Welcome to craft course. It is a dimension of product design option. The crafts course is concerned with the manipulation of conventional or non-conventional materials to produce user friendly items which are functional or decorative in nature. You will explore various design materials available from the immediate environment.
In this studio-based course students will be given a good overview of the fashion industry and a foundation in a wide range of techniques. The course is a combination of structured teaching and informal workshop time. This basic design course encompasses the fashion design process from inspiration through ideation to production. Focus is on terminology, design elements and principles, the creative process of inspiration documentation and the ethical consideration in the fashion industry.
The aim of this unit is to provide the opportunity for students to become designer makers by exploring, at some depth, this specific craft in which they will use inspirational source material to design items of an advanced nature. The work will be based on a highly personal approach to innovative ideas and traditional techniques, requiring advanced practical skills in the creation of craft items.
Students will develop the ability to explore the craft and materials in new ways. A thorough knowledge of materials, processes and techniques will support and give an informed background to innovative practice.
Workbooks will record supporting knowledge – visual and written notes, sampled ideas and techniques where appropriate, diagrams and technical specifications on the development of design briefs, sources of inspiration, materials, processes and techniques.
Students evaluate the completed work, processes and techniques used, to inform future work.