Surface Textiles Techniques (Online On-Demand)

Description

SURFACE TEXTILES SKILLS

(ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE)

This course is aimed at anyone interested in learning a variety of exciting and fun textiles skills.

Especially useful for Textile and Art teachers and trainers who are either new to teaching GCSE/A Level Art & Design or those who want to add to their resources, developing exciting new ideas for surface techniques linked to a large variety of relevant artists and designers.

*This course was funded by All Saints Education Trust. There is a discounted Price for ECT/Trainee Teachers - Please contact for more information.* 

This course covers a variety of techniques which you can practice at home or in school/studio. There are video tutorials, downloadable guides and other resources to support you through each technique.

The course follows a series of tutorials:

Video Tutorial 1: PVA
Video Tutorial 2: MARBLING
Video Tutorial 3: SCREEN PRINTING
Video Tutorial 4: HEAT GUN
Video Tutorial 5: MONO PRINTING & GELLI PRINTING
Video Tutorial 6: DISSOLVABLE FABRIC

COURSE DEVELOPER: This course has been developed by NICKY SIMPSON who has developed many face-to-face and online courses, as well as delivering workshops in schools, at Festival Of Quilts, Knitting & Stitching Show and for the National Trust.
Nicky Simpson BA(Hons) Textiles Design: Specialising in print.

Nicky is a contemporary textiles artist, who has 12 years teaching experience, heading up Fashion & Textiles at a School in Kent. She has taught many different specifications from Art & Design Textiles at GCSE and A Level, Design and Technology at GCSE and A Level and BTEC Level 3 Fashion. Her last set of grades were: A Level 100% A-A*; GCSE 70% A-A* (100% A*-B). She has also taught Graphics, Food and Art at KS3.

 In Nicky’s previous career she was a senior director of a fashion print agency in the heart of London. She designed her own prints as well as creating and selling seasonal fashion print collections for the international market.

For the past 9 years Nicky has been a textile consultant, focusing on developing and leading the delivery of both online and face to face workshops for the Textile Skills Centre, including pattern development. Nicky has mentored many graduate trainees, and now mentors many fellow teachers through the TSC mentorship programme.

She has delivered workshops at the Festival of Quilts, Knitting & Stitching show and National trust. Nicky volunteers as an art therapist in her spare time. Nicky’s own work is creating arts and craft mostly with a heat press, featuring both machine and hand embroidery. Much of her work incorporates the flora found naturally in our beautiful English countryside. 

Feedback:'I’m just emailing to say how amazing the online, on demand Surface Textile Techniques course is. I’ve just had a look through and it’s made me so excited to teach my textile girls some great new skills. As an ECT 1 with no textile background I was defiantly nervous about teaching my textile GCSE class. I cannot explain how much these courses have helped me!'

Feedback for other online courses developed by Nicky: 'I have completed this course this weekend and really enjoyed myself. I brushed up on some techniques I already knew, and can now see some new ideas for them. I really enjoyed the new techniques that I had shied away from before, as I thought they would be too tricky! The tutorial videos are very clear with great demos. Can't wait to experiment more.''Wow, what a real treat your course is. AMAZING work. Would be super for any teacher, experienced or NQT. And a great place to share ideas and create a bank of ideas. You are offering so many resources for the cost of the course. An absolute bargain at that price. I have thoroughly enjoyed working through the course.'

Other Online Courses:-

The following short course shows you how to take the photos of your samples, and create Computer Aided Designs as repeat patterns, including fashion illustration and lots more! All tutorials can be used in your lessons at school!

Creating Repeat Patterns For Print

Online Courses (For Teachers) - Textiles Skills Centre

The following short course on free hand machine embroidery will be very useful for a lot of the techniques on this course.

Introduction To Free Hand Machine Embroidery

Online Courses (For Teachers) - Textiles Skills Centre