2023: I am a senior lecturer on the BA Textile Design course at Chelsea College of Arts. I predominantly teach on Stage 1, working across all disciplines to deliver core content and tutorials. I work closely with the Year 1 leader to develop curriculum, unit briefs and lead on assessment. I teach in large group… Continue reading Teaching Context 2023 – 2026
A3 Case Study
A3 Assessment and Feedback Last year I was the lead for the design and delivery for the DPS in the first year of its running under the Textile Design BA course at Chelsea. My role involved designing and developing thecurriculum alongside department staff, developing learning materials and resources and assessing for the Diploma in Professional… Continue reading A3 Case Study
A1 Case Study
A1 Designing and Planning In my role on the BA I am responsible for delivering the majority of STG 1 sessions – either as a lead or supporting. Some of these sessions are built on from previous years lesson plans andothers are new and my own. Reflecting on the previous years assessment, I create notes… Continue reading A1 Case Study
Digital Pedagogies
Digital Pedagogies Open Studio’: disruptions, interventions and techno-empathy, Lee. Campbell, Technoparticipation Creative Disruption – Disruption forces one to find an orientation. Maggi Savin-Baden (2007), suggests that interruptions can provoke self-reflection and deep critical thinking Getting out of habit = away from automation = new ways of thinking The creative act, by connecting previously unrelated dimensions… Continue reading Digital Pedagogies
Theory in the making
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/textile-design-theory-in-the-making-9781350061583/ Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Textile Design Theory in the Making by Elaine Igoe share several parallels, including the following: While reading and writing about Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Escobar’s design for the pluriverse – I have been reading and talking with Elaine Igoe’s Textile Design Theory in the… Continue reading Theory in the making
Braiding Sweetgrass
https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com One of my favourite (spiritual, language, teaching, world navagating) books is Braiding Sweetgrass. – reading Design for the Pluiverse made me think about the parallels and connections between the two books They both speak of a holistic/ interconnected approach to design and moving through the world. Interconnectedness: the interconnectedness of all living beings, including… Continue reading Braiding Sweetgrass
Design for pluriverse
At the session our group chose to read this paper https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/1535648/mod_resource/content/1/Introduction.pdf – i really enjoyed unpicking it as a group and seeing the connections that others made – it felt relevant to textile processes and UAL’s rejenerative design goals “Design for the Pluriverse” by Arturo Escobar – challenges the dominant worldview of modern design and… Continue reading Design for pluriverse