AS and A Level Textiles students enjoyed a weaving workshop with Llio James, a Welsh practitioner with a strong interest in developing the relationship between hand weaving and the traditional woollen industry within Wales. 

Exploring the feeling of belonging to ‘country and culture,’ colour plays an important role in her design process as she examines proportion, scale and geometric shapes when hand weaving bespoke cloth. 

The first fashion and textile apprentices in Wales successfully qualified at Gower College Swansea last year, with more set to follow this year. The College is the only pan-Wales, Welsh Government approved provider for Fashion and Textiles Apprenticeships levels 2-4, and has recently become the first educational partner of the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) in Wales.

This years’ FDA Fashion and Textiles Design showcase was very different to usual. With lockdown measures meaning students couldn’t put on a physical show, they instead showcased their work through a dedicated Instagram page.

A Gower College Swansea Foundation Degree Fashion and Textile Design student was recently shortlisted in the prestigious idott competition.

Sheeza Ayub’s work was one of over 1000 individual entries submitted to the competition from art and design students based in the UK and across Europe.

Talented artists, photographers and designers from Gower College Swansea have celebrated the end of the academic year with a series of exhibitions across the city.

The A Level Art and Design showcase took place at the Swansea Grand Theatre’s Arts Wing and featured the work of students on a range of courses including textile design, graphic communication, fine art and photography, which are all taught at the Gorseinon campus.

The event was also an opportunity to congratulate the students who won prizes at the recent Urdd Eisteddfod. They were:

A new Fashion and Textiles Centre at Gower College Swansea will enable students to hone their skills on industry standard equipment that will set them in good stead when applying for jobs within the profession.

Thanks to a £150,000 funding boost from Welsh Government, the new facility at the Llwyn y Bryn (Uplands) campus will be used by students on a range of art and design related courses,

There was exceptional success for our students in art, design and technology competitions at the recent Urdd Eisteddfod.

School pupils from across the Swansea area are invited to take part in a FREE Saturday Art School programme starting 24 January.

The four-week programme is open to two age groups - ages 11 to 13 and ages 14 to 16.

Pupils will experiment in glass, textiles, wire work, print, painting, digital illustration, photography and sculpture. Working alongside professional artists and designers, they will also have an opportunity to exhibit their own work.

Starts dates:
Saturday 24 January to 21 February (four weeks) 10am - 1pm