Bachelor of Craft and Design (Textiles)

Program Overview

This textiles and fashion program equips students with hands-on experience and industry connections, fostering experimentation and sustainable practices. It focuses on textile design and creation through various techniques, including printing, weaving, and digital design. The program also emphasizes collaboration, research, and an appreciation for the historical and cultural significance of textiles.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Objective:

• Prepares students for a future in textiles and fashion through hands-on experience and industry connections.
• Provides a solid foundation in both traditional and contemporary techniques and methods.
• Fosters experimentation and exploration of the fibre medium.
• Instils a commitment to sustainable practices.

Program Description:

• Focuses on textile design and creation through a range of 2D and 3D fibre-specific approaches.
• Develops skills in printing, weaving, dyeing, off-loom techniques, digital design, and sewing.
• Provides a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to Craft and Design through collaboration with students and faculty from all five Craft and Design studios.
• Offers opportunities for research and experimentation in the state-of-the-art Textiles Studio.
• Cultivates an appreciation for the historical and cultural significance of textiles.

Outline:

Semester 1:

• Textiles 1: Form
• Textiles 1: Surface
• Alternate Media – Ceramics
• Alternate Media – Glass
• Digital Modelling 1
• Sketching and Drawing Fundamentals
• Composition and Rhetoric

Semester 2:

• Textiles: Sewing and Construction
• Textiles: Explorations in Print & Surface
• Alternate Media – Furniture
• Alternate Media – Industrial Design
• Digital 2D Visual Communication
• Art and Design History

Semester 3:

• Textiles: Design Approaches
• Textiles: Dye & Material Processes
• Studio Elective 1
• Interdisciplinary Project 1
• Studio Photography
• Degree Breadth Elective

Semester 4:

• Textiles: Digital Design 1
• Textiles: Form and Interlaced Structures
• Studio Elective 2
• Textiles History
• Degree Breadth Elective

Semester 5:

• Textiles: Series and Scale
• Sustainable Practices
• Textiles: Digital Design 2
• Interdisciplinary Project 2
• Work Term and Career Preparation
• Contemporary Issues in Design
• Degree Breadth Elective

Semester 6:

• Investigations
• Textiles Studio Project
• Marketing and Promotion
• Capstone Project Preparation
• Degree Breadth Elective

Semester 7:

• Capstone Project Seminar 1
• Capstone Project Execution 1
• Degree Breadth Elective
• Degree Breadth Elective

Semester 8:

• Capstone Project Seminar 2
• Capstone Project Execution 2
• Business Models

Careers:

• Textile Artist for Theatre or Film
• Textile Design for Fashion, Interiors, or Product
• Design Consultant
• Entrepreneur
• Educator
• Gallerist or Curator
• Artist / Craftsperson
• Textile Technologist