Fashion Textiles Accessories/Textiles
Fashion Textiles and Accessories BA (Hons) and Textile Design BA (Hons) Your portfolio should be around 20-30 pieces. You will need to send images from sketchbooks, drawings, projects and a piece of written work. Give short discriptions about your work, and your interests in everything about fabric and its context (body or space). We will also want to know who or what inspires you in the field of art and design, and particularly in textiles/surface/colour. In your personal statement you can also write about which magazines you read, websites you visit and about any other cultural interests you have, i.e. film, music, architecture, dance, travel, sports etc. Most importantly we are looking at your potential to be a creative designer/maker. We don’t expect you to be exceptional in all the areas described below. We want you to be keen to learn and have ambitions for your own future.
What are we looking for? We are looking for: • Someone who loves making • Drawing skills – demonstrate a range of approaches • Idea generation • Development of ideas • An interest in contemporary design • Experimental approach to handling materials 22