Textiles – Heritage, Craft, Revival and Renewal

This course aims to explore the art of making traditional crafts by providing participants with the opportunity to learn the skills and knowledge pertaining to various crafts and to use them in away that is relevant to the 21st century. Traditional crafts for example: Weaving, Felting, Lace Making, Patchwork, Quilting and Embroidery will be studied from an historical, contemporary perspective.

Participants will be afforded the opportunities to design, make and use crafts in a way that is relevant to their own personal creative direction.

Opportunity to explore colour, texture, design, fabric manipulation, fabric decorating and stitching, in conjunction with the development of mood boards and sample boards to include hand rendered and digital pieces, will underpin the core content of this course.

Concepts of sustainability and upcycling will be explored and emphasised. Participants will engage in the repurposing of vintage textiles and transform them into beautiful and usable textile pieces.