What will I learn?
**Grow your passion for textiles and enhance your skills and techniques in a range of practices**Whilst studying BA (Hons) Fine Art with Textiles, you will be supported to explore the nature of textiles as a medium 麻豆原创 more traditional fine art practices. Access to technical workshops will enable you to achieve the highest quality art production and become specialised in the development of textile-based work.The programme encompasses a variety of skills and techniques enabling you to develop professional approaches to a range of making processes. Workshops will introduce you to weaving, stitch, embroidery, felt-making, dying, knitting and give you demonstrations in techniques and processes such as pattern cutting.You will explore the very contemporary shift towards textiles as a medium that can be understood in spatial and three-dimensional terms. Elements of other 2D and 3D practices including surface, colour, collage, flat surfaces, as well as sculptural approaches (structural textiles, 3D hangings, mixed media) will be tested. Studying textiles embraces fine art exploration and interacts with sculpture, painting, printmaking and installation work.Studying at the University of Chichester, you will immerse yourself in your work by making use of our specialist studio and workshop facilities as well as having access to your very own dedicated studio space. You will study in a supportive and student focused environment enabling you to become a versatile, creative and confident artist.A key element to provision of the Fine Art programmes is our commitment to outward-facing application and exhibition of your artwork at the degree show. You will spend your final year consolidating your work to an expert standard which will then be exhibited in public spaces. There are several hundred visitors and much of the work is sold which will provide you with a professional showcase for your work.**Main studio, workshop skills and activities include:** Felt-makingWeaving3D constructed textilesTapestryEmbroideryDyeingColour and surfaceInstallation and live art: appropriated materials, site-based and gallery-based workDrawing: drawing is seen as important element in the development and realisation of ideas and is the basis of the initial studio workDigital