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Contemporary CraftsQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every Northern Ireland Contemporary Crafts syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Assessment and the making process: how CCEA GCSE Contemporary Crafts is marked
- Component 1 Making, Exploring materials, techniques and processes (overview): the controlled-assessment portfolio of practical work plus a learning file, covering health and safety, the creative industries and business and employability.3Q&A pairs
- Component 2 Working to a Brief (overview): the externally set stimulus paper with a choice of briefs, the preparatory making and a final original craft or design outcome, the externally set component of the qualification.3Q&A pairs
- The design and making process: researching, designing and developing ideas, experimenting and refining with materials, making and evaluating, evidenced through a portfolio and learning file.6Q&A pairs
- The four assessment objectives (AO1 develop, AO2 refine and experiment with materials, AO3 record, AO4 realise a craft outcome), each carrying equal weight across both components.7Q&A pairs
Materials, techniques and context: craft media, processes and the wider craft world
- Craft in context and the creative industries: investigating and analysing craftworkers and craft traditions, developing your own ideas from them, and connecting your practice to the creative industries, business models and employability.3Q&A pairs
- Craft materials and processes: ceramics, glass, metal, found and recycled materials, resins, textiles and wood, their properties, the techniques each suits, and working safely.9Q&A pairs