Fashion and Textile Design is aimed at introducing students to a range of techniques with a traditional base but also with an experimental and developmental content. Projects are aimed at encouraging creativity, developing design skills and at the same time acquiring and refining technical competence.
Students explore aspects of design through examining the approach a variety of designers. Undertaking their own design projects assists students to appreciate the relevance of aesthetics and design in a variety of media. The theory component requires Students to study a variety of fashion construction techniques and the use of materials in a studio arts context. They will study a selection of international and Australian fashion designers.
Students should on completion of the Year 9 Fashion and Textile Design course have gained skills in working with a range of textiles techniques and mixed media, as well as perceptual and design rendering skills.
Projects will include:
surface decoration involving a variety of appliqué, dyeing and painting and screen printing methods
construction of a wearable garment using a commercial pattern
study of the History of Fashion
a Magazine Layout on Australian Designers.
Students will be assessed on:
Material Charges
Students may incur additional costs and source their own fabric based on the choice of materials to be used in their individual projects.