Cardiff School of Art & Design - BA (hons) Textiles: Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors/Textile Art

BA Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors

**Welcome to the BA (hons) Textiles: Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors/Textile Art* website**

Establishing Cardiff firmly on the map as one of Europe’s foremost destinations for studying textiles, our new courses will offer specialisations in Print and Stitch. Broad based and experimental with an emphasis on making and designing within a framework of ethical and environmental awareness, the courses will focus on producing tomorrow’s innovators. We believe in teaching students how to learn, they will be forecasters not followers of trends.

We offer well-equipped workshops and expert tuition in both hand and digital print and stitch and multi media. Core subjects including drawing, colour workshops, understanding materials and digital media will be underpinned by self -reflection, critical analysis and theory. Commercial and industrial awareness as well as an understanding of business practice will form an integral part of the student experience. Taking part in International Trade and Craft Fairs will give students further insight into identifying the diversity of professional pathways.

Welcome to CSAD

Our teaching staff are active in the fields of art, design, research and we have strong links with both local and global industries as well as national and international cultural and heritage partners.

Students will be able to go on to post graduate study, work as designer/makers, create businesses based on traditional and social entrepreneurship, work for NGO’s (Non Government Organisations) or transfer their skills to a wide range of manufacturing and retail industries, marketing or cultural agencies.

*courses subject to validation

News

Live Module sponsored by IKEA

Textiles student success IKEA Wales sponsored second year students ‘Live Module', donating several of its classical blue bags to each of our students. The bags were very challenging and were used as a vehicle to deliver an individual response to the brief.

More details on the 'Student works & links' page.

posted 25th Feb '10

Textiles student's design success

Textiles student success A talented textiles student from Cardiff School of Art & Design is hoping to see her work go into production this year after winning a prestigious competition sponsored by one of Wales’ leading woven textile brands.

More details here.

posted 10th Feb '10

Celebrating Paper

Textiles lecturer Philippa Lawrence is participating in an upcoming show at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol.

'Celebrating Paper' runs from 17th January to 21st February 2010.

Click here to visit the 'Celebrating Paper' web page on the RWA website.

posted 18th Jan '10

In Transition

An exhibition of contemporary textile practice from CSAD Textiles students is being held at the Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre from Jan to Mar 2010.

Dates: 16 Jan '10 – 6th Mar '10

Times: Mon - Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 10am – 4pm

Admission free.

View a range of images from the show here.

posted 11th Jan '10

Tell it to the trees

A yearlong exhibition, running until 15 Sept 2010, is being held by the National Trust at Croft Castle, Herefordshire, featuring the work of Textiles for Fashion and Interiors/Art Textiles lecturer Philippa Lawrence alongside other artists. The work will be installed in the Croft parkland, the walled garden, the early 19th century stables and the Castle itself. More details on the National Trust website.

posted 3rd Dec 09

Dr Canavan lectures at American University of Kuwait

Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors staff member Dr Keireine Canavan was invited to deliver a public lecture and weaving workshop at the American University of Kuwait, Liberal Arts Department. The lecture, entitled 'Communication & the Language of Textiles', was recorded and televised for Kuwait TV, and has been covered in English and Arabic newspapers. Two Bedouin Master weavers helped with the related workshop and were described by Dr Canavan as 'the stars of the show'.

Visit Dr Canavan's blog documenting her ongoing studies in Kuwait here.

posted 19th Nov 09

New Scientist feature

An article featuring BA (Hons) Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors lecturer Dr Cathy Treadaway has been published in this week’s New Scientist magazine

Read the full New Scientist article here.

posted 5th Nov 09

Follow Dr Canavan's Research

Dr Keireine Canavan Currently on extended research leave, Keireine Canavan is in Kuwait conducting research on Bedouin Al Sadu weaving.