雪尔顿学院

Design and create outstanding work

Our Textiles Studio provides a range of traditional and contemporary techniques and methods. Learning from design professionals in our state-of-the-art facilities, you'll get hands-on experience in 2D and 3D fibre-specific approaches, including printing, weaving, dyeing, off-loom techniques, digital design and sewing. We foster and encourage experimentation and exploration of the fibre medium.

Our commitment to sustainable practices

With a growing awareness of sustainable industry practices, the Textiles Studio is committed to doing our part. We purchase our dyes from reputable suppliers and grow and harvest our own natural dyes in our Dye Garden, right here on campus. You'll also help to care for our Dye Garden, making a positive environmental impact and embracing greener textile practices.

Get a foundation in all Craft and Design studios

Our program provides a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to Craft and Design. You'll major in your studio of choice while building skills in the four other disciplines. You'll work with students and faculty from across all five studios on interdisciplinary projects that bring together a range of expertise and experiences to explore the potential of contemporary art, craft and design.

Career Opportunities

Whether you become an independent artist, seek studio employment or pursue graduate studies, we prepare you for your career through interdisciplinary projects, work placement programs, field trips, industry visits, competitions, visiting artists and lecturers, research and studio-based work.

Here are some jobs you might find:

Textile Artist for Theatre or Film

Textile Design for Fashion, Interiors, or Product

Design Consultant

Entrepreneur

Educator

Gallerist or Curator

Artist / Craftsperson

Textile Technologist

Learning Outcomes

Develop knowledge and critical comprehension of key concepts, methodologies, current trends, and theoretical approaches in all studio concentrations in order to understand the relationship among them.

Practice real-world, detailed applied research in your studio concentration in order to gain valuable industry experience and insight.

Advance entrepreneurial and professional skills by developing innovative solutions for a target market.

Gain industry and entrepreneurial experience by designing and prototyping objects following an iterative creative process involving research, ideation, visualization, analysis, production and evaluation.

Develop analytical, critical thinking and communication skills by evaluating and justifying your design decisions and processes in critiques.

Stretch your creative skills by exploring the potential of materials and processes to develop unique and innovative objects.

Develop a personal aesthetic and style that differentiates your work from your peers.

Collaborate with students and use material from other academic disciplines in order to enrich and enhance your own studio practice.

Investigate current industry trends by producing innovative objects that reflect a critical understanding of contemporary art, craft and design issues.

Practice and refine self-direction and leadership skills by taking a project from conceptualization to realization.

Develop collaborative skills by working in multidisciplinary teams to complete assignments that mimic industry projects.

Develop professional insight by responsibly integrating sustainable practices, ethical and legal frameworks and effective business practices when dealing with clients, colleagues, suppliers and employers.