What do you basically do in Textile GCSE?

Hii so BASICALLY i kinda just chose textiles for GCSE cos Art is too time consuming since i am doing TRIPE SCIENCE so I kinda dont know like... What I know is that you have to make some dress or something like that I am dont really design dresses like that (even though I once had a dream to be a fashion designer...) but anyway help a person out yallllll

Reply 1

Blobethie

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by Ch1za

Eeeeek you were wrong in thinking textiles isn't time consuming. I think on average people spend more time in textiles....

But if you love it, it shouldn't matter! Uf you are doing textiles as part of art not DT on aqa, its very open. It's more about textiles design and you create a portfolio and finished peice (dress, skirt, pillow case, just art, anything) as part of your coursework. Then you have a breif set by the exam board which you have a couple months to make a book for, and then you have 2 full days (10hr exam) to finish the whole project. Don't hold me to this, i dont fully understand it myself, but there is only coursework but they are big projects. You are expected to do around 2hrs each week but most people spend 4 hrs (I spend most my weekend....)

Anyway, that may not be fully accurate, but I would advise looking on your exam boards website if you wanted exact details on the projects :biggrin:

This is the general vibe though!!

Reply 2

Ch1za

Original post

by Blobethie

Eeeeek you were wrong in thinking textiles isn't time consuming. I think on average people spend more time in textiles....
But if you love it, it shouldn't matter! Uf you are doing textiles as part of art not DT on aqa, its very open. It's more about textiles design and you create a portfolio and finished peice (dress, skirt, pillow case, just art, anything) as part of your coursework. Then you have a breif set by the exam board which you have a couple months to make a book for, and then you have 2 full days (10hr exam) to finish the whole project. Don't hold me to this, i dont fully understand it myself, but there is only coursework but they are big projects. You are expected to do around 2hrs each week but most people spend 4 hrs (I spend most my weekend....)
Anyway, that may not be fully accurate, but I would advise looking on your exam boards website if you wanted exact details on the projects :biggrin:

This is the general vibe though!!

Oh my word! I was not expecting all THAT but I get what you mean based on what I have heard so that's why I am going to (this year) try and manage my time more efficiency so when I start my coursework. I will be a pro! 😄

Reply 3

bee.mg

i really enjoyed textiles! it was definitely more sketchbook/coursework based than i thought and definitely time consuming but very experimental and i feel like i learnt a lot in terms of skills and things to write about.
some tips:

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being on top of annotations is a really good way to stand out - if you think you've said enough, i'd probably add more! always try to add your own opinion/reflections and justify with some fancy adjectives (this goes for artist researches/explorations/theme pages etc.)

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i would always make a pinterest board when starting a new theme or a specific sub theme - not with pins of other ppls actual sketchbook spreads but any image that i was drawn to that i could relate to my theme e.g for my ocean theme i had sea creatures and water duh but also ocean related mythology and cool ocean embroidery and beadwork and flowy fabric that looked like water and so on!