Welcome Guide 2016MA Printed Textiles for Fashion & Interiors

Billie Jacobina, Fashion Textiles: Print, UCA Rochester, Photo Paul Astley

In this section you’ll find your enrolment and induction timetables. Please take careful note of the dates and times you’ll need to attend during your first week.

INDUCTION AND ENROLMENT TIMETABLES

If you’re not able to make any of these dates, please let your Course Administrator know as soon as possible, You can find their contact details on page 3 of this Welcome Guide.

Welcome and Induction to the MA programmes at UCA Rochester

Library and Student Services induction

TIME LOCATION

MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

4:00pm - 6:00pm Refectory

TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER

2:00pm - 4:00pm MA Base Room 303A

WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER

10:15am - 11:00am MA Base Room 303A

11:00am - 12:00pm MA Base Room 303A

THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER

11:00am - 2:00pm

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

ACTIVITY AND DATE

Welcome Drinks

Welcome and Visual Presentations from new students!

Free day

Freshers’ Fayre Reception/Foyer

4:00pm - 6:00pmInternational and EU Welcome Event

An event for new non-UK students which includes a

welcome from the leadership team, free food and drink and an

opportunity to meet other new students.

Reception/Foyer

Campus Tour

Students’ Union Introduction

12:00 - 1:00pm

2.00pm to 2.30pm MA Base Room 303A

Postgraduate Enrolment 4:00pm Seminar Room 507, Upper 1st

Floor)

WELCOME

Welcome to UCA! We’re delighted you’ve chosen to study with us and become part of our creative community.

This guide has been designed to help you prepare for your course before you join us. Be sure to look at your induction timetable, so you know what to expect in your first week at UCA.

If you have any questions, please do get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

We look forward to seeing you at UCA, and helping you to develop your creative practice and expertise.

Sianne Natt, Fashion Textiles: Print, UCA Rochester, Photo Jayson Fon

If you have any questions, please contact:

Course Leader: Neil Bottlenbottle@uca.ac.ukTel: 01634 888 793

Postgraduate Course Tutor: Dr. Victoria Kelleyvkelley@uca.ac.uk Course Administrator: Hayley ScalesHscales2@uca.ac.ukTel: 01634 888 710 An answer phone service is available on all of the above lines for any out of hours enquiries.

PRE-ARRIVALIn this section you’ll find a list of activities to complete before you join us in September.

Lauren Evans, Fashion Textiles: Print, UCA Rochester, Photo Jayson Fon

READING LIST

-Estelle Barrett and Barbara Bolt (eds.) (2007) Practice as Research: approaches to creative arts enquiry. London: I. B. Tauris.

-George Beylerian and Andrew Dent (2007) Ultra materials: how materials innovation is changing the world. London: Thames & Hudson

-Melanie Bowles and Ceri Isaac (2012) Digital Textile Design. London: Laurence King (2nd edition)

-David Brett (2005) Rethinking Decoration: pleasure and ideology in the visual arts. New York: Cambridge University Press

-Catherine Harper (ed.) (2012) Textiles: critical and primary sources. London: Bloomsbury

-Jessica Hemmings (ed.) (2012) The Textile Reader. London: Bloomsbury

Kirstie Faulkner, Fashion Textiles: Print, UCA Rochester, Photo Paul Astley

Lily Dudley, Fashion Textiles: Print, UCA Rochester, Photo Paul Astley

ATTENDANCE AND STUDIO DAYS

FULL-TIME STUDENTS

Teaching days: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, plus open access to workshops Thursdays and Fridays (sign up workshops may be scheduled on Thursdays or Friday additionally).

PART-TIME STUDENTS

Semester one: Teaching days: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, plus open access to workshops Thursdays and Fridays (sign up workshops may be scheduled on Thursdays or Friday additionally).

Semester two and three: Teaching days: Tuesdays or Wednesdays, plus open access to workshops Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (sign up workshops may be scheduled on Thursdays or Friday additionally).

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NEEDED

It is important you have your own art materials and pattern-cutting, garment and product construction equipment.

Below is a list of equipment for studio work and for pattern-cutting, garment and product construction. If you don’t already have the items, you’ll need to buy them in the first two weeks of the course. After you’ve enrolled you can obtain a student discount from Morplan who stock many of these items.

morplan.com

Alternatively our University shop stocks many of these items.

-Patternmaker-Pritt Stick-Paper scissors-Fabric scissors-Tape measure (metric cm not imperial inches) -Dressmaking pins -Scotch tape/ magic tape-Stanley knife (retractable)-Graphite pencils-Putty rubber-Large black ink-Masking tape -Gouache set (extra-large, white is useful)-Acrylic paint set-Compressed charcoal - various sizes-Set of paint brushes, ranging from fine to broad, round and flat-6-8 well palette-Safety ruler-Range of sketchbooks (A4 and A3, square or rectangular)-Packet of soft pastels-A1/A2/A3 portfolios-Plastic tool box (large enough to carry equipment but portable enough for your journey to uca)-A memory stick 4gb minimum to transfer files to the digital printer

There are some other costs associated with the course that you’ll need to consider:

- Some projects involve the use of fabrics, which

can be bought in our University shop. Digitally printed fabrics can also be bought here. The cost of digital print is subsidised and represents excellent value for money compared with commercial bureaux.

There’ll be a print room consumables charge of £50 per student per year. This is a contribution to the cost of a range of products such as photographic emulsion used for screen preparation, fabric dyes and chemical ingredients for fabric printing and finishing.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS RECOMMENDED

-A hard drive 500GB minimum, recommended for backing up your design work.

Degree Show or External Shows:

-There may be additional costs involved in participating in a final degree show or an external showcase event such as Graduate Fashion Week or New Designers. Some students organise income generating events to help support the costs of these.

VISITS

Overseas trips to Paris, New York or Milan in 2015–16 year cost £200–£800. As of yet destinations for 2016/17 are undecided; visits where appropriate will be advised of at a later date. We hope you’ll be able to participate in field visits but they’re not compulsory.

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