Foundation Art and Design
About the courseOur cohort of 150 students have undertaken an intense year of study, which has provided them with the opportunity to focus on the practical elements of the four key disciplines of Textiles and Fashion, Fine Art, 3D Design and Visual Communications, along with a solid grounding in the conceptual, historical and theoretical elements of contemporary Art and Design.
The Foundation experience provides an excellent springboard for students who choose to progress on to a range of higher education courses and institutions. This transition year ensures that they are well equipped for the academic and technical challenges that they will face as they enter the next phase of their academic journey.
Use the gallery below to explore more.
3D Design
Through the 3D Design pathway, students engage with a wide range of materials and processes through creative hubs which include ceramics, plastics, metal and wood. They are encouraged to seek a broad range of historical and contextual references to inform their studies and to experiment with form, structure and expression. Outcomes range from architecture, lighting, furniture, products and body adornments to more provocative and expressive sculptural investigations with a range of media.
Below are selected works from students who have specialised in 3D Design.
![Aaron Castillo's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_aaron_castillo-scaled.jpg)
Aaron Castillo
![Adrian Avellaneda, Morgan Faulkner, Harshita Singh's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_adrian_avellaneda_morgan_faulkner_harshita_singh.jpeg)
Adrian Avellaneda, Morgan Faulkner, Harshita Singh
![Adrian Avellaneda's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_adrian_avellaneda-scaled.jpg)
Adrian Avellaneda
![Anna Averof's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_anna_averof.jpeg)
Anna Averof
![Charlotte Winfer's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_charlotte_winfer-scaled.jpeg)
Charlotte Winfer
![Hannah Coles's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_coleshannah3dpostcard.jpg)
Hannah Coles
![Eleanor Buckeldee, Teni Begbaaji, Lucy Cave's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_eleanor_buckeldee_teni_begbaaji_lucy_cave-scaled.jpg)
Eleanor Buckeldee, Teni Begbaaji, Lucy Cave
![Eleanor Buckeldee's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_eleanor_buckeldee.jpeg)
Eleanor Buckeldee
![Grace Esberger's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_grace_esberger-scaled.jpeg)
Grace Esberger
![Hannah Wilkie's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_hannah_wilkie_1.png)
Hannah Wilkie
![Hannah Wilkie's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_hannah_wilkie_2.png)
Hannah Wilkie
![Hannah Wilkie's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_hannah_wilkie_3.png)
Hannah Wilkie
![Hannah Wilkie's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_hannah_wilkie_4.png)
Hannah Wilkie
![Ben Jones's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_jones_ben.jpg)
Ben Jones
![Megan Tickner's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_megan_tickner.jpg)
Megan Tickner
![Morgan Faulkner's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_morgan_faulkner_1.jpeg)
Morgan Faulkner
![Morgan Faulkner's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_morgan_faulkner_2.jpeg)
Morgan Faulkner
![Shayna Patel's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_shayna_patel_1.jpeg)
Shayna Patel
![Shayna Patel's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_shayna_patel_2.jpeg)
Shayna Patel
![Thibaud Le Calvex, Anna Averof, Alyina Rouf's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_thibaud_le_calvex_anna_averof_alyina_rouf-scaled.jpg)
Thibaud Le Calvex, Anna Averof, Alyina Rouf
![Thibaud Le Calvex's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_thibaud_le_calvex-scaled.jpg)
Thibaud Le Calvex
![Toby Wright's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_toby_wright-scaled.jpeg)
Toby Wright
![Toby Wright's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_toby_wright.jpg)
Toby Wright
![Viktor Turzynski's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3d_viktor_turzynski.jpeg)
Viktor Turzynski
Fine Art
Within the Fine Art specialism, students are encouraged to be open and playful in communicating their ideas about the world around them and develop a personal enquiry. They are introduced to the current ways of thinking and making associated with the contemporary practices of painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and also alternative strategies such as working with sound, words and performance.
Below are selected works from students who have specialised in Fine Art.
![Amy Margetts's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_amy_margetts-scaled.jpg)
Amy Margetts
![Anoosheh Asaf's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_anoosheh_asaf-scaled.jpg)
Anoosheh Asaf
![Bryony Gray's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_bryony_gray_1.jpeg)
Bryony Gray
![Bryony Gray's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_bryony_gray_2.jpeg)
Bryony Gray
![Clara Lopez Millan's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_clara_lopez_millan-scaled.jpg)
Clara Lopez Millan
![Ella Mock's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_ella_mock_2-scaled.jpg)
Ella Mock
![Finley Wells's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_finley_wells-scaled.jpg)
Finley Wells
![Indigo Hill's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_indigo_hill-scaled.jpg)
Indigo Hill
![Lauren Heap's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_lauren_heap_1-scaled.jpeg)
Lauren Heap
![Lauren Heap's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_lauren_heap_2-scaled.jpeg)
Lauren Heap
![Luke Sheppard's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_luke_sheppard-scaled.jpg)
Luke Sheppard
![Millie Weston's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_millie_weston-scaled.jpg)
Millie Weston
![Niamh Dollard's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_niamh_dollard.jpg)
Niamh Dollard
![Rachel Leitzell's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_rachel_leitzell_1-scaled.jpg)
Rachel Leitzell
![Rachel Leitzell's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_rachel_leitzell_2-scaled.jpg)
Rachel Leitzell
![Sarah Breuleux's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_sarah_breuleux_1.jpeg)
Sarah Breuleux
![Sarah Breuleux's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa_sarah_breuleux_2.jpeg)
Sarah Breuleux
![Alberta Ali's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fa-alberta-ali.jpg)
Alberta Ali
Textiles and Fashion
This pathway introduces students to the incredible breadth of textiles and fashion. Challenging projects are designed to encourage independent thinking and an awareness of historical, cultural and contemporary textiles and fashion, and to introduce students to a range of practical exploration. Students investigate drawing, colour, pattern, materials manipulation and 3D structure. They are encouraged to explore alternative media, materials and processes and access workshops to introduce new techniques.
Outcomes may be fabric designs, photography, three-dimensional sculptural pieces and body applications that are diverse and individual.
Below are selected works from students who have specialised in Textiles and Fashion.
![Bella Reed's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_bella_reed.jpg)
Bella Reed
![Cadi Williams's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_cadi_williams_1-scaled.jpeg)
Cadi Williams
![Cadi Williams's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_cadi_williams_2.jpg)
Cadi Williams
![Caitlin Reed's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_caitlin_reed_2-scaled.jpg)
Caitlin Reed
![Caitlin Reed's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_caitlin_reed.jpg)
Caitlin Reed
![Daniella Pitto's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_daniella_pitto.jpg)
Daniella Pitto
![Eliza Hughes's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_eliza_hughes.jpg)
Eliza Hughes
![Elsa Dugaro's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_elsa_dugaro_14-scaled.jpg)
Elsa Dugaro
![Elsa Dugaro's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_elsa_dugaro-scaled.jpg)
Elsa Dugaro
![Etie Boxer's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_etie_boxer-scaled.jpg)
Etie Boxer
![Georgia Chang-Evans's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_georgia_chang-evans.jpg)
Georgia Chang-Evans
![Jordan Young's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_jordan_young.jpg)
Jordan Young
![Phoebe Stainforth's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_phoebe_stainforth-scaled.jpg)
Phoebe Stainforth
![Ruby Smith's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_ruby_smith.jpeg)
Ruby Smith
![Studio Elsa Dugaro's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_studio_elsa_dugaro.jpg)
Studio Elsa Dugaro
![Shannon Nel, Anna Pearce, Bella Reed's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_team_project_bowie._shannon_nel_anna_pearce_bella_reed-scaled.jpg)
Shannon Nel, Anna Pearce, Bella Reed
![Shannon Nel, Anna Pearce, Bella Reed's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/text_team_project_bowie-scaled.jpg)
Shannon Nel, Anna Pearce, Bella Reed
![Jasmine Pinkard's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/textiles__jasmine_pinkard-scaled.jpg)
Jasmine Pinkard
Visual Communication
Within Visual Communication, students are given the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of processes through workshops in stop motion and digital animation techniques. They learn how to create and manipulate imagery using software including Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and will have access to a range of printmaking processes, ceramics and fine metalwork.
With a focus on target audience they will use these skills to convey their responses to project briefs which explore  illustration and layout design, creating branding and  advertising campaigns and developing characters for storytelling. Production can be broad-ranging and will include 2D and 3D approaches and the use of time-based media.
Below are selected works from students who have specialised in Visual Communication.
![Alice Warriner's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_alice_warriner-scaled.jpg)
Alice Warriner
![Annabelle Harrison's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_annabelle_harrison-scaled.jpg)
Annabelle Harrison
![Archie Carroll's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_archie_carroll-scaled.jpg)
Archie Carroll
![Eleri Allen's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_eleri_allen_2-scaled.jpg)
Eleri Allen
![Eleri Allen's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_eleri_allen_4.jpg)
Eleri Allen
![Emily Shilling's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_emily_shilling.jpg)
Emily Shilling
![Esme Bertelsen's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_esme_bertelsen-scaled.jpg)
Esme Bertelsen
![Gabby Kelner's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_gabby_kelner_1-scaled.jpg)
Gabby Kelner
![Jaskiren Hayre's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jaskiren_hayre_1-scaled.jpg)
Jaskiren Hayre
![Jaskiren Hayre's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jaskiren_hayre_2-scaled.jpg)
Jaskiren Hayre
![Jaskiren Hayre's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jaskiren_hayre_8.jpg)
Jaskiren Hayre
![Jaskiren Kaur's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jaskiren_kaur_1.jpg)
Jaskiren Kaur
![Jaskiren Kaur's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jaskiren_kaur_2-scaled.jpg)
Jaskiren Kaur
![Jess Dickson's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jess_dickson_2-scaled.jpg)
Jess Dickson
![Jess Dickson's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jess_dickson_3.jpg)
Jess Dickson
![Jessica Cox's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_jessica_cox-scaled.jpg)
Jessica Cox
![Kirsty Lemm's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_kirsty_lemm_1-scaled.jpg)
Kirsty Lemm
![Kirsty Lemm's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_kirsty_lemm_2-scaled.jpg)
Kirsty Lemm
![Kirsty Lemm's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_kirsty_lemm_4-scaled.jpg)
Kirsty Lemm
![Laura Knight's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_laura_knight_4.jpg)
Laura Knight
![Lea Scancariello's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_lea_scancariello-scaled.jpg)
Lea Scancariello
![Libby Feller's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_libby_feller_1-scaled.jpeg)
Libby Feller
![Libby Feller's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_libby_feller_2-scaled.jpeg)
Libby Feller
![Lily Hulland's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_lily_hulland-scaled.jpg)
Lily Hulland
![Sofiia Suvorova's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_sofiia_suvorova-scaled.jpg)
Sofiia Suvorova
![Sophie Bardill's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_sophie_bardill_2-scaled.jpg)
Sophie Bardill
![Sophie Bardill's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_sophie_bardill-scaled.jpg)
Sophie Bardill
![Gabby Kelner's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_gabby_kelner_2.jpg)
Gabby Kelner
![Tess Mitchel Thomas's portfolio](https://artshow.lboro.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/viscomm_tess_mitchel_thomas_2.jpg)
Tess Mitchel Thomas