Subject Information - Art Textiles

Art Textiles – 8 Week Rotation

Year 7

Cushion Project:

• Sewing machine skills.
• Transfer printing - basic knowledge and skills.
• Screen printing basic use with stencil.
• Pattern drafting.
• Use of key equipment including dressmaker's shears.

Construction techniques: Hems and seams.

Year 8

Banner project:

• Independent research using prompts and sentence starters.
• Design development.
• Decoration techniques- transfer dye, marbling, wet in wet, tie dye, applique with bong a web, free machine embroidery.

Hot Water Bottle Project:

• Handing sewing of different stitches, such as running stitch, back stitch, cross stitch and blanket stitch.
• Creating a range of designs
• Refinement of a design idea

Using different techniques to embellish the outcome. With the use of beads, buttons, sequins, ribbons.

Year 9

Natural History project 

• Board presentation.
• Using sewing machine independently to use straight and free machine stitching.
• Adding colour to fabric using transfer, painting.

• Responding to a client brief.
• Mounting and adding samples to presentation boards.
• Evaluations.

Researching an artist independently.

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Year 10

Protest project

• Interpretation of themes for personal choice.
• 2 x artist analysis with response, one artist of choice.
• Full design development with planning for final outcome including pattern drafting.
• Execution of final outcome.

Protest project

• Execution of final outcome.

Fashion project

• Fashion illustration and other drawing work.
• Drawing on a variety of backgrounds using a variety of media.
• Decorative techniques: background fabric colouration, free machine embroidery, reverse applique.
• Independent development of samples.

Final Major project

• Research, artist analysis and responses based on personal choices and prior skills.
• Experimentation using textile techniques- own choice based on and building upon prior knowledge and skills.
• Design ideas and development.
• Relevant drawing and photography.

Year 11

• Design ideas and development.
• Relevant drawing and photography.
• Planning for final outcome.
• Presentation of outcome.
• Evaluation.

Final Major project

• Research, artist analysis and responses based on personal choices and prior skills.
• Experimentation using textile techniques- own choice based on and building upon prior knowledge and skills.
• Design ideas and development.
• Relevant drawing and photography.
• Design ideas and development.
• Relevant drawing and photography.
• Planning for final outcome.

Final Major project

• Planning for final outcome.
• Presentation of outcome.
• Evaluation.

Key Skills

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Research

Students to complete own research for a moodboard, very structures with instructions on what to include and some suggestions for key work searches, sentence starters for annotations.

Students to complete own research for a moodboard, very structures with instructions on what to include and some suggestions for key work searches, sentence starters for annotations.

Independently research theme for client brief.

Independent but guided research of artists both suggested and chosen by students independently. Extended writing tasks to be completed.

Exam project: Personal choice and independent using generic guidance and reflecting on past examples.

Planning

Retrospective planning.

Planning of the decoration of the panel.

Create thumbnail sketches of responses to research.

Test and sample textile techniques appropriate to project.

Create a plan of making to support making a product.

Students to plan samples in response to artist both guided and independently

Students to create step-by-step plan to create final piece.

FMP 3 Options : step-by-step plan of how to execute final idea including mock-up/ prototypes, patterns drafts, final design drawing with annotations.

Exam project: Personal choice and independent using generic guidance and reflecting on past examples.

Technical Knowledge

Basic sewing machine threadings, safety and accurate use.

Names of specialist equipment.

Decoration techniques: Use of transfer / screen print techniques, preparing a stencil.

Construction techniques: threading needle, creating hems and seams, using seam allowance, EXT sewing on buttons.

Basic pattern drafting.

Threading machines independently - top thread only.

Using machine for free machine embroidery.

Colouring background fabrics, Shibori, marbling, layering transfer dyes, wet on wet fabric.

Developing a font using key principles.

Choosing techniques and executing accurately.

Folding and stitching an open hem.

Attaching trimmings to a textile product.

Using a range of different techniques including, applique, free machine embroidery and printing techniques.

Independent use of sewing machine to do the following: thread up, change over fee and set up changes between straight stitch and free machine embroidery, winding bobbins, inserting bobbin and other general troubleshooting.

More complex use of transfer dyes with layering and repeat pattern.

Drawing skills including drawing on a range of backgrounds.

FMP: Independent use of a variety of skills accumulated in prior years, students may in

Designing

Creating a range of design ideas in response to a brief.

Design work for proposals to meet client brief.

Designing a range of ideas looking at contextual research as inspiration.

Development of a range of ideas in response to research, experimentation and iterations throughout the development phase.

Designing a range of ideas looking at contextual research as inspiration.

Development of a range of ideas in response to research, experimentation and iterations throughout the development phase.

Making

Creating a prototype of a cushion in response to a client’s needs.

Creating a prototype of a banner in response to client brief.

Creating a range of outcomes in response to a client brief.

Final outcome for project 1 based on a selection of 3 outcomes.

FMP- outcome of choice.

EXAM: Outcome of choice.

Evaluating

Evaluation of initial samples (transfer printing, sewing machine skills, screen printing).

Evaluation of project and suggestions of improvements.

Evaluation of project with a drawing to suggest improvements.

Evaluation of initial samples.

Evaluation of design ideas and developments.

Evaluation of final project.

Evaluation of initial samples (screen printing, transfer printing, hand stitching.

Evaluation of design ideas and developments.

FMP: Evaluation of initial samples (screen printing, transfer printing, hand stitching

Evaluation of design ideas and developments.

Exam project; Evaluation of initial samples (screen printing, transfer printing, hand stitching.

Evaluation of design ideas and developments.

Presentation of Ideas

Using correct pens, pencils effectively in work.

Creating titles in book and mounting in textile work.

Following guidance on layout and creating full pages.

Considering layout and composition of the moodboard.

Create quality drawings in design work.

Following guidance on layout and creating full pages.

Considering layout and composition of the moodboard.

Using a guillotine / rotary cutter to try and present samples and imagery.

Laying out, layering and mounting work on boards.

Creating colour stories.

Mounting textile samples.

Contact sheet of photos.

Fillings gaps in sketchbook pages.

Considering more inspiring layouts.  EXT building upon knowledge and trying new styles of sketchbook presentation complete and executed to a high standard.

Build on all previous work.

Choosing scale to work onto (no smaller than A4.

Demonstrating creativity and personality in sketchbooks which are complete and executed to a high standard.

Exam Board

AQA

NEA

Component 1/ NEA 1: Portfolio worth 60% final GCSE mark

Component 2/ NEA 2: Externally set assignment is worth 40% final GCSE mark

Link to the Specification

https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/art-and-design/specifications/AQA-ART-GCSE-SP-2016.PDF