Textile Foundations
Build the vocabulary and material understanding every textile journey needs.
- Fibres
- Yarns
- Fabrics
- Colour
- Textile terminology
The ARTEX program
Learn the Complete
Textile Journey.
Build foundations, explore processes and understand how textile ideas move into products, industry and growth.
Learning approachTheory + Practice + Industry
Program modules
A connected learning journey.
Each area is designed to build understanding progressively. Final schedules, duration and intake-specific delivery details will be confirmed before applications open.
Design
Move from observation and drawing into repeatable textile ideas.
- Sketching
- Motifs
- Patterns
- Repeats
- Colourways
Printing
Understand how artwork and colour translate onto textile surfaces.
- Screen concepts
- Digital textile printing
- Surface design concepts
- Colour separation concepts
Weaving
Read fabric as a structure formed through deliberate interlacement.
- Warp and weft
- Basic weaves
- Jacquard introduction
- Fabric construction
Embroidery
Explore stitch and placement as tools for surface and product development.
- Surface development
- Machine embroidery concepts
- Motif placement
- Value addition
Industry Learning
Connect creative decisions with the systems that bring products to market.
- Product development
- Production
- Quality
- Costing
- Market understanding
Practical Experience
Turn knowledge into capability through purposeful, hands-on work.
- Practical exercises
- Project work
- Real-world briefs
- Industry exposure
Growth
Learn to communicate work and prepare for the next professional step.
- Internship
- Portfolio
- Presentations
- Career readiness
Practical by design
Knowledge becomes capability through use.
ARTEX connects explanation with observation, exercises, project thinking and industry context.
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Your next step
Build textile understanding that can move with you.
Admissions details for the next ARTEX intake will be published when confirmed.