Work Placement

Putting to use the skills learnt in the 1st year.

Lauren was able to immediately set to and match colour and help with wet screen print in Sarah Fennell’s studio

Beautiful hand dye in the 3rd year

The most glorious natural colours are being hand dyed using natural wool and raw materials.

Such delicate colours being produced

Construction and Manipulation

Working with industry the 2nd years excel with their constructed outcomes.

Personal achievements in the 2nd yr

Taking Colour-Seriously

It makes a difference.

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The Alchemy of Colour

Continuing with their exploration of all aspects of colour the first years get to grips with the science bit!
How do you achieve that perfect tone,how do you made that a shade lighter,how do you set the colour for good? All is revealed.
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Winner!

Alumni Julia Feeney (2015) has won the  Arts Thread x Press up t-shirt competition.

Fabulous Julia!

When you buy the t-shirt here,via this link, Julia can get printing.YAY!

https://juliafeeney.pressup.io/artsthreadpressup

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All systems go!

Maggie is making sure everything is up to speed for the new academic year.

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Here colour swatches are being printed with Dye -Sublimation (Transfer) printer ready for students to apply to fabrics in the Digital Textile Workshop

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Our Pinterest Board

Have you seen it ?

https://www.pinterest.com/amandagoodeuk/thats-what-i-want-to-do-textile-design-for-fashion/

Preparation

These images show the dye and wet print area in full experimental use by the degree students during the spring term.
The MA students are working over the summer months using all the facilities.
However staff still find time to prepare the rooms ready for the return of all the students in September.
Tables cleaned and prepared,dye ordered,screens prepared,equipment serviced,samples prepared everything spic and span ready for the modules to unfold.

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