Constructed Textiles Skills: 1-5 (Online On-Demand)

Description

Constructed Textiles Skills: 1-5 Series

(Online On-Demand Courses)

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PRICE:  £300 (+ Cademy Fee)
Buy 4 and get 1 FREE if you buy the series

Book all 5 Constructed Textiles Skills Online On-Demand Courses:

• Constructed Textiles Skills: 1  (Tucks, English & American Smocking)
• Constructed Textiles Skills: 2  (Slashing, Fabric & Paper Weaving & Loom Weaving)
• Constructed Textiles Skills: 3  (Heat Shibori, Crashing & Shirring)  
• Constructed Textiles Skills: 4  (Pleats, Ruffles & Gathering)
• Constructed Textiles Skills: 5 (Shadowfolds, Paper & Fabric Manipulation)

(12 Months Access)

About the Course:

These courses are run through Facebook Training Rooms

This course is aimed at D&T and Art & Design Textile and Art teachers who are either new to teaching GCSE/A Level or those who want to add to their resources, learning easy to teach textiles skills and techniques and create a sketchbook resource that can be used in the classroom by students. The techniques will be linked to relevant artists and designers and we will show a creative process from developed to refined ideas.

Each Training Room offers different selections of resources and techniques, including video tutorials and downloadable handouts, to build your skill base, develop your own resources and a techniques sketchbook. There is also a live session with your trainer where you will be able to see and hear about further resources and ask questions.

Each Course takes you through selecting a theme; How to then source primary and gives suggestions for relevant artist/designers to base the techniques on. It then takes you through developing initial ideas and learning first how to do and then further refine the techniques.

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What you will gain by joining the Training Room:

Working through each unit you will learn how to choose a strong and workable theme, find inspiration through selecting appropriate artists and designers and develop primary sources into refined samples.

You will gain:

• An understanding of how to link themes, primary sources and contextual research of designers and artists.
• Clear and visual presentations, in bitesize units, to enable better teaching in art textiles and D&T.
• Clear and easy to follow short demonstrations on ‘how to’ do textiles techniques.
• Exemplar ideas for textiles design development and practical strategies to create a higher challenge classroom.
• Printable handouts of templates and step-by-step instructions for use in teaching.
• Useful video links to exemplar work of others.
• Guidance and info on other resources that could support your teaching.
• Learn, practice and make constructed techniques samplers using both machine and by hand.
• How to link these techniques to relevant artists and designers and take them forward in the design process.
• Link these constructed techniques to refined ideas for final outcomes and use these ideas in a sketch book or poster to use as a classroom resource.
• How this can be used by learners independently in the classroom
• Understand how to develop knowledge of constructed techniques from KS3, creating independent, confident and enthusiastic learners at KS4/5.

Links to KS4 Art & design Specifications: ‘students will be able to contextualize their research and ideas, drawing inspiration from artists and designers. Students will also evaluate the art, craft and design they study, and develop an appreciation of the impact it has on their own work and that of others.’

Nicky Simpson workshop with a group of Textile Teachers

What is special about the Constructed Textiles Skills Training Rooms?

The Constructed Textiles Skills training room is an experience that delivers textiles skills, knowledge and understanding in bite sized units. It is a unique learning concept which allows you to learn at your own pace and still contribute, ask questions and network with other teachers through the training room discussion page.

Your curator is NICKY SIMPSON, a contemporary textiles artist, who has 12 years teaching experience, heading up Fashion & Textiles at Hillview School in Kent and a previous 22 year career as a print designer in the heart of London. She has also mentored many graduate trainees, taken workshops at the Knitting & Stitching show, volunteers as an art therapist and for the past 5 years, has been a workshop developer and leader for Textile and Art teachers on behalf of the Textile Skills Academy.

Advantages of joining the Constructed Textiles Skills Training Room?

• Work/study can be done at home as well as school
• No need to be away from your lessons
• 10 hours of training and downloadable resources
• No cover needed for your classes
• No travel arrangements or costs
• Best use of time: flexible access, revisit when needed, ready-to-use resources
• Unlimited access to the training room for 3 months (equivalent to a school term) with handouts to download and links to other useful resources.
• A LIVE Q&A session with Nicky to see/hear about more resources and techniques and to ask those nagging questions. Time and date will be set and sent to you with a request to join the session.

Terms & Conditions

Your ticket is not refundable or exchangeable once you have enrolled on the course. You can register and join at any time.

Once registered, teachers will be given UNLIMITED access to an on-line training room and all the resources for 12 months. Training provides videos of each presentation and handouts to download, demonstration videos for each technique, templates and images that you can use within school, links to further information and useful resources. It is your ONE STOP SHOP!

What do you need to gain access to the Training Rooms?

To access the training room you will need a Facebook account and access to the internet. The training can be accessed on a mobile device, tablet or computer.

To gain access to the Training Room after booking, you will be sent an order confrmation email which will have the links to each Training Room. Click on the links and once in the Training Room, you will be asked 2 questions before being allowed to join: Your Full Name and you need to agree to abide by the rules of the Training Room.

The Textiles Skills Academy also manages the Facebook Closed Group for teachers. To join the closed group go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/textileteacherscentre