41 Courses

Tea 'N Chat discussing the new A-LEVEL ESA (Externally Lead Assessment) themes with fellow teachers

Tea 'N Chat free event - Talk with Textile Artist Nicky Simpson

Tea 'N Chat free event - Talk with LINETTE MANUEL about 3D Fashion printing.

Tea 'N Chat free event - Talk with Textile Artist and Teacher LINDA HARVEY

A short course aimed at anyone interested in learning a variety of exciting and fun textile mark making skills.

Series for Pattern drafting for beginners.

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN + NICKY SIMPSON ONLINE ON-DEMAND FEES: FULL COURSE £35 WHAT THE COURSE IS ABOUT: A great short course, led by textile artist NICKY SIMPSON. This course introduces you to repeat patterning using PowerPoint, with video tutorials and comprehensive step-by-step guides. Whether you are using this in school, wanting to print for fashion or furnishing, or simply printing a T-shirt, this is a great way to get your own artwork or photographs into a repeat pattern for printing. It can also be used to print on paper for cards or letters and much more. This course shows how you can easily do repeat pattern designs, layering designs, inserting your designs into shapes and fashion illustration, with lots of exemplars and some inspirational designers. WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR: This course is suitable for anyone. You may be a teacher wanting to up-skill, a student who wants to further your current knowledge, or anyone who would like to be more creative with very limited equipment! All these tutorials can be used directly with students in schools. WHAT TO EXPECT: This comprehensive course offers a series of 6 short video tutorials, where you can practice alongside Nicky, working in your own time, at your own pace. Each video can be paused and rewound, using step-by-step guides.  Introduction: Welcome to the training room Video Tutorial 1: How to use the Picture Format Tool Bar Video Tutorial 2: Creating Repeat Patterns Video Tutorial 3: CAD from your own primary images Video Tutorial 4: Layering images Video Tutorial 5: Inserting Your Repeat Patterns Into Shapes Video Tutorial 6: Fashion Illustration PDF: Designers & Exemplars LEARNING OUTCOMES: Learn and practice a new and exciting skill. Develop confidence and enhance your IT skills with free tools! Create exciting repeat patterns that can be used for fashion, interiors or stationary. A creative activity to get your own photographs into a repeat pattern ready for printing. YOUR TRAINER:

5 Week course using drawing as a process to play with both traditional materials and textile processes, to develop playfulness and experimentation as a tool for design and art directions.

5 Week course using drawing as a process to play with both traditional materials and textile processes, to develop playfulness and experimentation as a tool for design and art directions.

An online course for understand and implementing climate change and sustainability in textiles education.