GCSE Art: Fashion and Textiles

Exam Board: Edexcel

GCSE Art: Fashion and Textiles is a creative course that will inspire all budding designers. It is a fast and furious intense two years, full of new techniques and ideas inspired by textile artists and fashion designers. Textile design involves an arrangement of different disciples embracing both contemporary and traditional technologies. These involve the specialisms of Constructed Textiles, Dyed Fabrics, Printed Textiles, Stitch and Embellishment and Fashion Design.

Course break down:

• In Year 10 you will begin the coursework which will be submitted for your GCSE. The overall theme is selected to be broad and allow personalised sub themes and interpretations. You will learn new skills in printed textiles, digital textiles, constructed and manipulated textiles, stitch and embellishment and fashion design. You will explore artists, create individual responses and developmental studies.
• In Year 11 you will continue your body of work from Year 10. You will develop your ideas to create personalised, independent meaningful work. In order to gain examination experience you will complete a 10 hour mock exam and produce a final outcome. This will count towards 60% of your final controlled assessment grade.
• Year 11 Externally Set Assignment: This project, which is worth 40%, is directed by the examination board but will be similar, in structure, to the sketchbook completed in Year 10 and 11. At the end of this, you will produce a final piece in examination conditions, you are given 10 hours for this assessment.

Assessment

60% controlled assessment, 40% examination. Both controlled assessment and exam work will be assessed through the Edexcel board’s assessment criteria over four key assessment objectives: recording, experimenting, developing and producing an outcome.

Where can it lead?

Possible career paths include: print designer, fashion designer, buyer, costume designer, footwear designer or tailor.

You will develop a range of transferable skills including creativity, confidence, independence, project management, teamwork, communication, conceptual thinking and visualisation.

Find out where studies in Fashion and Textiles can take you on Unifrog:

• Fashions and Textiles Subject Profile