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Art &Design

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