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DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN
AS/A2 GRAPHIC DESIGN
AS/A2 TEXTILE DESIGN
AS/A2 PHOTOGRAPHY
AS/A2 3D DESIGN
AS/A2 FINE ART
Students who specialise within 3D Design may
extend their skills into the following areas: Interior
and Spatial Design; Product Design; Architecture;
Glass/Craft/Jewellery.
Individuals are encouraged to work with a wide
range of materials including paper, wire, wood,
metal and glass to produce an extensive range of
samples/prototypes and develop these into
innovative realisations within their chosen
specialism.
What is 3D Design?
Steve BonatiHead of Creative Arts Faculty
& Photography Tutor
Deborah BradleyHead of Department
Textile Design
Silvana FairHead of Department
3D Design & Technology
How will I be assessed?At AS Level, you will be introduced to a variety of experiences employing a range of media,
processes and techniques appropriate to your chosen area of study.
• Unit 1 – Development of a coursework portfolio
• Unit 2 – An externally-set assignment
At A2 Level, you are required to build upon the knowledge, understanding and skills gained
in the AS with greater depth of study.
• Unit 3 – A personal investigation
• Unit 4 – An externally-set assignment
All Art and Design students are continually monitored and given feedback and assessment
sheets. Homework is set weekly and returned with helpful comments. Tutorials are offered
regularly to help with coursework and examinations. All units are assessed by the centre and
then assessed by AQA/WJEC.
Many students go on to study the Art Foundation
National Diploma, and then access Higher
Education. There are many Universities offering
3D Design related courses. The focus of study
can vary, from product design, furniture design,
interior/spatial design, architecture, lighting
design, jewellery, silversmithing, set design, glass
and ceramics. The AS/A2 course will develop
your manipulative skills within a range of
appropriate 3D media as well as allowing you to
explore a wide range of art practices within a
range of specialisms.
Employment opportunities are varied in 3D design
including the specialist areas mentioned above.
What will the courseprepare me for?
AS/A2 3D DesignExam Board:AQA
Meet the Staff
Emily Denton A2 3D Design
Hannah Rodick A2 3D Design
Gareth Bulger A2 3D Design
Diego Mariscal Jimenez A2 3D Design
What is Textile Design?
What support will I receive?A range of supportive measures are designed for you to succeed. Lesson structure
places great emphasis on teaching and learning and within Art and Design a one-to-
one approach is very much in evidence. Lessons are only one aspect of course
delivery. Individual tutorials enable students to discuss their progress in more detail.
Homework provides the opportunity for a weekly assessment and feedback on
progress, whilst unit feedback is more detailed. Opportunities exist for students to
work in the studios over lunch, break times and after college. Tutors offer support in
suggesting suitable gallery visits and sources of information for research purposes.
Technical support is available in terms of support staff who will assist in workshop
procedures. Tutors are open and friendly and lessons are lively and engaging. We
have received the highest praise for student support in inspections of the department.
Many students go on to study the Art Foundation
National Diploma, and then access Higher Education.
There are many universities offering courses relating to
Textile Design. These may include Women’s Wear, Men’s
Wear, Styling, Marketing and Fashion Photography.
What will the courseprepare me for?
Texture, surface, natural form, dreams and cities
are a few of the diverse influences used to inspire
creative and innovative design ideas within the
areas of Textile Design.
Students explore visual information to develop
creative investigations into textiles and fashion.
Experimentation into techniques and processes
includes stitch, print, dye, knit and garment
construction, to develop understanding of shape,
form, pattern, texture and colour.
All practical work is underpinned by critical
analysis of appropriate sources. Students are
encouraged to visit exhibitions and galleries.
Research methods including drawing, collecting,
and mood boards will be used to generate a
wealth of ideas. Students’ diverse and individual
approaches can be realised in a variety of
outcomes including fine art textiles, fashion
design, illustration and textile design.
AS/A2 Textile DesignExam Board:AQA
Peter FrostHead of Department
Graphic Design
Mark BradleyFine Art Tutor
Elizabeth OliverFine Art &
Photography Tutor
David FoxHead of Department Diploma
Graphic Design Tutor
Meet the Staff
Niamh Davies AS Textile Design Beth Craig A2 Textile Design
Nana Ankrah AS Textile Design Stephanie O’Hara A2 Textile Design
The broadest of all the individual specialisms, Fine
Art covers a wide variety of media and techniques.
These include traditional drawing, painting and
sculpture alongside the more contemporary
installation art, film, photography, printmaking,
performance and digital imagery. You will have the
opportunity at A2 to develop these interests further.
Students are encouraged to explore media to the
full in order to best express their ideas.
What is Fine Art?
Many students go on to study the Art Foundation
National Diploma, and then access Higher
Education. There are many universities offering courses relating to Fine Art including:
Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Performance, and Interactive Arts.
The Advanced Level Fine Art course will give you a broad base of art skills and practices.
What will the courseprepare me for?
Vikki LeechTextile Design Tutor
Claire PenkettPhotography Tutor
Technical Support:John Whittingham
Katie Shallcross
Maxine Lee
The Department is certainly busy and has a lively atmosphere, which we believe to be
conducive to learning. Students who have been interviewed, without exception, comment on
the supportive, friendly nature of the tutors and the progress, satisfaction, enjoyment they have
experienced in the department. The tutors are committed to providing the highest quality
teaching and learning possible.
All art subjects are housed in the recently opened, two-storey Centre for Art and Design
offering superbly equipped studios and the latest technology. Computer facilities are available
in separate suites. All computers are equipped with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and
Premiere. There is a dark room, kiln room, dye room, sewing room, and workshop. There are
nine specialist art tutors and two technicians in the department.
Every effort is made to display student work with the highlight of the year being the Creative
Arts Evening which features an exhibition of art and design work. Talented and conscientious
students could achieve our annual financial award.
What is the Art & Designdepartment like?
Meet the Staff
AS/A2 Fine ArtExam Board:AQA
Emma Gifford A2 Fine Art
Jenny Simons A2 Fine Art
Chris Parry AS Fine Art
Sophie Keating AS Fine Art
Many students go on to study the Art Foundation National Diploma, and then access Higher
Education. Many of our students are successful at direct entry to HE courses. There are many
varied Graphic Design courses with the focus of study from Advertising to Illustration, Animation
to Creative Direction and Web Design. Employment opportunities are good and varied in graphic
design and span the world of publishing, animation, TV, web design, typography and music. We
have an enviable record of employment in the industry with former students working on Vogue,
Wired and GQ, and working for illustrious firms like Qubic, Spring Studios and Lucid Design.
What will the course prepare me for?
How can I enrich my studies?
The department organises a three day visit to London each year, usually taking in the
Turner Prize. Major galleries and museums are visited including Tate Britain and Modern,
V&A, National Portrait Gallery, and Whitechapel.
You are also encouraged to visit the museums and galleries in the area, including Tate
Liverpool, Walker Gallery and:
• for 3D Design students, the Bluecoat Display Centre and Whitworth Gallery;
• for Textile Design students, the Bluecoat Display Centre, Harris Museum, Platt
Museum of Costume, Whitworth Art Gallery;
• for Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography students: Urbis, Cornerhouse and
Open Eye.
It’s about communication, sending
messages, making things beautiful and
meaningful. Graphics is about the visual
using words and images, but can also be
about sounds and movement. Graphics is
grounded in the world, culture and
business that surround us. Nearly
everything we do involves someone asking
us to do it. It is this commercial element
that separates us from the more traditional
art and design approaches.
Using technology alongside other art
forms you will explore project-based
assignments. Related to the commercial
world of graphic design, projects will
develop skills in communication, idea
generation and conceptualisation and
presentation.
Students have the opportunity to experience: surface graphics, typography, photography and
image manipulation, branding, layout, animation, motion graphics and web design.
What is GraphicDesign?
AS/A2 Graphic DesignExam Board:AQA
David Lea A2 Graphic Design
Aimee Plunkett AS Graphic Design
Adam Gargan AS Graphic Design
Alice Hughes AS Graphic Design
35 Fine Art and Photography students, across the AS and A2 years
as well as the Art Foundation Diploma, attended a study day at the
Bluecoat Gallery where they viewed the Gina Czarnecki Exhibition.
The Bluecoat's Head Curator briefed the students encouraging
them to create work in response to the phrase "Niet Normaal" which
translates as "Not Normal". The students were allowed to take this
brief and relate it to any subject and any medium.
On returning to college the students took part in group critiques
discussing ideas in response to the theme. Their finished work was
then submitted to the curation team who selected pieces to be
exhibited at the Bluecoat Gallery over the summer.
Talented Students exhibit at Bluecoat Gallery
AS/A2 Photography(Lens/Light based Media)
Exam Board:AQA
What will the courseprepare me for?Many students go on to study the Art Foundation
National Diploma, and then access Higher
Education. There are many universities offering
Photography and related courses. The focus of
study can vary, from Editorial to Experimental,
Fashion to Photojournalism. The AS/A2 course will
develop your digital photography and ICT skills, as
well as allowing you to explore more traditional
darkroom techniques. Employment opportunities in
Photography are wide-ranging and can allow you to work in a number of exciting areas,
including Fashion, Music, Sport and the Media. Many photographers are also artists
in their own right and, as well as working on a freelance basis, have their
work exhibited regularly in galleries worldwide.
Portraits, still life, landscape, editorial, fashion,
photojournalism, reportage, and studio – the list
of subjects is endless. Whether digital or wet
photography, the results are stunning and almost
immediate, that’s the beauty of photography.
Digital Photography involves manipulating
images using packages such as Adobe Photoshop
and we embrace all the new photographic
trends. The more traditional dark room methods
of producing photographs, developing and
printing films in black and white, are still
practiced here and appreciated fully. We also
have the facilities to develop and print in colour.
What is Photography(Lens/Light basedMedia)?
Kieran Fenney A2 Photography
Natalie Woodward A2 Photography
Jaydene Cheng AS Photography
Natalia Walsh AS Photography
Caroline Lane A2 Photography
Gareth Bulger A2 3D Design Jordan Burrows A2 Graphic Design
Anthony Brown AS Photography
Sian Toolan A2 Fine Art Kelsey Lea A2 Textile Design
Some of our A2 student
destinations 2012:
Isobel Wood
Swansea Met Uni
BA Hons Photography
Tom Jolley
Northumbria Uni
BA Hons Transport Design
Leah West
Salford Uni
BA Hons Graphic Design
Emily Denton
Manchester Met Uni
BA Hons 3D Design
Grace Williams
University of Huddersfield
BA Hons
Interior/Architectural Design
Andrew Clarke
Sheffield Hallam Uni
BA Hons Photography
Dan Brown
Glasgow School of Art
BA Hons Architecture
A2 Level exam results
2012:
Fine Art 100%
Graphic Comm. 100%
Photography 100%
Textile Design 100%
3D Design 100%
Art & Design Student Destinations
Each of the Art & Design course
specifications can be found on the exam
board websites:
www.aqa.org.ukwww.arts.ac.uk/awardingFurther examples of students’ work can
be found on the college website
www.carmel.ac.uk
MoreInformation
Diploma in Art and DesignLevel 3 Diploma/
Extended Diploma Awarding Body: University of the Arts, London
Who is this coursefor?
This is a full time Art and Design course for
those who have a strong interest in the
visual arts. It provides an opportunity to
explore, develop and test your creativity
within a qualification structure which is
stimulating and demanding and provides a
supportive transition to higher education.
The entry criteria is 5 grade Cs at GCSE
including a C in English and a C in Art and
Design.
What will I study?
Year 1 – Diploma in Art and
Design
Unit 1 – Introduction to visual language
Unit 2 – Introduction to research
Unit 3 – Introduction to critical and
contextual awareness
Unit 4 – Introduction to materials,
processes and technical skills
Unit 5 – An integrated approach to 2D
problem solving
Unit 6 – An integrated approach to 3D
problem solving
Unit 7 – An integrated approach to time
based problem solving
Unit 8 – Developing an Art and Design
project
Unit 9 – Opportunities for progression
Year 2 – Extended Diploma in
Art and Design
Unit 10 – Characteristics and contexts
Unit 11 – Preparation for progression
Unit 12 – Engaging with an audience
Unit 13 – Project proposal and realisation