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Curriculum 2025

Textiles Creations Advanced

 

Subject Name Textiles Creations Advanced
Year Level 10
Subject Length Semester
Subject Type Optional
Staff Contact Gerrard Doyle
gerrard.doyle909@schools.sa.edu.au

Content

Students follow the design process to document and solve specific design briefs.

Topics may include:

  • The fashion industry
  • Fashion designers: Australian and overseas
  • Fashion icons: Introduction to the elements and principles of design
  • Body image
  • Fibres, fabrics and their features
  • The impact of technology on fabric and product design

This course enables students to experiment with visual representations of their ideas, research historical and contemporary precedents, and create individual one-off designs and design ranges that comply with industry conventions.

Creative construction techniques will be explored and applied to the articles researched and designed by students.

Assessment

Tasks may include:

  • Skills and application tasks
  • Development and planning of major product task
  • Producing products 
  • Essay on 'World fibre production and sustainability'
  • Research on ‘slow fashion’

Additional Information

Students may need to supply their own fabric and commercial patterns where directed.