The City & Guilds Part 2
Diploma in Design and Embroidery
All students whose work is displayed in this Gallery studied Part 1 Embroidery and Design at the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center, and are holders of the internationally recognized City & Guilds Certificate of Competence (450 tutorial hours). They have further qualified to the higher Part 2 Diploma level in 2004 that required 470 additional tutorial hours.
The Part 2 Diploma course is designed to hone the basic skills learned in Part 1, and to build upon them to develop more highly advanced embroidery and design skills. The course covers some study of foreign embroidery, history of embroidery through the 20th Century, and metal thread embroidery. All of this is aimed at the development of a more experimental technique and individual style of working. Candidates also learn the skills of museum study, research, and reporting.
Since the City & Guilds course is no longer available at the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center, a new Diploma course is offered: Level 4 Research for Advanced Design and Level 4 Studies in Experimental Stitch and Multi Media. This course will cover all of the material of the City & Guilds syllabus.
Copyright: All of the work displayed on this web site is the intellectual property and copyright of each artist. The work may not be copied or reproduced in any form without the written permission of the artist.
The Diploma students have each completed the following assessments:
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A large scale item - at least one meter in one direction
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A functional, 3-dimensional item
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A panel or hanging intended for display on a site-specific wall
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An item incorporating the use of metallic threads
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A collection of 8 samples related to the chosen design theme, showing evidence of advanced skills in the use of hand-made paper, silk paper, felt, and bonding, as backgrounds for embroidery.
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A portfolio of techniques and embroidered samples
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An illustrated history of embroidery history and designers