City Lit textiles: mixed media

- Use a sketchbook to research and develop ideas
- Interpret this research in sketchbooks and through samples
- Use a variety of textile related materials and mixed media approaches,
- Identify the properties of material and techniques used.
- Produce resolved work using surface and mixed media approaches

More experienced students will be able to:
- Extend the possibilities of these techniques in relation to ideas.

Basic materials are covered in the fees. You may need to supplement this with other materials; fabrics, papers, threads etc to suit specific needs or preference and to provide variation. You should have a sketchbook with you for every session and sometimes you will want to print out images from the internet to build up your research. A camera is also useful and occasionally it will be suggested that you use a photocopier for your work.
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The course will be practical with group demonstrations of techniques at the start of most session in the first half of the course.

Samples will be shown to give you ideas of the variety of ways you could experiment with the techniques and handouts will also be provided. Power points will be given to illustrate and inform. Informal groups discussion will occasionally take place.

The second half of the course is for your personal project. You will be given individual help where needed and additional techniques may be added as your work develops. You will be shown how to use any tools and equipment safely in the workshop. Various books and journals will be available for you to look for inspiration and information.
Sketchbooks are essential for the storing of samples and any research you may do.

There will be some set homework for the group, for example, collecting images, planning designs and developing samples. Your work will benefit greatly from some additional time spent on sketchbooks and research however it is understood that sometimes this is not possible.