ART, DESIGN & TEXTILES

Art work is to be found displayed everywhere in the School, and this reflects not only the extra-ordinarily high standard of the pupils' work but also the creativity which pervades the life of our School. Our two Art Studios provide the space necessary for the girls to explore their ideas using the techniques of fine art, modelling, graphic design, computer-aided design, photography and textiles.

Textiles itself is offered as separate subject in the VIth Form but the techniques used in this discipline are to be found throughout the Art teaching further down the School. More House girls regularly go on to study design and fashion design at some of the best institutions in the world, including the London School of Fashion. Also offered at VIth Form level is History of Art, thus offering the possibility of a completely Art and Design oriented VIth Form course.

This Art Department has easy access to some of the best Art and Design collections in the world - the V & A is 10 minutes walk from our door - and full use is made of this advantage. Your daughter would also benefit from the various innovative projects the Art Department undertakes with organisations such as the Wallace Collection, and when in the senior part of the School, she would have the opportunity to practise Life Drawing. Our girls regularly go on to study Art at the highest level at the best institutions, such as London's Central St Martins.

More details for pupils about Art, Design & Textiles

The main purpose of the Art and Design course at More House is to develop your ability to appreciate the visual world - our natural environment and our achievements within it - responding to that in a personal and creative way.

Art, Craft and Design at More House covers a broad range of activities.

At More House we work in 2 and 3 dimensions; painting and drawing in a variety of media, making reliefs and sculptures using papers, glue, string, wire, plaster and clay etc. We also produce textile work including batik and silk painted items. Various printing techniques are also covered. Visits to museums and galleries such as the V&A and the Royal Academy are arranged in relation to schoolwork.

Our aim is to develop your understanding, knowledge, skills and abilities so that you are confident and able to do the work you aspire to in a way that you are comfortable with. Some of you will be fortunate to have a natural aptitude for art; for others there are skills and techniques to be learned to enable you to express yourself adequately - the teachers are here to provide guidance and assistance.

Once you are in Year 9 you will be thinking carefully about the next stage of your school life: the GCSEs you would like to take. Some people choose Art simply because they enjoy it; others do it because they are wondering whether they might be interested in a career for which a background in art is relevant or essential.

The GCSE, AS and A2 level board that the Art Department works with is Edexcel. It is London based and we are able to get moderators to come to school to assess the course and examination work you produce for the certificate. The course is rigorous, enabling and energising, which combined with your personal motivation can be a recipe for satisfaction and success. Many girls from More House have progressed to various Art Schools, some through undertaking the combined subjects of Art & Design and Textiles for A level.