ designers for inspiration. |
Investigation, experimentation and recording ideas and creating a response:During this term the students continue their journey learning about textile artists and designers. Students develop researching skills and build up a catalogue of skills that can be used to manipulate materials safely and accurately. Students learn skills AO1, AO2, AO3 and create a final piece that meets the A04 assessment criteria. The projects are teacher-led with some opportunities for students to choose their own artists/ designers for inspiration. |
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Year 10 |
Project: Pride, Protest and Pattern Providing students with the opportunity to exhibit best own skills as part of the ongoing portfolio which is worth 60% of GCSE. Students will respond to the theme of the Identity and conduct their own research, in the form of artist analysis, their own images and mood board. Students get the opportunity to work with real life issues/ experiences and respond to this through the medium of Textiles. |
Responsive project: This project is built to ensure students are making substantial progress across all assessment objectives. Generally students cover A01, AO2 and AO3 in this project with time focused on one of the areas. |
Final major project: The project is to give students the experience to respond to a context/ brief. This allows the students to learn about real constraints within design and making as well as strict timed deadlines. All assessment objectives covered. This is submitted for GCSE and is worth 60%. |
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Year 11 |
Final major project continued. |
Exam project: This is released on 1st Jan. This is run in a similar format to the final major project and runs mid April when students complete a 2 day practical exam to complete a final outcome. |
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