May – September 2016

MAKE CREATE DISCOVER

ShArt • Craft • Gortardening • Music • Texti lesco • Photography • Wuood • rsesMetalwork • Ceramics A CENTRE As a complete beginner OF CREATIVITY I am going away with an enthusiasm and a belief that I will follow up with oil painting.

Elizabeth Denham, Oil painting for beginners

With the right teacher your passion or interest can be transformed into a deep and creative learning experience. Be inspired by our expert tutors, Welcome to THE EDWARD JAMES LEGACY practising professionals with impressive reputations. The vision of founder and Surrealist Summer 2016 patron Edward James, connects today’s students with a rich Make the most of the long summer days by coming on a short course, whether heritage of arts, crafts and creative you want to learn something new, refresh your skills or reinvigorate your possibility. creative practice. While the gardens are bursting with colour and flowers, the Learn in fully-equipped studios and workshops, with a pottery, forge, fine-metals college is a hub of creativity and you’ll soon be bursting with inspiration. Edward James, a lifelong art workshop, light and airy art studios, a sculpture courtyard and a stone carving collector and a poet, inherited workshop. Surrounded by the historic West Dean House and award-winning Flip this brochure over and you’ll notice we’ve listed Summer Schools and Taster the West Dean House and Estate West Dean Gardens, escape the everyday and join a community of tutors and Courses under a new back cover to make them easier for you to find (although in 1912. When he came of age, fellow students, each driven to enrich their lives through creating. perhaps not easier to choose between!). Summer Schools are the ideal Edward began investing his time opportunity to escape the pressures of everyday life, immerse yourself in your As part of an educational charity, the future of West Dean College rests both and money in supporting artists, chosen subject and meet like-minded people. There are plenty of other special on our own fundraising ability and the income we generate across our activities. craftspeople, dancers and poets. features too, turn to page 2 at the back to find out more. His passion for the arts brought Every penny you spend at West Dean, whether on a short course, in our shop New subjects introduced in this brochure include Mixed media jewellery with him into contact with many or entry to the gardens, and every donation you make, for example, joining our Joanne Haywood, Hand knitting – designing from nature with Sasha Kagan and leading artists including Leonora Friends scheme, helps us to open up West Dean for more people and preserve Solar lithography printmaking with Mary Dalton. In September we have invited Carrington, Remedios Varo, it for future generations. two Korean artists based in America to teach; Bojagi and beyond – Korean Salvador Dalí and René Magritte. In Thank you for an excellent stitched and pieced cloth with Chunghie Lee and Joomchi and beyond – Korean 1964 he created a charitable trust, course at West Dean. I wasn’t paper art with Jiyoung Chung. The Edward James Foundation, to fulfil his desire to nurture music, sure what to expect, but it You might also notice a slightly new look to this brochure, it takes inspiration traditional crafts and the visual sounded interesting and I from our new website, which was launched in 2015. Visit www.westdean.org.uk arts. The Foundation opened wanted to find something new. to easily search for courses by category, tutor, ability, duration and date. West Dean College in 1971 as a I wasn’t disappointed! I loved We look forward to welcoming you to this creative haven. centre for education and training in every minute and I would have conservation and the visual West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester welcomed another day! and applied arts. West Sussex PO18 0QZ Tom Wearden, The Edward James Foundation Ltd, Registered Charity No. 1126084 Fusing photography and oil paint Alison Baxter, Head of Creative Enterprise Front cover images: Bottom right, Sarah Bee. Back cover images: Top to bottom right, Tim Johnson, student, Maxine Sutton, Nic Webb

2 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 3 A GUIDE TO CONTENTS YOUR BROCHURE A Guide to Your Brochure 4 WOODWORKING AND FURNITURE MAKING 46-48 Furniture 46-47 Stay With Us 6 Wood Carving and Turning 47-48 Bursaries 7 Picture Framing, Gilding and Upholstery 48 CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT 8 WRITING 49 FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN 9 Continuing Professional Development in Conservation 50 BASKETMAKING, CHAIR SEATING Full-Time Study 50 AND WILLOW WORK 10 Chronological List of Courses and Events 51-52 BOOKS, PAPER AND LETTERING 11-12 Useful Information 53-54 Bookbinding and Paper 11-12 Calligraphy and Lettercutting 12 Booking Form 55 DRAWING 13-15 West Dean College Terms and Conditions 56-57 GARDENING 16-17 Accommodation Fees 57 Garden Lectures 16 Flip upside down for: Garden Courses 16-17 SUMMER SCHOOLS 2-4 GLASS AND MOSAICS 18-19 Glass 18-19 TASTER COURSES 5-8 To help you choose we’ve WHAT LEVEL AM I? Mosaics 19 Visit Us – Talks, Concerts and Events 9-11 listed courses in three ways: Beginners – starting points JEWELLERY AND ENAMELLING 20-22 If you have little or no experience Enamelling 20 By subject area, see the contents page opposite. these structured introductions will Jewellery 21-22 By specific area, each subject area has categories within it, to flick help you learn the basics. Make Your Own Wedding Rings 20 straight to your area of interest. Intermediate – skills development METALWORKING 23-24 Thank you again for such a great By date, see the chronological list on pages 51 - 52 Blacksmithing and Metalworking 23 If you have taken a related course Silversmithing 24 workshop - it’s a long time since I Each course has a brief description, tutor name, price, date and or have existing skills, choose MUSIC 25-26 learned so much in such a short space recommended level of experience. For more information on any intermediate level and we will help of time! Thanks also to everyone course or tutor visit www.westdean.org.uk you develop and work towards PAINTING 27-31 independent practice. Botanical Art 27 else for making last weekend such a Please note the fees next to courses do not include Mixed Media 28 positive time. Advanced – creative development accommodation. See page 57 for accommodation prices. Painting – General 28-30 Try these if you want to expand Painting – Oils 30 Bill Brooks, your skills, develop your practice Painting – Water Based 30-31 Digital portrait photography using natural light HOW DO I BOOK? and work intensively to achieve PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND ANIMATION 32-33 Make a note of the course code at the end of each your maximum potential. Photography and Digital Image Manipulation 32-33 course description and go to www.westdean.org.uk, email Suitable for all Film and Animation 33 [email protected] or call 01243 818300. These are subject focused courses POTTERY AND CERAMICS 34-36 Alternatively fill in the booking form at the end of this brochure. that embrace all levels. A structured PRINTMAKING 37-38 If you are using the digital brochure simply click on the course start is followed by guided SCULPTURE 39-40 code to book. independent practice. GIFT VOUCHERS Automata and Puppets 39 See page 54 for more details on how to book. Carving in Stone and Wood 39-40 Treat a friend or loved one to the West Dean Modelling, Casting and Other Techniques 40 experience. You can buy vouchers for £10, £25, TEXTILES 41-45 £50 or £100, which can be used as full or part Sewing, Embroidery and Accessories 41-42 payment towards a short course. Leatherwork 42 Email [email protected] Art Textiles 42-44 or call 01243 818300. Constructed and Woven Textiles 44-45

Images left to right: Angus McFayden, Dave Regester, George Popesco, student work, Katrina Beattie

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Residential accommodation Enjoy a break at West Dean Busariesr available: Make your creative experience truly immersive by staying You don’t have to do a short course to stay here. Take BURSARIES with us during your course. As a residential student you advantage of our bed & breakfast breaks and enjoy the gardens, • Creative bursaries for can choose a traditional or more modern room, and wake parkland and local area. Bookings from £75 per night per undergraduates and recent up to the characterful charm of this period property set room subject to availability, including breakfast and entry to the BURSARIES AND FUNDING graduates of arts related subjects, in acres of parkland. The newly refurbished Vicarage, within gardens. We cannot currently accommodate children under 16 West Dean has a commitment to provide access to made possible with funding from the gardens, houses 10 additional rooms and further or dogs. education in the creative arts. From our own funds and The Edward James Foundation. annexes in the grounds are used in the summer. To book a room email [email protected] with the support of generous donations from a number Explore the award-winning gardens featuring a restored or call 01243 811301 of trusts and individuals, we offer bursaries to people who • Joyce Mary Harding Textile Bursary Walled Kitchen Garden and Edwardian Pergola. Walk cannot afford to study on a West Dean short course. We Fund for people with an interest through acres of parkland and be inspired by the changing also offer 50% bursaries to art teachers and lecturers at in developing their skills in textiles, of the seasons. At the end of each day relax in the historic schools, FE and HE institutions. who would benefit from assistance Oak Hall or in the bar with a book, drink, or a new friend with funding. Funding generously from your course. To apply for a bursary or find out more about any of provided by two individual donors. the bursaries listed, please either download a form from You are welcome to bring a partner or friend with you so our website www.westdean.org.uk/study, email • Music bursaries to help music they too can experience all we have to offer, even if they [email protected] or call 01243 818262. students and young professionals don’t want to book on a course. attend the Chilingirian Quartet Summer School and the Dine with us International Classical Guitar Festival and Summer School. Funding has Dinner and breakfast are included in your stay. Lunch is West Dean is a magical place and I’m been provided by several donors included with your course. so thankful a bursary has helped me and a group of West Dean Friends. Start the day with a traditional English or continental breakfast to come back. It’s a great opportunity Bursaries for the Foundation in the bright and airy dining room. For lunch and dinner, you •  to work with a tutor who is generous Diploma in Art and Design (FDAD). will find a tempting new menu each day, with two seasonal hot with skills and knowledge. dishes, salad bar and a range of puddings, using locally sourced Bursaries are available for talented young students (aged 18–30) to ingredients where possible. Liz Smith, Bursary student study on the FDAD programme who are unable to find the full fees. Funding has been made available through the generous support of an individual donor.

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FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN

Professional Practice Drawing – achieving drama and Knotted tapestry – a workshop for Develop your portfolio of art and design skills. This Diploma impact NEW tapestry weavers NEW course is designed to prepare students to apply for entry Please see page 13 for further information. Please see page 45 for further information. When I started the FDAD, I Make a living as an artist NEW onto an Art and Design related degree programme. Whilst might have considered myself Leading experts offer three different MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, ANNE JACKSON MA, tapestry artist, writer active teaching there are no formal entry requirements, it is essential that perspectives on steps you can take to make September 11–14 Three Days £360 as someone who did a bit of a living from your creative practice; including June 5–10 Five Days £527 Advanced 3D6379 students show a commitment to the aims of the Diploma and drawing as a hobby. After two the creative business plan, pricing and Intermediate/Advanced 5D6212 demonstrate an appropriate standard of work. profitability, and common blocks to success years of challenging, fascinating and how to overcome them. Additional one- Sculptural textile forms and deeply fulfilling study, I am to-one sessions are bookable on request. Under the guidance and instruction of highly qualified, specialist tutors, you will Please see page 43 for further information. proud to say that I consider SUSAN MUMFORD mentor, speaker, author develop a rich and varied portfolio of work, ensure that your portfolio reflects SUSAN DIAB artist, facilitator, mentor SALLY FRESHWATER abstract myself as an artist. DEBORAH HENRY-POLLARD creative textile sculpture Really enjoyed my stay. I’d hit your areas of interest and talents, and focus on your future career aspirations. coach FDAD student June 12–16 Four Days £432 a ‘block’ in my professional The West Dean Foundation Diploma is awarded when you successfully June 2 One Day £40 Intermediate/Advanced 4D6228 practice and now I’m raring complete 10 short courses, two tutorials, submit a portfolio of work and a final Intermediate/Advanced 1D6440 to paint again. 2,000 word essay. The essay reflects on your learning and includes a statement Colour, tone and division: thinking that demonstrates the link between your experiences on the Diploma and your Creative Development visually about painting Sandra Rowney, intended next steps. Please see page 29 for further information. The vision of colour If you are a practicing artist, maker or student MATTHEW COLLINGS artist, writer and The first short course is mandatory and establishes the ethos of the Diploma looking to push your boundaries and gain broadcaster with a programme of drawing and exploration. The course is programmed Thanks to the support of new perspectives, these are just a few of the 17–22 July Five Days £519 three times a year in January, May and September. For the remaining nine courses included in the programme which an individual donor, a FDAD Intermediate/Advanced 5D6287 courses it is compulsory to attend a minimum of three courses from Drawing, may be especially relevant to you. bursary is available. Please Painting or Printmaking. You will receive two tutorials by a senior tutor and you apply if you are aged between will have the opportunity to attend drawing days (at a cost of £40 per day) that Adventurous drawing – working 18 and 30 and you would like with colour are held every month. Your selected courses can be taken in any order but must to complete the Foundation normally be completed within a period of two years. Please see page 13 for further information. Diploma in Art and Design, but MARK CAZALET contemporary British artist FEES can’t afford the full fee. May 5–8 Long Weekend £325 Intermediate/Advanced LW6150 The £200 Diploma administration fee, payable on acceptance, includes For further information on the introductory weekend course and the two tutorials. The average the Diploma and bursary cost of completing the FDAD over two years (excluding materials and/or contact Alison Baxter, Head model charges) is £2592 (seven weekend courses and 2 five day courses). of Creative Enterprise, West Accommodation for a weekend, including dinner and breakfast, is available Dean College. Email f r o m £112 . [email protected] or call 01243 818262.

8 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 9 BASKETMAKING, BOOKS, PAPER CHAIR SEATING AND AND LETTERING Bookbinding and Paper 11-12 WILLOW WORK Calligraphy and Lettercutting 12

The revival of basketmaking, chair seating and willow work has Learn calligraphy and letter cutting techniques been inspired by a desire to use sustainable materials. Join us or experiment with creative uses for paper. to learn new skills and use tactile willow, rush, cane or other Discover how to bind your own books, create weaving materials to make items for your home or garden. unique artist’s books or make complex book Inspirational tutors explore age-old techniques drawn from repairs. These traditional processes offer a fulfilling around the world. contrast to the rise of digital media. Gaynor Goffe Gaynor

Textile basketry – twining and Explore fibre art and basketry Sculptural willow for the garden Bookbinding and Paper Making marbled papers Experimental soft paper bindings looping using moulds NEW Combine basket making, textile art and Discover the use and possibilities of willow Learn to produce beautiful hand marbled NEW Learn techniques of twining and simple sculpture while working with a diverse range for outdoor sculpture. The variety of Creative paper laminating, papers. Start with simple Suminagashi, using Paper bindings are extremely versatile of plant fibres and basketry techniques. After basketry and random weave techniques Chinese inks to produce delicate papers. Then looping, making a connection with basketry embossing and folding techniques and can be made at home with very little and textiles. Work around simple moulds covering sourcing, harvesting plant fibres, and taught will allow you to explore a range of progress to traditional marbling techniques, equipment. You will develop your bookbinding to make samples using both techniques and colour manipulation, the tutor will introduce three-dimensional shapes. Utilising the versatile, malleable and sculptural using gouache paints to produce papers in a skills to make two complex book-structures, achieve an understanding of how to create you to traditional and experimental methods DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and qualities of paper, learn to create sheets set of standard patterns and others of your and make limp (soft) non-adhesive paper woven structures, using a range of fine of making string and cordage for use with coppice craftsman of paper using laminating and embossing own design. bindings, which are ripe for experimentation. basketry looping, twining and braiding. techniques. The resulting papers are suitable flexible materials. LOUISE BROCKMAN paper marbler, KATHY ABBOTT bookbinder, tutor, author Develop these to make individual sculptural September 29–October 2 for three-dimensional artworks and for MARY CRABB contemporary textile qualified teacher or woven objects. Long Weekend £340 artist books. You will make a layered paper August 12–14 Weekend £222 basketmaker Beginners/Intermediate LW6427 May 13–15 Weekend £250 TIM JOHNSON artist and basketmaker sculpture and simple book structures. Intermediate WE6322 April 29–May 1 Weekend £232 Beginners/Intermediate WE6170 TRACEY BUSH paper and book artist Beginners/Intermediate WE6141 July 23–29 Summer School £712 Making embossed paper Suitable for all SS6315 May 5–8 Long Weekend £330 Pop-ups within the artist Willow work for the garden Suitable for all LW6151 book form NEW Learn how to emboss paper both by hand and with printing presses. Lino cut shapes, Introduce structure into your garden by Willow basketmaking – influences Bring your books to life turning the 2D page Paper cuts symbols, lines and letters are used to produce learning how to make a spiral or domed from Eastern Europe into 3D. Looking at the use of pop-ups in the raised and rounded forms, creating exciting plant support, willow hurdle, large sphere or Learn traditional willow basket weaving Exceeded all expectations - Explore the art of paper cutting and artists’ book form, you will learn step-by- light and shade on the surface of paper. fan trellis. Discover weaving techniques and methods influenced by Eastern Europe and wonderful venue, fabulous create enchanting imagery using just a step mechanisms upon which to build and Personal investigation and experimentation is preparation of materials. Mary’s research trips to Poland and Hungary. sheet of paper and a sharp knife. Through experiment with your ideas. Collate these encouraged. hospitality and extremely demonstrations and hands on exercises you into a simple book of techniques to take DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and These include an excellent oval base without SUSAN HUFTON calligrapher, letterer and coppice craftsman twist, invisible joins, a Ducks Foot start to the inclusive atmosphere, a will explore various techniques to produce home and use for further exploration. bookbinder side and decorative elements in the siding. effective paper cut works of art. CLARE BRYAN artist in book and print May 16–18 Two Days £232 real hub of creativity. August 29–September 1 ANDY SINGLETON paper artist Beginners/Intermediate 2D6179 MARY BUTCHER contemporary July 30–August 5 Summer School £692 Three Days £330 basketmaker, curator, author, teacher The teaching was of a and illustrator Beginners/Intermediate SS6304 Suitable for all 3D6358 September 2–5 Long Weekend £340 very high standard and May 13–15 Weekend £244 Willow basketmaking or chair Suitable for all WE6169 seating in cane and rush Intermediate/Advanced LW6368 personalised. Experience three classic materials and learn Annette Mills, Cut, fold, construct – a variety of basketmaking or chair seating Explore fibre art and basketry techniques as you work on projects of your paper sculpture choice. Beginners are shown the basic skills Please see page 40 for further information. while the more experienced build on their ANDY SINGLETON paper artist existing knowledge with help and support. and illustrator MARY BUTCHER contemporary May 15–18 Three Days £355 basketmaker, curator, author, teacher Suitable for all 3D6175 June 27–30 Three Days £342 Suitable for all 3D6247 Clare Bryan

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Be inspired, learn new techniques and approaches to drawing that will transform your work. With an emphasis on personal development we offer clear pathways for beginners to progress to advanced courses. For those seeking a pathway leading to a qualification, see our Foundation Diploma in Art and Design on page 9. Rosie MacCurrach

Bookbinding for all Calligraphy and Lettercutting in stone and slate Drawing for beginners Creative drawing – Drawing – achieving drama and Discover the fascinating craft of bookbinding. lettercutting Develop your skills in carving letters with a Learn to draw in a weekend as you cover meanings and marks impact NEW Beginners learn every stage of making a mallet and chisel. Beginners are introduced the basics – measuring for perspective, scale, Create layers of meaning and narrative Develop your vision and learn how to notebook, from folding the paper into sections to the techniques of ‘V’cutting letters to tone and composition. Create several pencil using West Dean as a source for inspiration. instil dramatic effect in your drawings so to gluing and case-making. Progress to a Calligraphy for beginners gain confidence and skill. More experienced sketches in the inspiring environment of West Learn how to incorporate themes, create they stand out using 15 techniques. These project such as the repair of a personal book. Learn the basics of practical calligraphy carvers refine their carving techniques whilst Dean College. atmosphere, use colour and materials include accentuated tonal contrast, dynamic More experienced binders can renovate their using a broad-edged nib, as you gain an studying letter forms for various practical JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author appropriate to your subject. movement, surface treatment, extreme own cloth or leather-bound books. applications. convergence and how to create a monumental understanding of good formal writing using a April 29–May 1 Weekend £237 FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing JOHN ROBINSON traditional hand basic script such as uncial, Renaissance italic TOM PERKINS lettering designer and feel to a small piece of work. These techniques Beginners WE6138 May 20–22 Weekend £227 bookbinder or foundational hand. Practise your new skills lettercarver can be applied to all visual arts. Intermediate/Advanced WE6182 September 4–9 Five Days £526 on short quotations. September 2–5 Long Weekend £325 MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, Suitable for all 5D6370 GAYNOR GOFFE renowned calligrapher Suitable for all LW6367 Adventurous drawing – active teaching and tutor working with colour Sketching across the South Downs June 5–10 Five Days £527 Joomchi and beyond – Korean paper July 8–10 Weekend £222 Calligraphy – all things italic Investigate how colour can create light, Capture this richly varied landscape through Intermediate/Advanced 5D6212 Beginners WE6269 space, mood and movement in landscape. expressive and characterful sketches, as you art NEW Italic is one of the most useful, versatile Re-establish drawing as a thinking process enjoy short forays into the ancient farmlands, Creative ink drawing Please see page 44 for further information. and enjoyable scripts for calligraphers. as you record a colour response to the village and rural setting of West Dean. Learn Calligraphy – painted lettering on Depending on your starting point study JIYOUNG CHUNG Joomchi artist, painter, environment. how to frame strong compositions, connect Using West Dean as inspiration, explore the different surfaces basic italic, flourish design, contemporary exciting possibilities of drawing with ink. Work freelance writer, lecturer MARK CAZALET contemporary British artist with the land and distil your immediate italic variations, and italic capitals under the Different surfaces – both soft and hard – responses to develop a personal drawing style. on a variety of papers and experiment with September 25–29 Four Days £467 guidance of an experienced tutor. Explore May 5–8 Long Weekend £325 different techniques. can provide inspiring canvases for lettering. MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, Beginners 4D6421 layout and colour in short texts. Discover how to add lettering on two- and Intermediate/Advanced LW6150 active teaching FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing three- dimensional surfaces, such as paper, GAYNOR GOFFE renowned calligrapher May 23–27 Four Days £430 June 10–12 Weekend £227 pebbles and textiles. Good models for lettering and tutor Expressive drawing and Suitable for all 4D6454 Suitable for all WE6216 and how to paint using a pointed brush, with September 26–29 Three Days £325 painting trees NEW appropriate media is also explored. Suitable for all 3D6423 Please see page 28 for further information. SUSAN HUFTON calligrapher, letterer and Life drawing – formal to fabulous Fill your sketchbook with life NEW EMILY BALL painter and author bookbinder You will be guided in the art of figure drawing A sketchbook offers an opportunity to Letter carve a rimmed May 13–16 Long Weekend £325 from both the clothed and nude model, experience your surroundings differently August 26–29 Long Weekend £325 wooden bowl Suitable for all LW6349 Suitable for all LW6171 taking inspiration from Edward James’ legacy as you draw spontaneously and intuitively, Learn to carve lettering on a decorative or in and around the West Dean Estate. Explore responding to different locations. Make sense commemorative wooden bowl (turned by a variety of themes formal to expressive, still of the details and the atmosphere as you tutor Colin Simpson). Gain useful insight into to movement, line to colour, measured to define your drawing style, supported by this the design and layout of lettering appropriate expressive mark-making, formal setting to experienced tutor. to its function and see words as an integral theatrical, with short and long poses. HUGH DUNFORD-WOOD sketcher, part of three-dimensional design. CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT painter, printer GARY BREEZE lettering sculptor and carver MA painter, performer, animator June 16–19 Long Weekend £325 September 29–October 2 June 5–10 Five Days £568 Suitable for all LW6230 Long Weekend £345 Suitable for all 5D6385 Intermediate/Advanced LW6426 Gary Breeze Mark Cazalet

12 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 13 Dynamic drawing – model and location Student profile: Sally Gordon Work through a series of themes and “Before coming to West Dean I hadn’t done any poses from our model and learn dynamic art since the age of 16. I attended a weekend approaches to drawing. Different poses and course in beginners acrylics and really enjoyed locations help you explore the relationship between model and environment, and create the experience, the college atmosphere and powerful imagery. surroundings so I decided to embark on a two CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT year Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. MA painter, performer, animator After an exciting introduction weekend I quickly June 17–19 Weekend £253 became immersed in a variety of courses Suitable for all WE6232 ranging from life drawing to printmaking and experimenting with all types of paint and Experimental drawing with light and materials. I particularly enjoyed the quality and mixed media NEW variety of teaching from the outside experts, Create a series of layered drawings with each one passing on their own skills and different light sources and materials. Use generously sharing secrets of their own practice. acetates, photocopier, scanner and projectors This was backed up by regular drawing days to inspire fresh ideas in your work. with ‘in house’ tutors who encouraged us to EMILY MCLENNAN artist, experimental experiment and push the boundaries of what art could be. drawing, photograms Redfern Trudy As the course progressed I realised that I didn’t want it to end. Thanks to West Dean July 8-10 Weekend £230 Suitable for all WE6253 and with the encouragement of the tutors I decided to continue my study and I am now Drawing in the gardens – Drawing the horse NEW The black and white sketchbook – studying for an MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art, something I never imagined pattern and place working with tone NEW would be possible before I started the FDAD course.” Working from live animals observe and Drawing for improvers Explore a pattern-based interpretation of the learn how to draw the form of the horse. Explore the different ways tone can be used Improve your drawing with practical gardens through drawing from observation. In the studio experiment with composition to convey visual impressions by describing techniques utilising the potential of different Experimental drawing Drawing from observation – Consider how patterns, rhythms and textures using various approaches and drawing form, mood, depth, texture, dramatic effects mediums. Techniques include expressive use accuracy and likeness can represent a sense of place, feeling, mediums. Gain the skills and confidence and above all, depicting light. Explore drawing at its most experimental by to be able to capture and express the of line, shading and tone, lighting, dynamic movement, light and atmosphere. MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, active learning exciting mark-making techniques and Learn key techniques to create accurate movement of the horse. composition and surface. innovative use of materials. Be inspired by drawings from observation. Working with ROSIE MACCURRACH artist illustrator, teaching textile designer TRUDY REDFERN equine, animal, JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author a life model and West Dean to incorporate pencils on paper, investigate composition, September 23–26 Long Weekend £332 wildlife artist themes within your work. Outcomes will July 15–17 Weekend £222 measurement, tone and line. Focus and August 26–28 Weekend £221 Suitable for all LW6415 include sculpture, large-scale pieces, artist September 19–22 Three Days £336 Beginners/Intermediate WE6281 improve your drawing skills. Intermediate WE6348 books and drawings, as you push the ANDREW FITCHETT painter Suitable for all 3D6404 boundaries, whilst enjoying the process. Drawing for beginners Comprehensive drawing course August 19–21 Weekend £225 Intuitive drawing NEW FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing Sculpture – drawing and making Improve your powers of observation and NEW Beginners/Intermediate WE6334 Develop confidence drawing intuitively draw with confidence. Through a step-by-step July 30–August 5 Summer School £696 using automatic drawing techniques and Please see page 40 for further information. guide of key techniques learn how to record Discover your potential as you develop Suitable for all SS6292 experimental processes. Create drawings proportion and use light and shade to give methods that suit your creative outlook JONATHAN GILDERSLEEVES practising working with the dynamics of the imagination artist: drawing, sculpture your drawings form. and drawing style. Define different modes and learn playful and practical approaches. of looking including analytical, objective, A Sussex sketchbook – September 23–25 Weekend £242 ANDREW FITCHETT painter CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT subjective, expressive and experimental drawing course Suitable for all WE6414 September 30–October 2 Weekend £225 MA painter, performer, animator using traditional mediums. Subjects include Visit Sussex sites and West Dean College Beginners WE6431 life, portrait, landscape, still life and interior. and Gardens to record observations and September 2–4 Weekend £226 Understand visual reasoning and attitudes in develop visual ideas for your sketchbook. Suitable for all WE6362 drawing and how to apply these to fulfil the Back in the studio, exercises in perspective potential of your subject. and composition with advice on media, Experimental drawing with pastels JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author will provide structure to develop your interpretive skills. Explore the myriad of possibilities of soft July 23–29 Summer School £709 and hard pastels on different papers. Suitable for all SS6293 PAUL COX RCA, freelance artist and illustrator Work with a range of traditional and experimental drawing techniques to make a August 12–15 Long Weekend £325 series of pastel drawings. Suitable for all LW6324 FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing September 16–18 Weekend £233 Beginners/Intermediate WE6390 Maxine Relton

14 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 15 GARDENING Garden Lectures 16 Garden Courses 16-17

Whether you have a window box, a garden full of flowers, or an allotment, more and more of you are choosing to experiment with planting flowers, nurturing seeds, and growing your own food to eat. Enjoy unlimited access to our award-winning gardens and be inspired by garden design, growing, planting and more.

Garden Lectures The true cottage garden NEW Hand tied bouquets and posies Bold metalwork for the garden Garden mosaics – pebbles, marble Growing flowers for cuttingNE W and Talks Herbs are an integral part of the cottage Discover the professional skill of spiralling Please see page 23 for further information. and treasures All you need to know about growing flowers garden, contributing scents, foliage and form. flowers and foliage into beautiful bouquets MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal sculptor Please see page 19 for further information. for cutting in your own garden, including Mix this with the colour spectrum of cottage for gifts and vase arrangements to decorate preparing and planting a dedicated patch HILARY SHAND mosaic artist Garden Lectures include entry to garden annuals, biennials and perennials, add your home. Some foliage can be collected June 3–5 Weekend £272 where you can grow perennials, shrubs and the gardens and lunch. Garden Talks decorative vegetables and finish with choice from West Dean Gardens. Suitable for all WE6211 August 26–29 Long Weekend £355 bulbs, as well as sowing annuals and biennials. Suitable for all LW6352 include entry to the gardens. native flowering plants to create the true SUE HINGSTON London-trained You will also investigate the preparation cottage garden. Kim and Rob will share their event florist Grow your own fruit and vegetables of flowers for cutting and look around the Gardens inspired by nature – knowledge of cottage plants, bringing with – summer Summer propagation – cutting garden in the fabulous walled garden them seeds and plants for sale. May 8 One Day £145 at West Dean. ecological planting for a changing Beginners/Intermediate 1D6160 Learn about watering, training, weeding, plants for free climate NEW KIM AND ROB HURST The Cottage SALLY GREGSON professionally trained Herbery, cottage plant specialists and growers summer pruning, pest and disease Increase your plant stock by using simple nurserywoman Discover how to design with plants that are identification, and control and harvesting. The methods of propagation. During this July 16 Garden Talk 2-3.30pm £25 Willow work for the garden August 28 One Day £110 adapted to our ever changing climate with day will be a mixture of hands-on practical hands-on practical day try out various Please see page 10 for further information. Nigel Dunnett whose exciting planting design Suitable for all GT6285 demos and classroom based lectures. Part of methods including division, root cuttings, soft Beginners/Intermediate 1D6356 for The Barbican in London, features steepe DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and our ‘New to Gardening’ series. and hardwood cuttings, seed collection and coppice craftsman planting and plants that are suited to a dry ROSIE YEOMANS horticulturalist, treatments – all valuable techniques for you Sculptural willow for the garden climate. Olivier Filippi will talk about his latest Garden Courses broadcaster, designer to apply to your own garden. May 16–18 Two Days £232 Please see page 10 for further information. Planting Design for Dry Gardens book, , which Beginners/Intermediate 2D6179 June 18 One Day £130 SALLY GREGSON professionally trained DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and includes over 200 tough but beautiful plants Create your own topiary NEW Beginners/Intermediate 1D6239 nurserywoman that will thrive in areas of low rainfall. The coppice craftsman James will begin with a talk about the history August 27 One Day £130 day will conclude with Nigel and Olivier in September 29–October 2 of topiary and a practical demonstration on Beginners/Intermediate 1D6355 discussion. cutting techniques. He will share inspiration Enamelled sculpture for the garden Long Weekend £340 NIGEL DUNNETT horticulturalist, designer for topiary in garden settings, from embryo Please see page 20 for further information. Beginners/Intermediate LW6427 and ecologist & OLIVIER FILIPPI plantsman, plans to finished topiary, and also give tips on JOAN MACKARELL artist enameller designer specialising in dry gardens care and maintenance. Followed by a July 30–August 5 Summer School £692 May 14 Garden Lecture £72 hands-on workshop to create your own plant Suitable for all SS6307 Suitable for all GL6174 to take away. JAMES CREBBIN-BAILEY horticulturalist, topiary specialist Church and event flowers May 7 One Day £145 Discover how professional florists create Beginners/Intermediate 1D6158 church and event arrangements, selecting suitable flowers and foliage and how to condition and store them. Find out how to set up bases and everything you need to know about creating stunning floral designs to decorate large spaces for maximum impact. SUE HINGSTON London-trained event florist August 20 One Day £145 Beginners/Intermediate 1D6338

16 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 17 Stained glass – exploring colour, Mosaics light and line GLASS AND MOSAICS Draw inspiration from botanical forms as you Mosaics for beginners and experiment with layers of colour, light and Glass 18-19 improvers shade to create a finished stained glass panel. Mosaics 19 With West Dean Gardens as inspiration, you Develop your creativity in mosaic design using For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8 will develop designs and then make samples different ceramic and glass tiles. You will learn exploring the various techniques. Sandblasting techniques for laying, grouting and cutting tiles and a variety of fired paint techniques can into tesserae. be used to add graphic line and texture that MARTIN CHEEK mosaic maestro, author helps capture the jewel-like quality of glass. April 29–May 2 Long Weekend £325 HELEN ROBINSON architectural stained Beginners/Intermediate LW6145 glass artist

Join our glass experts and explore materials and Martin Cheek processes, light and juxtaposition of colour. Create August 6–12 Summer School £767 Mosaics – the principles Suitable for all SS6316 Design and make mosaics unique, original mosaics as you develop an affinity of making Start the process of making by discussing Advance your skills in planning, drawing for the colour, tone and texture that can be Dichroic glass jewellery and selecting a theme, then learn the and designing a mosaic project. Support on planning stages of a project and select achieved by working with stone, glass, marble and Create beautiful glass jewellery with depth, creating your own brief, sourcing materials, materials for your mosaic. Consider pebbles. pattern and controlled design using a variety ideas and designs, will be offered throughout colour, texture and light throughout the of techniques from dichroic glass. You will the making process and guidance is given on making process, using a variety of different learn different methods of cutting, drilling, colour, texture and light. techniques. The course includes a lecture on etching and layering to complete several sets EMMA BIGGS artist, author, mosaicist of jewellery. 20th-century mosaic design. July 17–22 Five Days £519 Glass Bite, blast and scratch it – glass Making dazzling glass beads CLAIRE HALL BA Hons, glass artist EMMA BIGGS artist, author, mosaicist engraving NEW Intermediate/Advanced 5D6288 Learn to create increasingly sophisticated August 19–21 Weekend £272 July 23–29 Summer School £682 Making glass beads – Mixed media for glass engravers. Explore glass beads and come away with an Suitable for all WE6336 Suitable for all SS6298 abundance of beads and a piece of jewellery Mosaic intensive – developing an introduction combining pre-treated acid etched surfaces with sandblasting and drill techniques and the designed and made by you. You will be shown artistic expression Discover the possibilities of glass bead how to manipulate the molten glass in a Printing and sandblasting Garden mosaics – pebbles, marble various exciting ways to blend these three Explore new ways to think about your work design. Use a torch flame to create torch flame to form beads of various shapes imagery in glass and treasures very different approaches. and reach the next level. Subjects covered coloured beads and learn how to apply and sizes. Decorative techniques include using Create mosaics using a mixture of hand cut TRACEY SHEPPARD artist, glass engraver Work with coloured enamels to print include working with texture, scale, flow decorative effects such as frits, canes, coloured glass powders, gold and silver leaf marble, pebbles, slate and your own treasures. photographic or hand-drawn images through and spacing, cutting and laying styles and stringers, dots and metal leaf. July 8–10 Weekend £272 and enamels. Explore two setting methods and develop a silkscreen onto coloured glass. The image mixed materials and using cement-based Intermediate/Advanced WE6271 design ideas to make a square and a round BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 years BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 years is encapsulated into the glass with fusing and adhesive. You will work on your own project mosaic for your garden. May 6–8 Weekend £285 July 30–August 5 Summer School £869 the sandblaster is used to incise an image or with individual attention and lots of group Beginners WE6155 Making fused striped and Suitable for all SS6308 text into the surface. You will learn the basics discussions and lectures. HILARY SHAND mosaic artist of image preparation for both techniques. mosaic glass NEW SONIA KING mosaic artist, educator, author August 26–29 Long Weekend £355 ALEX POWELL professional glass artist Explore glass fusing – Design and create a striped fused glass panel July 17–22 Five Days £529 Suitable for all LW6352 coloured strands that will be slumped and can be used as a September 11–15 Four Days £491 Intermediate/Advanced 5D6289 curved light or a platter. Then make mosaic Intermediate/Advanced 4D6132 Develop the technique of drawing with glass tiles with the remnants from this glass stringers. These thin glass rods are process and fuse them onto a glass panel. manipulated to mimic the drawn line by Be inspired by the vibrant Bullseye glass stretching and bending the glass. You will also and choose colour combinations to create explore merging colours and shapes. individual designs. KATRINA BEATTIE contemporary glass ALINE JOHNSON kiln formed glass designer-maker designer-maker June 18 One Day £131 July 18–22 Four Days £501 Suitable for all 1D6238 Suitable for all 4D6291

Explore glass fusing – metal inclusions Create a panel or four tiles exploring metal inclusions in glass. Encase metal foils, leaf and wires between two layers of glass to encapsulate intriguing bubbles and unpredictable reactions between the oxidizing metals. KATRINA BEATTIE contemporary glass designer-maker June 19 One Day £131 Suitable for all 1D6240 Barbara Mason

18 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 19 JEWELLERY AND ENAMELLING Enamelling 20 Jewellery 21-22 Make Your Own Wedding Rings 20 For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8

Enjoy creative expression through the use of practical techniques in our jewellery and enamelling courses, suitable for complete beginners to advanced practitioners. Jane Short

Enamelling Enamelled sculpture for Enamelling copper bowls Jewellery Making jewellery in silver Hand engraving and carving on the garden Explore the beauty of fired enamels. Explore ideas for a piece of jewellery in metal NEW Enamelling on silver NEW Work with enamel and metal on a larger Beginners will learn basic techniques Making glass beads – an silver and be guided through the designing Please see page 24 for further information. scale on the theme of ‘fantastical flora and and create simple, attractive bowls while and making process. Begin by communicating Create personal designs in coloured introduction ANGUS MCFADYEN engraver, fauna for display in the garden’. The first experienced enamellers will develop more your concept in simple drawings, then with commissions, exhibitions enamels on silver. Both beginners and day will be spent in the workshop making elaborate designs by carving through layers of Please see page 18 for further information. one-to-one tuition you will learn a range those with some experience will learn basic June 9–12 Long Weekend £325 enamel samples, developing colour, texture enamel to reveal the colours below. Design BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 years of techniques in general fabrication, surface techniques or improve skills. Receive expert and pattern using non-traditional techniques. and technical advice will be on hand. decoration (including roller-printing and Suitable for all LW6215 tuition in the techniques of cloisonné, May 6–8 Weekend £285 On the second day you will develop complex PAT JOHNSON skilled enameller on copper etching) and finishing. champlevé, plique-à-jour and the use of foils. Beginners WE6155 three-dimensional forms in copper sheet with SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher Jewellery – create rhythm and JOAN MACKARELL artist enameller metalwork tutor Mike Savage in the forge. September 11–16 Five Days £519 Suitable for all 5D6387 May 8–13 Five Days £519 movement with simple elements May 27–30 Long Weekend £325 You will be able to spend the remaining time Experimental repoussé and deep completing at least one finished piece. Suitable for all 5D6163 Learn how to transform shapes and forms Suitable for all LW6200 relief chasing NEW into a jewellery design using repeated JOAN MACKARELL artist enameller A dialogue with enamel – etching, Learn methods for manipulating metal using One day jewellery workshop components. The focus is on composition, July 30–August 5 Summer School £692 colour and texture repoussé and deep relief chasing techniques. rhythm and movement in design. Be inspired Suitable for all SS6307 Focus on the techniques of etching and You can experiment and practise with flat One day practical workshop with help given by West Dean Gardens which is abundant engraving to explore ways of mixing, layering sheet metal and perfect techniques on either on an individual basis to develop your own with inspiring shapes at this time of year. ideas. The development of ideas through and juxtaposing colour using texture to shallow dished forms or use the hydraulic KAYO SAITO MA RCA jeweller Enamelling for beginners enhance enamel. Aimed at enamellers with press to make forms for chasing, decoration drawing will be encouraged and help then Discover the alchemy of enamelling by first some experience who wish to review and and texturing. given to realise the idea in three-dimensions. June 16–19 Long Weekend £325 Intermediate/Advanced LW6231 practising on copper, then progress to simple extend their current practice, a short trip into ABIGAIL BROWN award-winning artist Techniques are demonstrated according to silver jewellery. You will learn how to translate West Dean Gardens will inspire your designs. silversmith your needs. Beginners will be given a set colour and texture ideas, and the techniques project to introduce the basic techniques of JANE SHORT award-winning enameller May 5–8 Long Weekend £337 of using fine wires and metal leaf. working with silver. September 29–October 2 Beginners LW6152 SHEILA R MCDONALD artist, enameller, SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher jeweller Long Weekend £325 Intermediate/Advanced LW6429 Contemporary and traditional bead May 25 One Day £110 August 19–21 Weekend £248 Suitable for all 1D6442 Beginners WE6335 threading Learn the art of bead jewellery to a Casting for jewellery and professional standard. After familiarisation with tools and threading techniques, make a silversmithing Make Your Own Wedding Rings range of necklaces which may include antique Learn a simple method of casting using very and semi-precious beads. little equipment to re-create intricate solid Create unique wedding PENNY DAVIS jewellery designer and forms in metal, both precious and non- Shelia McDonald rings for each other either by enameller precious. Guidance on related aspects including mass production and finishing is also given. re-using jewellery and metal or May 6–8 Weekend £242 buying new metal. Email Suitable for all WE6156 ADRIAN HOPE award-winning silversmith [email protected] May 30–June 2 Three Days £325 to find out more. Suitable for all 3D6205

20 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 21 Machine embroidered jewellery NEW Please see page 41 for further information. METALWORKING LINDSAY TAYLOR machine embroiderer, Blacksmithing and Metalworking 23 artist Silversmithing 24 June 17–19 Weekend £227 For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8 Suitable for all WE6234

One day jewellery workshop Please see 1D6442 for further information. SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher June 29 One Day £110 Suitable for all 1D6443 Blacksmithing, silversmithing, metalworking, we cover it all. From the basics to the complex, our

Traditional and contemporary Joanne H aywood expert tutors will help you develop the practical stone setting skills you need to make vessels, gates, sculptures, Broaden your understanding and skills in Making jewellery using mixed metals Ring-linking with stones and beads candlesticks and much more. stone setting through an exploration of the and stones for jewellery techniques used for bezel, crown, bead/grain and flush settings. Practise with inexpensive Explore the effects created by combining Create an individual piece of jewellery as you Angus Mc F adyen stones, learn to make basic tools and to use different metals in one piece of jewellery and master the techniques of chain mail or ring- the pendant motor and burrs. learn basic stone-setting techniques. Develop linking, using semi-precious stones or beads Sculpting in metals Basic blacksmithing an awareness of design issues arising from to add colour, pattern and detail. Blacksmithing and PENNY DAVIS jewellery designer and combining materials and learn how to plan Experience the complete process of Using mild steel become familiar with the enameller ALISON EVANS jewellery designer and maker metalworking your work to overcome these. making a three-dimensional object in basic skills of the blacksmith to develop your September 8–11 Long Weekend £325 metal incorporating enamel. You will learn designs and make successful objects. July 7–10 Long Weekend £340 DAPHNE KRINOS renowned jewellery Suitable for all LW6376 Intermediate/Advanced LW6266 designer Blacksmithing for beginners NEW metalworking techniques such as cutting, ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, drilling, raising and welding as you develop metalworker, sculptor August 12–15 Long Weekend £325 Explore a range of forging techniques as you Colourful bangles from create a small candlestick or domestic item. ideas through sketches, model making and One day jewellery workshop Intermediate LW6326 metal choice – copper, steel or aluminium. August 26–29 Long Weekend £394 polymer clay Consider design and function as you learn Beginners LW6351 Please see 1D6442 for further information. how to manipulate metal using basic hand The second day will be spent with Joan Learn to make colourful patterned sheets of SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher Dichroic glass jewellery forging, the power hammer and fire-welding. Mackarell making enamel samples using polymer clay to create individual and stylish non-traditional techniques to explore colour, Sculpture from scrap July 20 One Day £110 Please see page 19 for further information. bangles finished to a professional standard by JAMES PRICE contemporary blacksmith texture and pattern. You will be able to spend and designer Take on your own scrapheap challenge and Suitable for all 1D6444 CLAIRE HALL BA Hons, glass artist sanding and buffing. time in either area to complete at least one create a sculpture from found metal objects May 20–22 Weekend £250 finished piece. August 19–21 Weekend £272 CAROL BLACKBURN polymer clay jeweller assembled with blacksmithing techniques. You Beginners WE6187 Create your own jewellery – an Suitable for all WE6336 September 19–22 Three Days £350 MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal sculptor will visit a local scrapyard and then learn basic individual approach Suitable for all 3D6405 July 30–August 5 Summer School £764 forging and joining processes. Next consider Develop a personal vocabulary of ideas for One day jewellery workshop Bold metalwork for the garden Suitable for all SS6306 and respond to the design possibilities of your your jewellery making whilst gaining making Make real or surreal jungle flora and fauna chosen recycled pieces, making a sculpture Please see 1D6442 for further information. Moving metal – exploring press for your house or garden. skills and learning new techniques relevant forming NEW from metal for your garden or home. Using to your projects. The week begins with a SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher bold copper forms and bright aluminium, PETER PARKINSON RCA trained, artist short, structured project and then fabricating, August 24 One Day £110 Please see page 24 for further information. explore the sculptural elements of leaves, blacksmith decorating and joining will be demonstrated. Suitable for all 1D6445 ANGELA CORK designer silversmith vines and flowers. September 11–15 Four Days £479 You are encouraged to incorporate MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal sculptor Suitable for all 4D6381 other materials in your jewellery – exotic September 19–22 Three Days £325 hardwoods, shells and found objects. Mixed media jewellery – developing Suitable for all 3D6406 June 3–5 Weekend £272 Suitable for all WE6211 SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher your own language NEW Creative blacksmithing projects One day jewellery workshop Work creatively in our forge to undertake July 23–29 Summer School £682 Explore making mixed media jewellery as you build your own personal language and individual projects whilst learning and Suitable for all SS6300 Please see 1D6442 for further information. confidence in combining multiple materials. extending your blacksmithing skills. In this SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher The focus will be on working with metal and active and energetic course, you can develop Making dazzling glass beads textile forms together with demonstrations September 28 One Day £110 your own ideas and work towards completing Please see page 18 for further information. on a range of contemporary techniques. Suitable for all 1D6446 your project. Bring outline ideas for discussion. blacksmith, BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 years JOANNE HAYWOOD art jeweller ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, metalworker, sculptor July 30–August 5 Summer School £869 September 2–4 Weekend £232 September 29–October 2 Suitable for all SS6308 Intermediate/advanced WE6366 Long Weekend £394 Suitable for all LW6428

22 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 23 Silversmithing General silversmithing – Silversmithing Summer School constructing and raising Immerse yourself in silversmithing as you Silversmithing for beginners – Explore your ideas for making silver extend your skills and develop new and MUSIC challenging ideas for your work. Each spoons and bowls objects and advance your skills on this in- depth course. Learn methods for creating silversmith works on their own personal A magical journey awaits those new to and finishing forms in sheet metal using projects such as bowls, boxes and spoons, silversmithing. Get to grips with the basic techniques such as press forming, casting receiving tuition on a one-to-one basis. The craftsmanship of forging, blocking, planishing, and hand forging. The course combines tutor covers a vast range of metalworking soldering and annealing to complete your contemporary and traditional approaches as techniques for forming, fabricating, assembling, own silver spoon and small bowl. you work on individual projects. joining and finishing – including making joints and hinges. HOWARD FENN goldsmith, silversmith, JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith designer JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith July 10–15 Five Days £519 April 29–May 2 Long Weekend £325 Suitable for all 5D6277 August 26–September 2 Seven Days £685 Beginners LW6144 Suitable for all 7D6354 Develop your musical expertise or find your singing One day silversmithing workshop voice and get together with other musicians in Experimental repoussé and deep Moving metal – exploring press Please see 1D6447 for further information. relief chasing NEW forming NEW beautiful rooms with excellent acoustics. You will JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith Please see page 21 for further information. Explore a variety of press forming processes share ideas, learn new techniques, and enjoy giving ABIGAIL BROWN award-winning artist July 21 One Day £110 to develop and test ideas and make your and listening to performances. silversmith Suitable for all 1D6449 own piece of jewellery or silver object. This May 5–8 Long Weekend £337 course offers a practical introduction to press forming in base and precious metals, to Beginners LW6152 Silversmithing – create vessels and sculptural jewellery enable you to create hollow forms and your own simple tools with confidence. Music appreciation with the Music appreciation with the A passion for singing – for singers On this exciting, ideas-led course, express One day silversmithing workshop ANGELA CORK designer silversmith Chilingirian Quartet – Bartok and Chilingirian Quartet – Beethoven and piano accompanists your creativity working on individual projects The complete beginner will be introduced to Beethoven and Mozart Gain experience performing music of your ranging from a small bowl or vase to large, September 19–22 Three Days £325 basic techniques including raising, planishing, own choice from the classical song repertoire, experimental jewellery. If you are a beginner, Suitable for all 3D6406 Bartok’s Quartet No 3 is an amazingly short “Now that is a great piece!” This was soldering and forging. You then progress to and in any language. Share insights motivating learn basic techniques. For the more work of wildly contrasting music, featuring Beethoven’s comment when a visitor noticed raised pieces which include the making and choice of music, broaden your artistic goals experienced, develop your skills creating mysterious sounds alongside wild glissandi he had copied the entire finale of Mozart’s fitting of handles, spouts, lids and in box One day silversmithing workshop and learn how to address technical problems and finishing forms in sheet metal using and Hungarian folk dances. The piece is A Major Quartet in his sketchbook. Join making you learn to score, bend and stamp through masterclass-style sessions. techniques such as raising, planishing, soldering Please see 1D6447 for further information. complemented by a study of Beethoven’s the charismatic Chilingirian Quartet for metal and make flush and spring joints. daring and virtuosic, Op 18 No 1 Quartet, an enlightening study of Mozart K464 and and press forming. JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith MARION RAPER distinguished singing JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith his first calling card to the Viennese public Beethoven Op 18 No 5 Quartets, illustrating teacher and performer ABIGAIL BROWN award winning artist September 29 One Day £110 at the end of the 18th century. Informal the touching tribute Beethoven paid to JOHN WAKEFIELD performer, piano May 26 One Day £110 silversmith Suitable for all 1D6451 performances will complete the day. Mozart’s most daring quartet. Informal accompanist, teacher Suitable for all 1D6447 August 6–12 Summer School £682 LEVON CHILINGIRIAN, performances will complete the day. June 10–12 Weekend £232 Suitable for all SS6319 RONALD BIRKS, SUSIE MESZAROS, LEVON CHILINGIRIAN, RONALD Intermediate/Advanced WE6219 Hand engraving and carving STEPHEN ORTON world celebrated BIRKS, SUSIE MESZAROS, STEPHEN on metal NEW One day silversmithing workshop ensemble, inspirational teachers ORTON world celebrated ensemble, April 23 Music Lecture £72 inspirational teachers Learn to engrave and carve metal in low Please see 1D6447 for further information. relief using the simplest hand engraving tools. Suitable for all GL6137 May 22 Music Lecture £72 JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith Working on sample pieces of copper or Suitable for all GL6189 silver, gain the confidence to experiment for August 25 One Day £110 Ukulele workshop yourself and progress to inlaying metal. Suitable for all 1D6450 Suitable for both beginners and those with ANGUS MCFADYEN engraver, commissions, some previous experience of the world’s exhibitions most popular acoustic instrument – the June 9–12 Long Weekend £325 ukulele. Learn basic chords and chord Suitable for all LW6215 inversions on your own instrument or one borrowed on the day. One day silversmithing workshop CLIVE HARVEY professional musician and teacher Please see 1D6447 for further information. May 8 One Day £110 JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith Beginners/Intermediate 1D6159 June 30 One Day £110 Suitable for all 1D6448 The Chilingirian Quartet Angela Cork

24 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 25 PAINTING Botanical Art 27 Mixed Media 28 Painting – General 28-30 Painting – Oils 30 Painting – Water Based 30-31 For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8

Our ethos is to offer traditional painting methods that can be applied in a contemporary way, alongside innovative and experimental approaches to help you develop your own painting style. We offer clear pathways for beginners to progress to advanced courses, see our Foundation Diploma in Art and Design on page 9. F rances H atch

The Chilingirian Quartet Summer The International Classical Guitar A journey through Beethoven’s Botanical Art The summer fruit garden: botanical Botanical painting – harvest from School – for string quartets and Festival and Summer School - piano sonatas – music appreciation painting NEW the orchards and walled gardens ensembles* with concerts A compelling journey through Beethoven’s Botany for artists Gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries Paint ornamental gourds, edible vegetables This inspirational course offers the chance This annual event, celebrating its 25th composing life, beyond the familiar sonatas to and red, white and black currants are almost and beautiful fruit. Learn how to render these This revealing course will improve accuracy for amateur, young professional or student anniversary in 2016, offers outstanding his other masterpieces; their intimate nature defined by their luscious colours, highlights subjects in a botanical style, using wet-in-wet and observation to enhance your painting. quartets or ensembles, to work closely with learning and performing opportunities for provides us with the greatest insight into and shine. Discover methods and techniques washes and dry brush techniques. Working outside, learn to recognise key plant the celebrated Chilingirian Quartet. Each classical guitarists of all abilities.The course Beethoven’s creative process. that convey these elements in a botanical features and structures as you sketch and SANDRINE MAUGY botanical artist group is given a practice room for the week includes repertoire and technique classes, painting making use of the abundant produce and writer ROY STRATFORD pianist, conductor annotate plant details. to enhance a repertoire of their own choice, lectures, masterclasses and workshops. and lecturer from West Dean Gardens. September 2–4 Weekend £222 with intensive, yet informal, daily coaching Students are assigned to an ensemble group LIZ LEECH botanist, botanical artist, teacher September 23–25 Weekend £232 MARIELLA BALDWIN published Suitable for all WE6363 from the Chilingirian Quartet. Tuition in according to their ability level and receive botanical artist Suitable for all WE6413 May 20–22 Weekend £222 masterclasses, informal showcase concerts two private individual lessons. Additional Suitable for all WE6185 July 10–14 Four Days £421 and two public concerts by the Chilingirian playing opportunities include the guitar Suitable for all 4D6273 Quartet are included (see Events on page orchestra, student concerts and masterclasses 11 in back pages). Generous scholarships are given by internationally acclaimed artists, Summer colours at West Dean – available to assist music students and young including festival director Andrew Gough, botanical painting Dazzling dahlias and late summer professionals to attend this course. Benjamin Verdery, Berta Rojas, Irina Kulikova, Inspired by West Dean Gardens, learn flowers: botanical painting Kai Nieminen, Manus Noble, Ray Burley, The Chilingirian Quartet LEVON CHILINGIRIAN, RONALD essential watercolour painting techniques Explore the use of colour to achieve brilliance Rebecca Baulch, Sean Shibe and the Aquarelle BIRKS, SUSIE MESZAROS, STEPHEN are wonderful teachers… and gain the confidence to produce colourful and vitality while painting flowers from the ORTON world celebrated ensemble, Guitar Quartet. Bursaries are available for plant portraits. Study colour mixing, the Walled Garden. Reference to historical and inspirational teachers 16 to 24 year old students to help with the coaching sessions are depiction of details such as serrated edges contemporary paintings reveal what makes a fees. Please contact the Bookings Office for July 17–23 Six Days £663 demanding, but laughter and veins, and the use of wet-in-wet. painting exuberant. Intermediate/Advanced CQ6290 further details. filled. We take home SANDRINE MAUGY botanical artist MARIELLA BALDWIN published *Please contact the Bookings Office for further Sponsored by Ramiréz Guitars, Classical and writer botanical artist details and a special booking form or download Guitar Centre Birmingham, Classical Guitar great ideas and use them June 12–16 Four Days £421 August 12–14 Weekend £222 from our website. Magazine and the D’Addario Foundation. throughout the year. Suitable for all 4D6227 Suitable for all WE6320 FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: ANDREW GOUGH classical guitarist, ensemble Chilingirian Quartet director and teacher Summer School student August 20–26 Six Days £685 Suitable for all CG6339

This was a perfectly balanced and inspiring course, particularly with the right amount of help from the tutor.

Kate Passingham, Portrait painting in oils Mariella Baldwin

26 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 27 Abstract painting – finding your voice NEW Gain an in-depth insight into the various Mixed Media forms of picture construction, and expressive Tutor profile: Frances Hatch possibilities in abstract art, whilst you find your own voice within this exciting Mixed media images – paint, print, Inspirations and influences: format. Learn to analyse pictorial elements collage “As a child I would wander the Fenland (Isle of Ely) including form, narrative, composition, spatial relationships, colour, line and layering, and Study colours, patterns and textures and with my sketchbook and watercolours painting the learn techniques for applying paints, dyes and how they can create different outcomes in inks to develop your ideas into samples or a things that literally stopped me in my tracks, for your painting. finished piece. example a procession of frozen puddles or orange ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional painter JO DIXON artist, printmaker, teacher willows lit against black land. Little has changed except that now I might use that July 23–29 Summer School £685 willow as a tool, allow some of the ice to melt on the paper and make paint using May 29–June 1 Three Days £345 Suitable for all SS6295 Beginners/Intermediate 3D6202 mud as pigment.” Background: Talkative colour Experimental drawing with light and “For 26 years students at West Dean have been setting alarms for 4am to join Examine the ways in which colour can mixed media NEW express emotions, influence, alter mood me at dawn, working in the dark and grubbing around for tools and earths. and communicate ideas. Develop a sound Please see page 14 for further infomation. The best work is often made when control is taken away and options are limited.” grasp of colour mixing, colour theory and an EMILY MCLENNAN artist, experimental awareness of colour in all its contexts. drawing, photograms “The decision to train as a teacher (with a postgraduate year at Goldsmiths George Popesco MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, July 8–10 Weekend £230 College) came because I wanted to share an enthusiasm that was too big to keep active teaching Suitable for all WE6253 to myself. Previously, I was head of both History of Art and Art in an independent Pastels Colour, tone and division: thinking August 29–September 2 school and a mature student at Wimbledon School of Art (printmaking MA).” Four Days £431 Discover the potential of hard and soft visually about painting Painting – immersive colour and Suitable for all 4D6357 Current projects: pastels and as alternatives to paints on Think visually about painting and focus place NEW location. Learn to apply various pastels on “Over the last year I’ve worked in Dorset, the Cairngorm Mountains, Devon, on what makes it worth looking at and Draw and paint with colour mixing as the suitable papers, mix colour and fix your work what gives it visual intensity, regardless of Portrait painting – all media focus. Every environment suggests its own Pembrokeshire and North Norway. I’ve just been awarded a research grant by The to take home. Working with landscape and the subject. Through a series of exercises, Study the fundamentals of portrait painting colour palette, learn how to reflect the subtle still life exploit the brilliance of pastels to Gatehouse Gallery in Guernsey to spend time on the island.” investigate colour, tone and division, to to achieve a likeness through drawing, hues in selected contrasting environments in achieve painterly effects. enhance the visual power of your paintings. proportion, tonal values and colour. Choose and around the college through skilled and VALERIE WIFFEN trained portrait painter MATTHEW COLLINGS artist, writer and your own medium, including paint or pastels. economical colour mixing. A good deal of broadcaster time will be spent working outdoors. Pastel painting May 29–June 2 Four Days £421 ANDREW FITCHETT painter Painting – General Suitable for all 4D6203 July 17–22 Five Days £519 FRANCES HATCH plein air painter September 16–18 Weekend £242 Examine different approaches to pastel Intermediate/Advanced 5D6287 painting with a focus on colour and Suitable for all WE6392 August 6–12 Summer School £685 Portrait painting – drama, colour Abstract painting – expressive Suitable for all SS6312 mark-making. Using gesso, acrylic paint and and light chalk pastels, work from sketches made possibilities NEW Be inspired as you learn a series of dynamic outside in West Dean Gardens, returning to Mixed media, collage and process An introduction for all painters to the approaches to mark-making and painting the studio to develop compositions. building blocks that underpin the expressive Uncover the potential of graphic media and from a live model. A variety of long and short SARAH BEE pastel painter possibilities of abstract painting including material combinations to inspire your work. dramatic poses offer you the time to explore form, colour, painted paper collage, line, May 15–19 Four Days £421 Through a sequence of interlinked projects rich, vibrant colour and light. composition, space and narrative. you are encouraged to experiment with ideas Intermediate/Advanced 4D6176 CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional painter and materials including inks, stencils, layering MA painter, performer, animator June 10–12 Weekend £225 and imagery. May 12–15 Long Weekend £362 Suitable for all WE6218 MARK CAZALET contemporary Suitable for all LW6166 British artist Crossing the bridge to August 14–19 Five Days £538 Expressive drawing and painting – abstract painting Suitable for all 5D6329 trees NEW Learn to cross the bridge between At this magical time of year work outside observation and abstract painting. Exercises Dynamic collage with paint using black and white drawing and painting are used to stimulate the imagination materials, on both primed canvas and papers, Take the dynamism of collage and paint and extend the range of rhythmic and to create rich drawings that capture the and explore a myriad of possibilities. Enjoy expressive processes in mark-making, colour, bursting spirit of spring trees. unexpected outcomes as you implement new tonal balance and compositional dynamics. processes, approaches and resources. EMILY BALL painter and author Artists considered include Ruskin, Bomberg, JANE ARKWRIGHT artist, designer May 13–16 Long Weekend £325 Mondrian, de Kooning and Kandinksy. September 11–16 Five Days £526 Suitable for all LW6171 JENNY TYSON painter Suitable for all 5D6384 July 10–15 Five Days £524 Intermediate/Advanced 5D6275 Emily Ball Emily Robert Sosner

28 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 29 Large scale watercolour painting – the abstract nude Learn the techniques and skills to paint with Painting still life – towards watercolour on a large scale, and explore abstraction the freedom this versatile medium offers in a contemporary way. Many artists reach a stage when representation is not enough for personal DONG LI-BLACKWELL MA watercolour expression. Learn to respond directly to painter still life using mixed media to explore line, August 26–28 Weekend £264 form, colour and texture. Through a series Intermediate/Advanced WE6347 of exercises get to know the objects and develop confidence in stripping away the superfluous to capture the essence. Watercolour painting for beginners JANE ARKWRIGHT artist, designer Please see WE6267 above for further information. September 26–30 Four Days £428 CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, Intermediate/Advanced 4D6424 Chinese methods September 9–11 Weekend £222 Painting – Oils Beginners WE6377 Oil painting for beginners – Painting – Water Based Painting townscapes in oils the landscape Painting beyond the surface – water

Explore ways to depict light and movement Explore the practicalities of outdoor Freedom in watercolours for Jo Dixon based medium work (weather permitting) and ways of as you capture the townscape in oils. Painting beginners Investigate, develop and expand your representing specific qualities of light, form outside in Midhurst and Chichester, you will knowledge of working with water based and spatial relationships in the landscape Learn a fresh approach to watercolour develop work back in the studio. Confident watercolour painting Watercolour painting – flora and media by painting both still life and West with oils. painting through a series of set projects NEW fauna of the Sussex Downs TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils with guidance on composition and materials. Dean Gardens. A series of exercises will TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils Explore the use of water, paper and pigment Enhance your skills in painting fine detail develop your observational drawing skills as May 1–5 Four Days £421 Demonstrations are given on techniques as and learn how to extend your choices fully in watercolour, taking inspiration from the you increasingly engage with the tactility of Intermediate/Advanced 4D6147 August 15–17 Two Days £225 you explore this versatile medium. Beginners 2D6332 to produce more individual work as you fauna and flora of the Sussex Downs. Collect paint and mark-making to develop your own JULIE COLLINS artist, author develop your own painting style. subject matter and make visual research to personal approach to painting. Painting animals in oils NEW April 29–May 1 Weekend £230 BRIAN SMITH professional watercolour inspire your composition. Learn the dry brush CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, Coastal landscape painting NEW technique expressing a myriad of colour, tone Working from both live animals and Beginners WE6139 specialist Chinese methods Paint the landscape and Chichester Harbour and texture. Investigate accenting and glazing reference material, learn how to paint animals June 3–5 Weekend £222 September 18–23 Five Days £526 coastline through direct observation. Make to create depth and add luminosity to your including dogs, sheep and horses. In the Watercolours – atmosphere Suitable for all WE6209 Suitable for all 5D6399 painting studies outdoors, as you learn painting. studio gain confidence in the use of oils to through light and texture capture the qualities of each species. how to manage the changing elements SUZANNE BALCHIN Camberwell College, of light, shadow and colour. Capture the Paint landscapes outdoors, paying particular Watercolour painting for beginners fine watercolourist Rocks, crystals and fossils in TRUDY REDFERN, equine, animal, characteristics and features of land, coastline attention to mood and atmosphere as you wildlife artist Learn to handle brushes, use colour and August 6–12 Summer School £682 watercolour and sky, and develop methods of evolving develop a personal style of mark-making, study form and composition as you paint in Suitable for all SS6311 Learn fine watercolour brush work to express May 27–29 Weekend £228 preparatory sketches to complete paintings colour and composition. watercolour. a mosaic of colour and form. Discover tonal Suitable for all WE6196 back in the studio. BRIDGET WOODS watercolourist, author: CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, nuances and innovative mark-making. Create a landscape, life GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy Chinese methods decorative painting reflecting the intricacies of Portrait in oils – likeness and fine artist these geological gems. May 8–13 Five Days £519 July 6–8 Two days £222 character August 21–25 Four Days £421 Intermediate/Advanced 5D6162 Beginners 2D6267 SUZANNE BALCHIN Camberwell College, Discover tonal colour mixing and the Suitable for all 4D6343 fine watercolourist sculptural qualities of oil paint, to achieve Acrylics workshop Expressive watercolours NEW September 30–October 2 Weekend £222 lively approaches to the portrait in oils. Portrait painting in oils Suitable for all WE6430 Build up a ‘library’ of acrylic colours and Use both technical and spontaneous methods GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy fine Develop a personal style and improve your painting techniques such as glazes, impasto artist of painting. Work from still life, landscape oil painting techniques whilst achieving a and expressive mark-making as you learn and photographic imagery to combine July 8–10 Weekend £232 likeness. Explore how to use composition to how to handle acrylics effectively and different subject matter into a cohesive Suitable for all WE6268 enhance the sense of the sitter and ways of complete at least one piece of work. painting. Explore colour, form, brush and wash using the wonderful qualities of oil paint to CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, techniques to define thoughts and ideas in a Painting light in the landscape represent light on skin. Chinese methods truly personal way. FELICITY GILL professional portrait painter Explore a range of approaches to depict May 27–29 Weekend £222 CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, light in oil painting. You are encouraged September 23–25 Weekend £242 Beginners/Intermediate WE6195 Chinese methods to develop the use of tone, low and high Suitable for all WE6410 July 15–18 Long Weekend £325 colour, and experiment with different Intermediate LW6284 approaches to structuring a painting. Painting in the landscape of West Dean, the studio and trips to the sea, you work on both quick studies and final paintings. TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils July 30–August 5 Summer School £682 Suitable for all SS6303 Trudy Redfern Trudy Brian Smith

30 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 31 PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND ANIMATION Photography and Digital Image Manipulation 32-33 Film and Animation 33 For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8

With the power of a click, an image, short film or creative animation can be at your fingertips. If you want to optimise the possibilities of your camera, choose from our wide range of courses. We have something for everyone, from beginners to advanced, but on most courses you will need a good level of computer competence. Neil Crighton (detail) Matthews Roy

Photography and Digital Creative digital photography Digital street photography NEW Digitally printed textile design Gain control of your Film and Animation Image Manipulation Exploit the potential of your digital camera Discover the secrets of photographing people Please see page 44 for further information. DSLR camera to produce original images. Variables of in the urban environment. Gain insights into EMMA BURTON RCA trained, printed textile Maximise the quality of the images you Stop-motion animation light, composition and camera exposure successful photojournalism and improve your designer capture by investigating the multitude of Creative digital coastal and modes are explored, with a short travel photography. On trips to two different features on your DSLR camera. The mystifying Make your own animated short film using August 12–15 Long Weekend £340 landscape photography introduction to digital image enhancement urban locations, learn how to best capture layers of technical jargon are stripped away as the frame-by-frame techniques employed by Beginners/intermediate LW6325 using Adobe Lightroom. the moment, select a subject, use different your confidence and skills are developed. stop-motion animators, such as Tim Burton Improve the artistic quality of your coastal and Aardman Animations. Make a simple set TIM SAVAGE digital photographer, author lenses for unique looks and much more. and landscape photography on location as TIM SAVAGE digital photographer, author and character, and learn how to bring them you learn about composition and settings. and trainer ROY MATTHEWS freelance photographer, Digital landscape photography and trainer teacher to life. Bring a stills digital camera with you. Back in the studio use Adobe Photoshop May 20–22 Weekend £232 Discover the secrets of capturing landscape September 23–26 Long Weekend £340 software as both a correctional and creative images with maximum visual impact. Best WILL BISHOP-STEPHENS stop-motion Beginners WE6184 June 17–20 Long Weekend £340 Beginners/Intermediate LW6416 animator tool. Suitable for all LW6237 use of equipment and the importance of pre-planning are covered, alongside how June 19–21 Two Days £232 NEIL CRIGHTON international Black and white digital photography photographer and teacher to enhance your images. Be inspired during Beginner/Intermediate 2D6241 Explore the power of black-and-white Ways of looking – finding the image sessions around West Dean Gardens and the April 29–May 2 Long Weekend £340 photography. We live in a world of colour, but through the lens NEW South Downs. Beginners/Intermediate LW6143 when it is removed, attention shifts revealing Explore how to capture the essence of ROY MATTHEWS freelance photographer, an abstract world. Discussion and image an event, place or person, by looking, teacher Digital portrait photography using analysis are used to engage with this topic. experimenting with different camera settings September 15–18 Long Weekend £340 (Camera know-how is required.) and making the most of available light. natural light Intermediate/Advanced LW6388 With your DSLR or advanced compact Learn how to get the best out of your IKSUNG NAH fine art landscape photographer camera, learn what makes an appealing subjects in any situation – whether on the composition and interesting visual effects as street, at home or at a wedding with your June 3–5 Weekend £232 you photograph in both colour and black and DSLR camera. Using available light (no studio Intermediate WE6210 You’ve really opened my white, to make spontaneous images in a visual lighting) take fresh, interesting photos that journal of your week. eyes to all the possibilities really capture the mood and personality of a person. A working knowledge of Photoshop JACQUI HURST editorial/garden that natural lighting or Lightroom is required. photographer offers, I can’t wait to ANDREW HASSON professional freelance July 23–29 Summer School £712 really get creative. I’ll be photographer Intermediate SS6297 first in line for any new May 13–16 Long Weekend £345 Intermediate LW6172 courses you offer. Nina Epellé, Digital portrait photography using natural light Andrew H asson

32 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 33 POTTERY AND CERAMICS For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8

Working with clay can be addictive with many of our students coming back time and again to work with leading potters and ceramic artists. We offer throwing courses for complete beginners or the chance to develop your skills and learn how to coil, hand build, sculpt and use glazes to complete your work. Clive Bowen Clive Bowen Clive

Throwing large – pottery NEW Throwing and turning Animal sculpture – wire, scrim and Throwing large – exploring form in A throwers’ workshop Creative handbuilt ceramics with Develop your throwing technique and Explore working on the potter’s wheel and, paper clay ceramics NEW Explore and develop your ideas and designs coloured clay NEW approach by working with10kg of clay. whatever your level of experience, develop Build graceful animal sculptures using a range Gain confidence and skills to throw larger for wheel-made forms and build on your Investigate creative ways with clay focussing Demonstrations will be given on how the your skills in making (throwing) and finishing of materials – including scrim, wire and paper pieces of work in porcelain. Methods throwing skills. You have your own wheel on hand building pots with coloured, printed clay is pushed out and then thrown using a (turning) pots. Enjoy exclusive use of your clay. By exploring a variety of techniques and explored are: slapping the clay and pounding throughout the course and a range of and textured surfaces. Learn a range of hammering fist technique. own potter’s wheel during the course. considering the anatomy of an animal, you will it out with the fist, throwing the clay up, stoneware clays with an earthenware clay building methods – slabbing, coiling, the use TANYA GOMEZ RCA trained, ceramist ALISON SANDEMAN established potter learn how to make your subject look natural making a slip and assembling the thrown also available. Many practical points are of simple moulds and how to work with and teacher and relaxed, while gaining confidence in your pieces together. You will also learn how to discussed and demonstrated and particular stained clays to create fascinating effects, with May 1 One Day £135 skills. Use a variety of clays to add depth glaze the work by spraying and gain a basic attention is paid to the relationship between or without glaze. You then progress to work May 12–15 Long Weekend £360 Intermediate 1D6146 to your sculptures and play with texture to knowledge of expanding glazes with colour function and form. on more complex forms as you develop your Suitable for all LW6168 highlight contours and details. using line blends. ALISON SANDEMAN established potter own ideas and projects. Form, function and family – wheel FELICITY LLOYD-COOMBES animal TANYA GOMEZ RCA trained, ceramist and teacher JO CONNELL ceramicist and author thrown porcelain Exploring porcelain – throwing and sculptures in clay July 10–14 Four Days £476 handbuilding June 27–30 Three Days £400 July 30–August 5 Summer School £762 Learn how to use throwing and turning to May 22–27 Five Days £599 Intermediate 3D6251 Intermediate/Advanced 4D6274 Suitable for all SS6310 make a group of functional forms that contain Develop dynamic porcelain forms or Suitable for all 5D6318 a visual narrative. Consider how scale, shape, containers by learning how to understand Clay, Smoke, Fire – throwing and and exploit the intrinsic plastic quality of Hand built ceramics with Elemental making – vessels in wood function and decoration bring a sense of Throwing and turning for beginners raku firingNE W coherence to a maker’s work. These elements porcelain. Combine inventive shaping, forming coloured slips and clay are integral to developing your voice. and decorative techniques to create surface Work on your own potter’s wheel as you Learn the technique of slab building in clay Develop both controlled and free throwing Please see page 47 for further information. quality and pattern integral to each form. develop your own designs inspired by the clay on the wheel as you focus on improving CHRIS KEENAN thrown and to make vessels, bowls and jugs. Create NIC WEBB artist-maker: wood and clay turned porcelain JACK DOHERTY ceramicist, porcelain, ceramic collection at West Dean. You are ceramic forms by joining slabs together and techniques. You will make a number of pieces vessels shown key techniques, including how to decorating with coloured slips ready for a on the wheel and some will be finished August 6–12 Summer School £772 May 5–8 Long Weekend £398 prepare and work with clay. bisque firing. with the raku firing in mind. Then gain an Suitable for all SS6313 Intermediate/Advanced LW6153 May 19–22 Long Weekend £380 understanding of Tim’s resist slip firing LOUISA TAYLOR MA RCA, ceramicist JANE ABBOTT colourful potter, experienced Intermediate/Advanced LW6181 method in several exciting and dynamic raku and author teacher firings. An opportunity to learn from one of Mastering throwing and slipware June 10–12 Weekend £251 techniques NEW July 8–10 Weekend £239 the featured experts on BBC2’s Great Beginners WE6222 Suitable for all WE6270 Pottery Throw Down. Focus on achieving true fluency in your TIM ANDREWS clay, smoke, fire making skills so that slip decoration can be explored fully across a range of pots. All July 23–29 Summer School £767 aspects of making and applying slips will be Suitable for all SS6301 covered and glazing and firing techniques will be demonstrated and discussed. A rare opportunity to work with a potter renowned Excellent as usual and a internationally for his fluent throwing technique and free decoration of slipware. wonderful break. CLIVE BOWEN slipware potter Barbara Clements, May 8–12 Four Days £476 Throwing porcelain Intermediate/Advanced 4D6161 Tanya Gomez Tanya

34 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 35 Glazes, glazing and firing for potters Through theoretical and practical sessions PRINTMAKING on stoneware and earthenware glazes, glazing For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8 techniques and kiln packing and firing, learn the all-important processes required to complete your ceramics. Please bring biscuit-fired test pieces suitable for 1260–1280 degrees. ALISON SANDEMAN established potter and teacher September 18–23 Five Days £569 Delve into printmaking and explore colour and shape to Intermediate/Advanced 5D6401 produce unique, colourful artworks either with a press or by Japanese ceramics – tea bowl to tea hand. With an emphasis on personal development we offer ceremony clear pathways for beginners to progress to advanced courses. Develop your own Japanese-inspired forms For those seeking a pathway leading to a qualification, see our for creating poetic and free-form ceramics Foundation Diploma in Art and Design on page 9. using traditional throwing and the ‘twist and Rie Tsuruta cut’ technique. Start by making a tea bowl

in the style of Raku and Shino followed by a Dale Deveraux Barker Throwing and turning for beginners Tile making – carving, stencilling, range of plates, pots and vases using Crank Experience throwing pots on a potter’s inlaying NEW and Raku clays. On the last afternoon enjoy a wheel with one-to-one tuition and your Learn about the fascinating process of tile traditional Japanese tea ceremony using your Monotype: the techniques of Degas Solar lithography printmaking NEW own wheel throughout the course, as you making as you make a carved set of tiles. tea bowls. Discover a freedom of expression through Learn the key techniques of lithography using learn the techniques and processes for Other techniques will be explored using SHOZO MICHIKAWA renowned Japanese print. Experiment with the techniques of minimal specialist equipment. Work with completing pots. your designs and include slip decoration ceramicist Degas’ ‘monotype’ in both monochrome and sunlight and aluminium plates to create prints techniques, stencilling and inlaying. ALISON SANDEMAN established potter September 25–30 Five Days £589 colour. Combine drawing and painting with and explore lithography as an artistic means and teacher RICHARD MILLER potter, tile maker Intermediate/Advanced 5D6422 print to build up personal images and ideas. of expression. August 26–29 Long Weekend £360 September 2–4 Weekend £240 CAROLINE WENDLING multidisciplinary MARY DALTON RCA master printmaker artist Beginners LW6353 Suitable for all WE6365 Throwing and turning for beginners June 10–12 Weekend £252 May 20–23 Long Weekend £340 Suitable for all WE6217 Gain confidence in making pots on the Suitable for all LW6188 Porcelain for beginners – Portrait heads in terracotta – a potter’s wheel. With exclusive use of your throwing and turning visual approach own wheel learn how to prepare the clay, Introduction to screenprinting Japanese woodcut print NEW Work on a potter’s wheel using porcelain Please see page 40 for further information. and then practice the art of throwing with Discover how to use screenprinting clay, often referred to as ‘white gold’ due to demonstrations and individual guidance from An opportunity to explore the unique and JON EDGAR sculptor techniques to produce multi-coloured its beautiful translucent quality when fired to the tutor. subtle qualities of Japanese woodblock print. designs. Using paper cut stencils and water a high temperature. Taking inspiration from September 15–18 Long Weekend £366 JON BARRETT-DANES potter, animal The course will introduce the history and based inks, learn how to create rich and historical dining vessels, you are shown a Suitable for all LW6389 sculptor, teacher technique of the ukiyo-e tradition and teach fascinating imagery. number of techniques including how to cutting and printing blocks by hand, using September 30–October 2 JANE SAMPSON MA fine artist/printmaker make handles and surface embellishments. Weekend £251 water based inks, to achieve multi-block Suited to those who have previously July 15–17 Weekend £253 colour prints. Mary Dalton completed a beginners’ throwing course. Beginners WE6433 SARA LEE artist, printmaker, teacher Beginners WE6282 LOUISA TAYLOR MA RCA, ceramicist Printmaking with lino and author May 27–30 Long Weekend £360 Suitable for all LW6197 Enjoy the tutor’s experimental and August 29–September 1 Three Days £367 enthusiastic approach to lino. Equip yourself Intermediate 3D6359 with technical skills and gain control of your printmaking to freely explore the medium’s potential. Areas covered include reduction lino, making multi-coloured prints, using caustic soda on lino and printing without a press. DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, linocut specialist Excellent tutor - July 23–29 Summer School £718 challenging and inspirational - Suitable for all SS6294 a real treat.

Jan Griffiths, Japanese ceramics Richard Miller Sarah L ee

36 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 37 Linocut printmaking with confidenceNE W Create images intuitively, take risks and work SCULPTURE fast to make one-off prints using cut paper Automata, Puppets and Clocks 39 stencils, lino and printing ink. Develop these Carving in Stone and Wood 39-40 further cutting into your blocks and over-laying colour. Modelling, Casting and Other Techniques 40 For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8 DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, linocut specialist September 16–18 Weekend £240 Suitable for all WE6391

Etching workshop Let your imagination soar as you learn to use Discover traditional etching methods and experience a variety of techniques, including different techniques and materials to create figures, aquatint and soft ground, as you work on animals, puppets and toys. Carve in stone and projects such as a portrait, landscape or wood, model in clay and explore the sculptural an architectural subject. The art-historical context of this subtle and expressive possibilities of paper, bronze, polystyrene and wire. printmaking medium will be revealed in lectures and demonstrations. JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author September 18–22 Four Days £467 Stone carving – Hepworth hoops Suitable for all 4D6397 Automata and Puppets Carving in Stone and Wood and Moorish bumps Make automata and moving toys Create your own stone sculpture inspired by the abstract forms of Barbara Hepworth Enjoy creative play with simple mechanisms Velvety black – carving black Indian and Henry Moore, who took inspiration from and a range of materials as you design and soapstone NEW beach pebbles and bones. You will be shown

Sarah Mander make moving toys and automata. Starting how to transfer sketch ideas through models with a basic moving toy you will explore the Focus on creating sculptures to be touched and felt as well as looked at as you explore into larger scale sculptures and discover a Woodcut printing inspired Photo screenprinting materials available, including wood, string, variety of stone carving techniques. by West Dean plastic, driftwood and other reclaimed or black soapstone. It is intriguing, relatively soft, Explore the possibilities of the photo-stencil. dense in nature and when polished and oiled SIMON KEELEY MA trained, stone carver Make vibrant woodcuts in both black and Learn how to coat, expose and recycle recycled objects. Then inspired by a display from the tutor’s collection of moving toys its velvety blackness is revealed. Discover the September 1–4 Long Weekend £325 white and colour, with an emphasis on cutting photo screens and to make positives by hand challenges and differences of working with from around the world experiment, develop Suitable for all LW6361 techniques and inking. Print by hand and with to achieve a range of graphic effects. Use a dark material, particularly surface finishes, a press, using a range of woods and papers. Photoshop to create computer-generated your ideas and see at least one of your designs through to completion. which can be matt and absorb light or be Be inspired by your surroundings to create positives and colour separations, enabling you shiny and reflective. Lettercutting in stone and slate unique prints. to include photographic imagery in ROBERT RACE automata maker your work. PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone carver Please see page 12 for further information. ROD NELSON author, wood-block August 6–12 Summer School £732 TOM PERKINS lettering designer/lettercarver printmaker JANE SAMPSON MA fine artist/printmaker Suitable for all SS6317 May 15–20 Five Days £519 Suitable for all 5D6178 July 30–August 5 Summer School £713 August 21–25 Four Days £476 September 2–5 Long Weekend £325 Suitable for all SS6302 Intermediate 4D6342 Make a leaping animal Suitable for all LW6367 puppet NEW Exploration in stone –

F reeman stone carving Collagraphs – bold and beautiful Making embossed paper Make a small animal puppet and explore basic printmaking NEW puppetry techniques to bring movement and Explore and learn techniques for carving Please see page 11 for further information. John T a variety of stone – soapstone, alabaster Learn how to make colourful, textural and SUSAN HUFTON calligrapher, letterer and life to your chosen creature. You will create a wire skeleton and then add a papier-mâché and limestone, through all stages to a highly embossed prints. Enjoy and explore bookbinder finished sculpture. Design, tools, geology, working with varied materials to create head and a simple fabric body. These simple August 29–September 1 Three Days £330 contemporary and historical sculpture, sculptural plates. Print using multi-colour techniques allow for the development of Suitable for all 3D6358 surface finishes, polishing and treatments are printing techniques. effective animal movements as you explore basic puppetry techniques. all discussed. Come along with a design idea SARAH MANDER practising artist or be inspired by West Dean. printmaker ISOBEL SMITH artist, puppetry, performer PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone carver August 12–14 Weekend £229 August 14–19 Five Days £564 July 30–August 5 Summer School £682 Suitable for all WE6321 Suitable for all 5D6331 Suitable for all SS6309 Isobel Smith

38 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 39 Mother and child – Sculptural textile forms translation into stone Please see pages 43 for further information. Interpret your own ideas on this SALLY FRESHWATER abstract textile TEXTILES compelling theme, inspired by historical and sculptor Sewing, Embroidery and Accessories 41-42 contemporary examples and develop the June 12–16 Four Days £432 Leatherwork 42 skills to carve your design in stone. You will Intermediate/Advanced 4D6228 make small clay models of your ideas and Art Textiles 42-44 learn how to scale up on stone. The tutor Constructed and Woven Textiles 44-45 demonstrates techniques and gives advice Exploring sculptural themes – figure, For Taster Courses see back pages 5-8 throughout the course, which includes a landscape, abstract special introduction for complete beginners. Work with a variety of materials – clay, wire, PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone carver wax and wood, to explore possible sculptural September 18–23 Five Days £519 themes and forms. Through a series of Suitable for all 5D6400 exercises and taking inspiration from a model, West Dean’s surrounding landscape, music If you enjoy creating fine art textiles or something beautiful to wear or your own emotions, experiment with how or use, find the perfect course at West Dean College. Discover Sculptural woodcarving materials can express these ideas and forms. many versatile and absorbing techniques including screen printing, Please see page 48 for further information. There is then plenty of time to pursue a longer study in a chosen field. embroidery, sewing and quilting, silk painting, felt making, tapestry PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor and author JON EDGAR sculptor weaving, knitting, leatherwork and more. September 23–25 Weekend £233 July 23–29 Summer School £772 Kate Wells Kate Suitable for all WE6411 Suitable for all SS6299

Sculpting in metals Sewing, Embroidery and Machine embroidered jewellery Pattern cutting and tailoring – a Modelling, Casting and NEW Chanel style jacket Please see page 23 for further information. Sculpture from scrap Accessories Other Techniques Design and create your own unique Make your own Chanel-style jacket in MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal sculptor Please see page 23 for further information. embroidered wearable art. Using a basic textured wool. Starting with a made to Taxidermy for beginners July 30–August 5 Summer School £764 PETER PARKINSON RCA trained, artist Objects of curiosity – making, sewing machine and water dissolvable fabric, measure pattern, individualise this classic Suitable for all SS6306 blacksmith patching, stitching and darning you will learn freehand machine embroidery design by adding pockets and trimmings, and Learn traditional taxidermy techniques and September 11–15 Four Days £479 and how to manipulate your work into choosing sleeve and hem length. Learn how how to arrange a bird’s skin to create a Delight in the charm of vintage or found sculptural jewellery. to achieve a professional finish and gain the life-like pose. You are taught how to skin, Life modelling from the figure NEW Suitable for all 4D6381 fabrics, threads, trimmings and other mementos as you upcycle them embellishing LINDSAY TAYLOR machine embroiderer, confidence and skills for your next tailoring preserve and reconstruct using wood, wool Learn modelling techniques using clay to with simple embroidery and knitting stitches. artist project. and thread using minimal chemicals. create a small figure and a portrait head. Portrait heads in terracotta – a Transform them into jewellery, decoration for June 17–19 Weekend £227 ALLISON RODGER couture designer, ROSE ROBSON sculptor, taxidermist Working from a model you develop skills visual approach bespoke clothing clothing or quirky objects. Suitable for all WE6234 in looking and observing, explore form Create a life-sized portrait head and aim April 29–May 1 Weekend £269 JULIE ARKELL maker: papier-mâché/textiles August 14–19 Five Days £549 and structure, use of plumb line and to capture the sitter’s essence. Sensitive Beginners WE6142 Intermediate/Advanced 5D6330 negative space. There will be discussions observation will inform your clay modelling April 29–May 1 Weekend £222 Kantha quilting and embroidery and demonstrations of different tools and through a whole day, with two models being Intermediate WE6140 techniques Cut, fold, construct – the marks they make, as well as aspects of used. You will then hollow out your second Pictures in free machine embroidery Learn a variety of hand quilting techniques, paper sculpture anatomy and modelling facial details. portrait head for firing and receive advice on Textile basketry – twining and focusing particularly on the Bangladeshi Develop machine embroidery skills and make GILBERT WHYMAN sculptor, clay, metal mounting and finishing techniques. Explore the potential and versatility of paper looping using moulds NEW kantha quilting technique, stitching multiple a picture or stitched piece. Working from to create sculptural three-dimensional forms. September 11–15 Four Days £471 JON EDGAR sculptor layers of fabric with coloured threads and your own reference material, explore the Through group exercises looking at objects Please see page 10 for further information. Beginners/Intermediate 4D6383 September 15–18 Long Weekend £366 designs to construct a small piece or sample. numerous techniques and textures that can of various shapes and sizes, you will learn MARY CRABB contemporary textile be created with colour, threads and stitch. how to use simple techniques and develop an Suitable for all LW6389 basketmaker LYNN SETTERINGTON textile artist: thread, stitch and inventor LINDA MILLER machine embroiderer individual approach to paper sculpture. April 29–May 1 Weekend £232 July 15–17 Weekend £222 September 2–4 Weekend £222 ANDY SINGLETON paper artist Sculpture – drawing and making Beginners/Intermediate WE6141 Suitable for all WE6283 Suitable for all WE6364 and illustrator Create sculptures through dynamic and May 15–18 Three Days £355 experimental approaches to drawing and Hand embroidery – tips and making. Develop skills and new methods of A Field Guide – nature inspired Suitable for all 3D6175 techniques producing work using a variety of materials, quilted textiles NEW to expand your understanding of line and Are you keen to try hand embroidery but Janet will guide you through free machine An introduction to sculpture – form. don’t know where to start, or have an drawing and the fusible appliqué techniques modelling and carving on-going project and need help? Take JONATHAN GILDERSLEEVES practising she uses to create her charming quilts and advantage of the tutor’s comprehensive A practical introduction to sculptural form artist: drawing, sculpture wall hangings. Combine these skills with knowledge of hand embroidery techniques which explores ‘building up’ (modelling simple patchwork piecing, hand quilting and September 23–25 Weekend £242 and gain new skills and fresh ideas to move wax/clay) and ‘taking away’ (carving clay/ embroidery stitches to embellish your own Suitable for all WE6414 your project forward, or begin a new one. introducing soft stone). Discussion is diverse textile project.

and supportive of continued exploration. SHELLEY COX specialist embroiderer, L ynn Setterington JANET CLARE textile designer, quilter, author JON EDGAR sculptor teacher, needlework restorer May 27–30 Long Weekend £325 July 17–20 Three Days £365 May 20–22 Weekend £240 Beginners 3D6286 Beginners WE6186 Beginners/Intermediate LW6198 GilbertWhyman

40 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 41 Sinamay headpieces – dyeing, Art textiles – creating cloth with shaping and blocking meaning NEW Learn to create dramatic headpieces using Explore a range of slow, thoughtful textile fine plain-woven straw, as you are introduced practices to create cloth with meaning. to dyeing, blocking over a dome crown and Experiment with local plants and simple rust shaping materials to create trimmings. The dyeing to create eco prints on natural and tutor will also discuss arrangement, flow, vintage cloth. Introduce hand stitch with fabric balance and assembly which are key aspects manipulation and trapunto quilting to add of successful millinery. texture and structure. SARAH CANT couture milliner RUTH SINGER textile artist, author, tutor September 4–7 Three Days £345 May 30–June 2 Three Days £335 Suitable for all 3D6441 Intermediate 3D6204 Leatherwork Sculptural textile forms Make three-dimensional forms with pliable Leather moulding techniques materials using skeletal supports, stiffening and casting. Start with a series of exercises Learn how to mould leather to make to learn techniques using both paper and sculptural forms including bowls, boxes and fabric and then consider enhancing surfaces small bags using vegetable tanned leather. by stitching and embellishing. You will then Chunghie L ee Experiment with decoration, embossed Taylor L indsay develop a piece from your ideas and creative pattern and surface detail to add texture to Polychromatic printing with dyes on Shibori patterned and practice. your pieces. paper and fabric NEW textured fabrics SALLY FRESHWATER abstract textile KATHERINE POGSON leather accessory sculptor Printing with light – photograms on Explore hand embroidery – the designer/maker, author Polychromatic printing involves drawing and Shibori encompasses many different methods paper and fabric emotion of stitch painting with dyes directly onto silk screens. of manipulating fabric to create stunning June 12–16 Four Days £432 June 10–12 Weekend £252 Discover how to create blueprint photograms Learn to use hand embroidery stitches Explore the creative potential of transferring three-dimensional textures and patterns. Intermediate/Advanced 4D6228 (cyanotypes) on paper, cotton and silk to freely to interpret ideas using a needle and Suitable for all WE6221 dyes onto fabric and paper using gums, Explore both traditional and contemporary achieve striking photographic effects. After thread. Make a dictionary of marks on paper, resists and various mark-making processes. Shibori techniques using binding, stitching, Illustrative hand-stitched pictures creating a series of samples you experiment as you learn to make gestural marks and Focus on experimentation and developing pole-wrapping, folding and clamping to create with the technique and work on an individual textures using a variety of cloth surfaces and Art Textiles personal ideas. intricately patterned textiles. Create an illustrative textile image based on drawings, photographs and text which convey project adding texture and stitch. threads. Three-dimensional stitching, attaching DAWN DUPREE fine art printed textile MANDY SOUTHAN textile artist, bead a person, place or object. Use layers of sheer printed textile non-traditional materials to fabric and the Silk scarves – developing pattern designer maker, author BARBARA GUNTER-JONES fabrics, silk paint and various drawing media artist use of an embellisher to blend fabrics for We all love pattern, whether mathematically May 12–15 Long Weekend £325 May 22–25 Three Days £340 to build your image, then apply simple hand atmosphere will all be explored. June 27–30 Three Days £355 ordered or liberated and unstructured. Learn Suitable for all LW6167 Suitable for all 3D6190 embroidered stitch to bring your work to life. JAMES HUNTING professional embroiderer how to plan scarf designs, to source and Suitable for all 3D6249 EMILY JO GIBBS textile artist, mixed media and educator develop patterns, and to transfer working designs to silk fabric. Wax, paste resist and Raising the surface – touch, stitch June 13–16 Three Days £325 Exploring colour and transparency July 23–29 Summer School £718 Suitable for all SS6296 some shibori techniques such as folding, and textures NEW Suitable for all 3D6229 in felt making clamping, tying and direct application of dyes Develop an expressive language for art Discover the qualities of colour within fibres can be explored. textiles in paperwork and stitch through Screenprinted colour and stitch – Hand sewn narrative textiles and how this can affect transparent coloured ISABELLA WHITWORTH textile artist sampling. Expand your visual language through fabrics. Enjoy the surprises offered by the making contemporary textiles NEW and dyer touch and texture, first with paper and found Create unique fabric pictures by combining shrinking nature of the wool to transform Learn basic screen-printing on fabric using materials then develop raised surfaces with ideas, materials and techniques intuitively. May 2–5 Three Days £345 fabrics, making textured and tactile surfaces. paper cut stencils and open screen work. stitch, fabrics and invented textures. Work directly with fabrics and found objects Beginners/Intermediate 3D6148 to piece together your composition using Create samples for artwork, fashion or Combine and layer screen printed surfaces KATE WELLS textile artist/embroiderer simple hand-sewing and shape cutting interior projects. with traditional needlework and appliqué Fine felt making – pleated wraps and May 13–16 Long Weekend £325 methods. JEANETTE APPLETON textile artist techniques to create exciting new textile pieces. These can then be developed scarves Suitable for all LW6173 JANET BOLTON textile artist and tutor as unique functional objects, a series of Create softly sculptured and stylish June 27–30 Three Days £325 July 7–10 Long Weekend £325 experiments or panels. Machine stitched textiles – textured Suitable for all LW6264 accessories, exploring the rich textural Suitable for all 3D6248 MAXINE SUTTON RCA trained, qualities offered by the nuno felt making landscapes textile maker technique, working wool fibres into light Interpret a landscape image while working Silk scarves – brilliant with pattern fabrics. You will sample a variety of processes July 30–August 5 Summer School £717 with a combination of creative textile which add structure and shape to your fine Use vibrant steam-fixed dyes to develop Suitable for all SS6305 techniques. Fabrics are patched, layered felted fabrics, such as hand pleating and stitch brilliant silk painted patterns. Inspiration for and textured, then embellished with paint resist techniques. original pattern-making is discussed and and machine stitch, as you develop a unique techniques used include wax resist, shibori, LIZ CLAY designer maker, couture felt design. direct application or a combination. May 2–5 Three Days £325 WENDY DOLAN experienced textile artist, ISABELLA WHITWORTH textile artist Suitable for all 3D6149 tutor, lecturer and dyer May 19–22 Long Weekend £332 July 14–17 Long Weekend £345 Suitable for all LW6180 Beginners/Intermediate LW6279 Ruth Singer

42 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 43 Digitally printed textile design Indigo dyed Shibori textiles Bobbin lacemaking Passementerie – tassels in Gain an insight into the use of Adobe Indigo is a magical colour. When it is Try out lacemaking without buying any linen and rayon Photoshop to create unique patterned fabric combined with Japanese Shibori techniques equipment if you are a beginner, or work on Linen is a crisp yarn which hangs well, making designs based on photographs. Learn how the resulting fabrics can be spectacular. After your chosen patterns – including Bucks Point, it suitable for a large tassel for interiors and to take the right sort of photographs and setting up an indigo dye vat, techniques for Torchon or Bedfordshire lace – to develop soft furnishings. Discover the traditional explore the design process through a series making stitched, tied, clamped and wrapped your lacemaking skills. techniques of tassel making, including rolling of exercises using Photoshop. Leave with your Shibori are covered. You will work individually JAN TREGIDGO bobbin lace maker, author a mould, making a wired cut-skirt, attaching digitally-saved design ready to send off for to create unique pieces of hand-dyed fabrics and qualified teacher over-bullion decorations and spinning cords. printing on fabric. or textile art. August 12–14 Weekend £222 ANNA CRUTCHLEY passementerie EMMA BURTON RCA trained, printed textile JANICE GUNNER textile artist and quilter Suitable for all WE6323 designer-maker designer September 11–15 Four Days £431 September 16–18 Weekend £222 August 12–15 Long Weekend £340 Suitable for all 4D6380 Natural dyeing using Beginners/Intermediate WE6394 Beginners/intermediate LW6325 common plants

Bojagi and beyond – Korean Chung Jiyoung Hand knitting – three-dimensional Calligraphy – painted lettering on Learn about dyeing with ecologically sound, stitched and pieced cloth NEW low impact sources of colour from plants and sculptural shapes different surfaces Joomchi and beyond – Learn the techniques of making bojagi – a Korean paper art NEW and household ingredients. Use historic Explore ways of building simple shapes in Please see page 12 for further information. traditional Korean wrapping cloth, often recipes to obtain brilliant colours. Woad, hand knitting, then experiment and gain Joomchi is a traditional Korean way of SUSAN HUFTON calligrapher, letterer stitched from fine fabric scraps. Become saffron, madder and tansy are among the confidence in this free approach, using and bookbinder acquainted with its history and usage in making textured paper using water and dye plants used to colour samples of wool, different directions and circular knitting. Korean society. In the process of making eager hands. It creates textural and silk and linen. Some plants are gathered from Evolve your ideas for creating practical items August 26–29 Long Weekend £325 with authentic Korean fabrics, interpret the painterly surfaces by layering and agitating West Dean Gardens. or freeform sculpture. Suitable for all LW6349 hanji (Korean mulberry papers). Become traditional techniques to make a modern L iz Clay PENNY WALSH natural dye specialist and ALISON ELLEN knitter, designer, teacher, acquainted with its usage and role in Korean art form of your own choice, such as body author author Tracing shadows – dyed and ornaments, art-to-wear and bojagi wall society, learn techniques and its adaptations Tapestry weaving – the basics into contemporary art forms for functional or September 2–5 Long Weekend £340 September 18–21 Three Days £325 stitched textiles hangings. Learn the process of flat woven tapestry, sculptural works. Suitable for all LW6369 Intermediate/Advanced 3D6396 Explore transparency and the use of layered CHUNGHIE LEE fibre artist, exhibition taking inspiration from a favourite image. organiser, writer JIYOUNG CHUNG Joomchi artist, painter, After warping up a small frame loom, you will dyes and paints to create new surfaces for freelance writer, lecturer Knotted tapestry – a workshop for stitch. Develop your own visual narrative understand the basic principles of weaving Rag rug techniques – exploring September 25–29 Four Days £471 tapestry weavers NEW inspired by found materials and papers, with Intermediate 4D6420 September 25–29 Four Days £467 using different yarns, blending and combining colour and surface colour to create shapes and lines. painting, dyeing, and sun or shadow prints Beginners 4D6421 A chance for experienced tapestry weavers Explore the painterly and sculptural qualities from materials gathered around West Dean. PHILIP SANDERSON master weaver, to learn the hybrid technique, knotted of traditional rag rug techniques to create Stitch can be added as drawn elements to designer, tutor tapestry. It can be used as an autonomous decorative and functional textiles. Learn less layer or piece. Constructed and June 10–12 Weekend £230 medium, or potentially be combined with familiar embellishment methods for adding CAS HOLMES paper and textile artist, Woven Textiles Beginners WE6220 traditional woven tapestry. You will also richness to the surface of your work with tutor, author look at the creative process and your fleece carving and wire-wrapping. own practice, in the context of tapestry’s LYNNE STEIN textile artist and author August 29–September 2 Colour and texture in weaving Tapestry design and weave, movement into the territory occupied by Four Days £436 Construct your own woven fabric using Coptic style NEW ‘fine art’. September 23–25 Weekend £222 Suitable for all 4D6360 Suitable for all WE6412 general weaving techniques on one of the Explore ancient Coptic tapestry techniques, ANNE JACKSON MA, tapestry artist, writer looms provided, or experiment with specific which allow you to ‘draw’ with weft, and techniques on your own loom. Expand your September 11–14 Three Days £360 design and weave in a free manner. Bring an Advanced 3D6379 Tapestry weaving for beginners knowledge and understanding of weaving, idea of a strong form to interpret and create Learn woven tapestry techniques for shaping, Student profile: Margaret Jones fibres and finishing processes for future tapestries with charm, extending your ideas shading and weaving diagonals while you gain independent projects. and creative practice. “My first short course experience experience and understanding of this medium MARGO SELBY woven textile designer was part of the Foundation Diploma PAT TAYLOR tapestry weaver to make a sample panel. in Art and Design (FDAD). I wanted May 9–12 Three Days £350 June 27–30 Three Days £340 CARON PENNEY artist, artisan, tapestry Suitable for all 3D6164 weaver to expand my creative practice and Intermediate 3D6250 develop the use of art in my textile September 30–October 2 Weekend £226 Hand knitting – designing from Explore tapestry weaving Beginners WE6432 work. During the FDAD I took a nature NEW weekend course in tapestry weaving Develop a clear understanding of the basic Learn how to interpret leaves and flowers and haven’t looked back since.” structure and materials used in the complex into design motifs for hand knitting. West art of woven tapestry. From introductory “I was surprised by how generous the tutors were with their time, both through Dean Gardens provide source material for techniques to more complex structures sessions on how to graph out your designs. group discussions and individual tutorials they really inspire and encourage. It’s a including circles, the use of supplementary Use Sasha’s intarsia knitting technique, make warps and textured tapestry, make a totally immersive experience with top class facilities and studios.” repeat patterns, and work with colour and selection of finished woven samples and texture. Students need only basic knitting be encouraged to find individual ways of “As hoped the courses completely reinvigorated my work, with new ideas skills in knit and purl. producing woven tapestry. and new techniques. After the FDAD and on the strength of my portfolio SASHA KAGAN RCA, knitwear designer and CARON PENNEY artist, artisan, tapestry I progressed to the full-time Visual Arts programme at West Dean College textile artist weaver and have now completed my MFA in Tapestry and Textile Art to become a June 6–9 Three Days £335 August 6–12 Summer School £720 professional tapestry weaver.” Intermediate 3D6214 Beginners/Intermediate SS6314 Sasha Kagan

44 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 45 Woodcarving for beginners Student profile: Justin Dickens Journey step-by-step through the process of making a richly textured wood carving. In this WOODWORKING AND “I chose a woodworking for beginners fun and supportive environment, experiment course as I wanted to consolidate and with making textures and marks in wood, FURNITURE MAKING refresh some woodworking skills which before carving a shallow relief of your own Furniture 46-47 had gone a bit rusty. I’d been to West design. Wood Carving and Turning 47-48 Dean College before for a conference ALEX JONES fine woodcarver, sculptor Picture Framing, Gilding and Upholstery 48 and was aware of their reputation for July 14–17 Long Weekend £334 arts and crafts courses. It’s the ideal Beginners LW6278 place to do a short course; great location and surroundings.” Elemental making – vessels in wood and clay Our expert tutors offer a diverse range of traditional “I was surprised by the mix of people on the course with me; they were of Work with traditional hand tools and woodworking skills. In a supportive workshop environment you varying skills, backgrounds and ages, but there’s still a really inclusive atmosphere techniques in combination with the can learn traditional furniture and cabinet making, woodworking, and everyone is keen to learn. There was a great range of woodworking elemental forces of fire, water and found upholstery, gilding, marquetry, picture framing, woodcarving, and equipment and lots of space to work in. The day was well organised and lunch materials to make wood and ceramic vessels. was good too.” Create works of art and function on this woodturning to name just a few. experimental course as you carve wood “The course was just what I was looking for and I’m planning on using my revived vessels using green woodworking techniques Toby Winteringham Toby skills soon. It was a brilliant introduction and refresher to woodworking in a and make clay vessels for a pit firing, with unknown and dynamic outcomes. welcoming environment.” Furniture Make simple furniture – Furniture Magpies remake NIC WEBB artist-maker: wood and clay for complete beginners workshop August 6–12 Summer School £772 Suitable for all SS6313 Hand cut dovetails – made easy Learn basic woodworking techniques as you Learn how to make exciting pieces of Woodworking skills – portable Wood Carving make a small bench. Timber is supplied and all furniture by re-using discarded and broken bookcase project An intensive course for woodworkers with essential tools, hand planes and chisels will be furniture. You are shown tips and techniques and Turning Woodcarving for beginners skills in cutting dovetails by hand, who wish Get to know a range of useful woodworking provided. to utilise basic woodworking and joinery After learning about timber and the use to learn how to cut perfect dovetails straight techniques and upholstery skills, if needed, skills and make a small portable bookcase. from the saw. Practise as you make an TOM KEALY furniture designer, maker, tutor The tutor will guide you through measuring, Netsuke carving of hand tools, practise carving exercises to while exploring colour, shape and function to develop your hand skills before you embark attractive box. July 7–10 Long Weekend £340 marking, cutting, planing and jointing timber create your own unique piece of furniture. Create detail, form and texture in small on a relief-carving project based on natural Beginners LW6265 using mainly hand tools. DAVID BARRON cabinet maker FURNITURE MAGPIES: Netsuke-style decorative carvings using forms. NESSA DORAN O’REILLY AND MARK CASS cabinet maker, editor The wood, stag antler, artificial ivory, perspex or May 6–8 Weekend £252 TED VINCENT RCA trained, woodcarver SAM HUTCHINGS innovative makers Woodworker magazine hard wax. After modelling small sketches in Intermediate WE6154 Advanced furniture making – wax, you will carve using small, flexible drive individual projects August 26–29 Long Weekend £350 September 23–26 Long Weekend £400 September 16–18 Weekend £232 Beginners LW6417 pendant drills. Beginners WE6393 If you have a sound understanding of Beginners LW6350 Furniture making – PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor the apprentice’s stool furniture construction and good practical and author skills, extend your practice by working on a Build a Moxon vice and other Make a useful solid wood stool and discover piece of furniture of your own design. Plans woodworkers bench aids NEW May 20–22 Weekend £222 a range of furniture making tools and for a suitable project are drawn with the Beginners/Intermediate WE6183 Make a range of traditional woodworking construction methods. Learn how to cut tutor in advance, to maximise making time bench aids to help you cut and dimension mortise and tenon joints, to sharpen and use during the course. Ideally suited to those components accurately and efficiently using Starting out in woodturning hand woodworking tools, to understand the who have attended several furniture making hand tools. You will then put theory into behaviour of solid timber and when to use courses at West Dean College. Discover spindle and bowl turning techniques particular joints. practice and use the aids to build what is as you make a bowl, a goblet shape and BERNARD ALLEN furniture designer- arguably the finest bench top accessory of lidded box. Learn essential tips such as the PETER KUH furniture designer/craftsman craftsman, teacher them all; a Moxon double-screw vice with properties of wood, sharpening tools, chucks May 27–30 Long Weekend £394 July 10–15 Five Days £617 cast iron handles and precision threads. and chucking methods. Beginners/Intermediate LW6199 Advanced 5D6276 DEREK JONES professional woodworker, COLIN SIMPSON registered professional author woodturner Marquetry techniques September 26–30 Four Days £441 May 24–27 Three Days £356 Explore marquetry techniques using fretsaw Intermediate 4D6425 Beginners 3D6192 and knife cut methods. Simple exercises help you develop the skills using natural, coloured and shaded veneers. Packet cutting, use of templates to create patterns and how to shade and create illusion are covered, as you prepare two samples. TOBY WINTERINGHAM contemporary furniture designer, marquetry specialist June 17–19 Weekend £240 Beginners/Intermediate WE6235 Peter Clothier Peter Derek Jones

46 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 47 WRITING

Release your imagination and discover how to hone your ideas for books, magazines or short stories. Share thoughts and gather inspiration with other writers, and learn from tutors who are published authors.

Woodturning bowls from wet and Picture Framing, Gilding Picture framing Travel writing for beginners NEW Writing poetry – making your Creative writing for beginners NEW seasoned wood and Upholstery Experience and practise all aspects of the Would you like to break into the world of words real Are you bursting with stories to tell and don’t Master techniques for turning bowls of picture framer’s craft. Using basic equipment, travel journalism? Gain an understanding Unearth you inner wordsmith by using word know how to begin? Then this is the course various shapes and sizes. Explore bowl design you will learn techniques for creative mount of how to turn your travel experience into games and poetry exercises to tap into your for you. Through a combination of discussion, and be encouraged to tackle new forms and An introduction to picture framing cutting, mitre cutting, joining mouldings, words through guided discussion, group work poetic potential. Create poems, haiku and group activities, writing exercises and ideas. Complete a salad bowl, a textured Learn basic skills to mount and frame works choosing colour, proportion and glass cutting. and writing a short travel piece. verse by walking in West Dean Gardens, critical reading you explore and develop an platter, an incurved bowl and a wet-turned of art to a high standard. Using quality JOHN HILL teacher, picture framer and SUSIE LUNT freelance journalist, editor considering personal experience and group understanding of a variety of genre and form. bowl with a natural edge. materials and minimum equipment at each framing consultant and individual discussion. Finally consider HELEN M WALTERS short story writer May 7 One Day £110 the presentation of words by looking at DAVE REGESTER professional woodturner stage, you will leave with the knowledge to September 18–22 Four Days £421 Beginners 1D6157 performance skills as well as handmade September 30–October 2 work independently. Suitable for all 4D6398 September 20–23 Three Days £355 booklets. Weekend £222 Suitable for all 3D6408 JOHN HILL teacher, picture framer and Beginners WE6434 framing consultant Freelance writing GARY GOODMAN international visual Have you ever read a newspaper, magazine artist, poet Sculptural woodcarving June 12–15 Three Days £325 Beginners 3D6226 or online article and wondered if you could July 8–10 Weekend £222 Design and make a small sculpture in wood write like that? If so, this inspiring course is Suitable for all WE6272 using an initial sketch model in Plasticine, for you. Covering the basics of how to pitch producing templates then carving a finished Metallic decoration for picture and write articles for newspapers, magazines piece. Learn how to use chisels, rifflers and frames NEW and websites, learn how to hone ideas, abrasive materials for exciting surface effects. Discover a variety of metallic techniques judge whether a piece is ‘right’ for an outlet, and techniques for writing for the current PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor and suitable for flat, moulded and carved picture author frames. After a grounding in the use of newspaper, magazine and online market. JOANNA MOORHEAD freelance September 23–25 Weekend £233 materials, techniques and processes, you will experiment with metallic textures and finishes journalist, writer Suitable for all WE6411 that can also be combined and layered. June 17–19 Weekend £222 JO MABBUTT furniture painter, metallic Beginners WE6236 Letter carve a rimmed decoration wood bowl September 5–7 Two Days £222 Please see page 12 for further information. Beginners/Intermediate 2D6371 GARY BREEZE lettering sculptor and carver September 29–October 2 Traditional upholstery for beginners Long Weekend £345 Upholster your own chair with a drop-in Intermediate/Advanced LW6426 seat. Learn how to fix webbing, make the seat stuffing, cover it in calico and add fabric covering. The tutor will demonstrate all processes and give invaluable insights into the trade. RICHARD RICARDO master upholsterer For gilding courses please visit our September 8–11 Long Weekend £340 website www.westdean.org.uk Beginners LW6375

48 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 49 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DEVELOPMENT (CPD) COURSES AND EVENTS Dates when courses run over the weekend are in bold. Green page numbers relate to back pages. IN CONSERVATION APR 23 Chilingirian Quartet – music appreciation ALL 25 JUNE 3–5 Confident watercolour painting ALL 31 APR 29–MAY 1 Drawing for beginners BEG 13 JUNE 3–5 Black and white digital photography INT 32 Building Conservation Masterclasses APR 29–MAY 1 freedom in watercolours BEG 30 JUNE 3–5 Metalwork for the garden ALL 23 (BCMs), provide training in technical and practical skills in the APR 29–MAY 1 Making, patching, stitching and darning INT 41 JUNE 5–10 Drawing – visual drama INT/ADV 13 repair and maintenance of historic structures. These intensive short courses, including the Professional APR 29–MAY 1 Textile basketry BEG/INT 10 JUNE 5–10 Life drawing ALL 13 Development Diploma, are the result of an ongoing collaboration with Historic England (formerly English APR 29–MAY 1 Taxidermy BEG 40 JUNE 6 Mosaics taster BEG 5 Heritage). All courses are recognised by Historic England and adhere to its guidelines and standards aimed APR 29–MAY 2 Creative photography – coastal and landscape BEG/INT 32 JUNE 6–9 Hand knitting – nature INT 44 APR 29–MAY 2 Silversmithing – spoons and bowls BEG 24 JUNE 9–12 Silversmithing – engraving and carving ALL 24 at improving practice. Relevant to conservators, conservation officers, architects, surveyors, specifiers and APR 29–MAY 2 Mosaics for beginners and improvers BEG/INT 19 JUNE 10–12 Creative ink drawing ALL 13 specialist contractors, courses are delivered by leading practitioners. MAY 1 Throwing large – pottery INT 34 JUNE 10–12 Solar lithography printmaking ALL 37 MAY 1–5 Painting townscapes in oils INT/ADV 30 JUNE 10–12 Abstract painting ALL 29 Object and Materials Conservation courses (OMCs) are designed for professional conservators keen to MAY 2–5 Silk scarves – pattern BEG/INT 42 JUNE 10–12 A passion for singing INT/ADV 25 refresh their skills and knowledge of developments in materials and techniques. Collaboration with relevant MAY 2–5 Feltmaking – pleated wraps and scarves ALL 42 JUNE 10–12 Tapestry weaving – the basics BEG 45 MAY 5–8 Adventurous drawing INT/ADV 13 JUNE 10–12 leather moulding techniques ALL 42 organisations and specialists has resulted in an outstanding range of expertise on each course. Some MAY 5–8 Creative paper laminating ALL 11 JUNE 10–12 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 34 courses are workshop-based while others are conference-style events. MAY 5–8 Experimental repoussé BEG 21 JUNE 11 Garden photography at West Dean – taster BEG 6 MAY 5–8 Wheel thrown porcelain INT/ADV 34 JUNE 11 Carving in stone taster BEG 7 British Library courses: We have collaborated with the British Library to deliver a programme of courses in MAY 6–8 Hand cut dovetails INT 46 JUNE 12 Carving in stone taster BEG 7 preservation and collection care for libraries. Courses focus on Continuing Professional Development and are MAY 6–8 Making glass beads BEG 18 JUNE 12–15 Picture framing BEG 48 MAY 6–8 Bead threading ALL 21 JUNE 12–16 Botanical painting – summer colours ALL 27 aimed at professionals, conservation students and others interested in furthering their skills in this area. MAY 7 Travel writing BEG 49 JUNE 12–16 Sculptural textile forms INT/ADV 43 We can also create bespoke conservation courses, so whether you are a contractor who wants some MAY 7 Create your own topiary BEG/INT 16 JUNE 13–16 hand embroidered pictures ALL 42 MAY 8 Ukulele workshop BEG/INT 25 JUNE 16–19 fill your sketchbook with life ALL 13 training for your employees or an organisation wanting to learn the basics, we can help. MAY 8 Hand tied bouquets BEG/INT 16 JUNE 16–19 Jewellery – rhythm and movement INT/ADV 21 MAY 8–12 Pottery – throwing and slipware INT/ADV 34 JUNE 17–19 Dynamic life drawing ALL 14 MAY 8–13 Watercolours – light and texture INT/ADV 30 JUNE 17–19 Machine embroidered jewellery ALL 41 For further information contact [email protected], 01243 818219 or visit www.westdean.org.uk MAY 8–13 Making jewellery in silver ALL 21 JUNE 17–19 Marquetry techniques BEG/INT 46 MAY 9–12 Weaving – colour and texture ALL 44 JUNE 17–19 freelance writing BEG 49 MAY 10 Life modelling – taster BEG 7 JUNE 17–20 Digital street photography ALL 32 MAY 12–15 Portrait painting ALL 28 JUNE 18 Growing fruit and vegetables BEG/INT 17 MAY 12–15 Printing with dyes ALL 42 JUNE 18 Glass fusing – coloured strands ALL 18 MAY 12–15 Pottery – throwing and turning ALL 34 JUNE 19 Glass fusing – metal inclusions ALL 18 MAY 13–15 Paper cut art ALL 11 JUNE 19–21 Stop-motion animation BEG/INT 33 MAY 13–15 Making marbled papers BEG/INT 11 JUNE 25 Watercolour painting taster BEG 6 EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS MAY 13–16 Drawing and painting trees ALL 28 JUNE 25 Wax sculpting from the figure – taster BEG 7 MAY 13–16 Digital portrait photography INT 32 JUNE 25 Silver and gold earrings – taster BEG 5 FOR ACCREDITED STUDY MAY 13–16 Textiles – touch, stitch and textures ALL 42 JUNE 25 Pottery taster – throwing pots BEG 7 MAY 14 Ecological planting – garden lecture ALL 16 JUNE 26 Painting with acrylics taster BEG 6 MAY 15–18 Paper sculpture ALL 11 JUNE 27–30 Basketmaking and chair seating ALL 10 You can study up to Masters level on our specialist Conservation and Creative Arts MAY 15–19 Pastel painting INT/ADV 28 JUNE 27–30 narrative textiles ALL 43 programmes; accredited by the University of Sussex: MAY 15–20 Carving black Indian soapstone ALL 39 JUNE 27–30 Photograms on paper and fabric ALL 43 MAY 16–18 Willow work for the garden BEG/INT 10 JUNE 27–30 Coptic style tapestry INT 45 • Conservation of Clocks, Furniture, Books, Ceramics or Metalwork, from diploma to MAY 19–22 Stitched textiles – landscapes ALL 42 JUNE 27–30 Exploring form in ceramics INT 35 MA Conservation Studies MAY 19–22 Exploring porcelain INT/ADV 34 JUNE 29 Day jewellery workshop ALL 22 MAY 20–22 Creative drawing INT/ADV 13 JUNE 30 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 24 • Foundation Degree (FdA) in Historic Craft Practices specialising in Clocks, Furniture, MAY 20–22 Netsuke carving BEG/INT 47 JULY 1 Making fabric pictures taster BEG 8 * Metals or Musical Instruments MAY 20–22 Creative digital photography BEG 32 JULY 2 Oil painting taster BEG 6 • Visual Arts, with specialisms in Painting and Drawing, Sculpture, or Tapestry and Textile MAY 20–22 Botany for artists ALL 27 JULY 2 The blacksmith’s craft – taster BEG 6 MAY 20–22 Sculpture – modelling and carving BEG 40 JULY 2 Make a silver box or bowl – taster BEG 6 Art, from diploma to MA and MFA MAY 20–22 Blacksmithing BEG 23 JULY 2 Sculpting with clay taster – animals BEG 7 • MA Creative Writing and Publishing p/t MAY 20–23 Monotype ALL 37 JULY 2 Make a scarf and rod puppet taster BEG 7 MAY 22 Chilingirian Quartet – music appreciation ALL 25 JULY 3 Woodcarving taster BEG 8 • MA Collections Care and Management* p/t (New) MAY 22–25 Shibori – pattern and texture ALL 42 JULY 3 Japanese quilting taster ALL 8 MAY 22–27 Animal sculpture ALL 34 JULY 3 The blacksmith’s craft – taster BEG 6 Students are equipped with advanced levels of practical skills and enjoy a low MAY 23–27 Sketching across the South Downs ALL 13 JULY 3 Experimenting with paper clay – taster ALL 7 student-to-staff ratio. MAY 24 Woodturning – a small bowl – taster BEG 8 JULY 6–8 Watercolour painting BEG 6 MAY 24–27 Woodturning BEG 47 JULY 7–10 Exploring felt making ALL 43 The college’s flexible interdisciplinary approach underpins all programmes of study and MAY 25 Day jewellery workshop ALL 21 JULY 7–10 Make simple furniture BEG 46 stimulates open exchange of ideas and information. Many graduates go on to become MAY 26 Basic drawing taster BEG 5 JULY 7–10 Stone setting INT/ADV 22 leading practitioners in their field. MAY 26 Silk painting taster BEG 8 JULY 8–10 Portrait in oils ALL 30 MAY 26 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 24 JULY 8–10 Calligraphy BEG 12 Resources include large studios, dedicated workshops, open from 7am to 10pm seven MAY 27–29 Acrylics workshop BEG/INT 30 JULY 8–10 Hand built ceramics ALL 35 MAY 27–29 ALL 30 JULY 8–10 INT/ADV 18 days a week, a specialist Art and Conservation Library and Analytical Laboratory. Painting animals in oils Glass engraving MAY 27–30 Japanese woodcut print ALL 37 JULY 8–10 Writing poetry ALL 49 In a 2015 student survey 92% chose West Dean College to progress their career path MAY 27–30 Hand embroidery – techniques BEG/INT 41 JULY 8–10 Experimental drawing ALL 14 MAY 27–30 Furniture making – the apprentice’s stool BEG/INT 46 JULY 10–14 Botanical painting – summer fruit ALL 27 and improve employment prospects. MAY 27–30 Enamelling on silver ALL 20 JULY 10–14 Pottery – a throwers’ workshop INT/ADV 35 MAY 28 Japanese pottery taster BEG 7 JULY 10–15 Abstract painting INT/ADV 29 With the support of funders who share our values, we are able to offer several MAY 29–JUNE 1 Mixed media images BEG/INT 28 JULY 10–15 Advanced furniture making ADV 46 generous scholarships. MAY 29–JUNE 2 Pastels ALL 29 JULY 10–15 General silversmithing ALL 24 MAY 30–JUNE 2 Creating cloth with meaning INT 43 JULY 14–17 Woodcarving BEG 47 * subject to validation MAY 30–JUNE 2 Casting for jewellery and silversmithing ALL 21 JULY 14–17 Silk scarves – brilliant with pattern BEG/INT 43 JUNE 1 Stained glass taster BEG 5 JULY 15 Drawing taster BEG 5 To find out more please call 01243 818291, JUNE 2 Portrait painting in oil taster BEG 6 JULY 15–17 Drawing for improvers BEG/INT 14 JUNE 2 Stained glass taster BEG 5 JULY 15–17 Introduction to screenprinting BEG 37 email [email protected] or see our JUNE 2 Make a living as an artist INT/ADV 8 JULY 15–17 Kantha quilting and embroidery ALL 41 prospectus at www.westdean.org.uk. JUNE 3–5 Design and Craft Fair 10 JULY 15–18 Expressive watercolours INT 31

50 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 51 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF USEFUL INFORMATION COURSES AND EVENTS CONTINUED JULY 16 The cottage garden – afternoon talk ALL 16 SEPT 1–4 Stone carving ALL 39 JULY 17–20 Nature inspired quilted textiles BEG 41 SEPT 2–4 Intuitive drawing ALL 15 Course fees listed by each course are non-residential. Courses lasting more than one day start early evening. Dinner on the first JULY 17–22 Painting – colour, tone and division INT/ADV 29 SEPT 2–4 Botanical painting – harvest ALL 27 JULY 17–22 Mosaics – the principles of making INT/ADV 19 SEPT 2–4 Machine embroidery ALL 41 evening is included along with lunch, tea and coffee throughout your stay. Students enjoy use of all the College facilities, including the JULY 17–22 Mosaic intensive INT/ADV 19 SEPT 2–4 Tile making ALL 36 Computer Suite and Library as well as access to West Dean Gardens. To book accommodation with evening meals and breakfast, JULY 17–23 The Chilingirian Quartet course with concertsINT/ADV 26 SEPT 2–4 Mixed media jewellery INT/ADV 22 please refer to the fees on page 57. JULY 18–22 Fused striped and mosaic glass ALL 18 SEPT 2–5 Lettercutting in stone and slate ALL 12 JULY 20 Day jewellery workshop ALL 22 SEPT 2–5 Willow basketmaking INT/ADV 10 JULY 21 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 24 SEPT 2–5 Natural dyeing ALL 45 JULY 23–29 The Summer School in Visual Art & Craft Week 1 SEPT 4–7 Headpieces – dyeing, shaping and blocking ALL 42 ACCOMMODATION The college has two mobility scooters; please ALL 14 ALL 12 JULY 23–29 Comprehensive drawing course SEPT 4–9 Bookbinding All guest rooms are provided with book these in advance. If you are deaf or hard JULY 23–29 Printmaking with lino ALL 37 SEPT 5–7 Metallic surface decoration BEG/INT 48 of hearing we can supply a Deafgard vibrating JULY 23–29 Abstract painting ALL 29 SEPT 6 Willow basketmaking taster BEG 5 complimentary tea, coffee and toiletries as JULY 23–29 Explore hand embroidery ALL 43 SEPT 7 Silver jewellery taster BEG 5 well as towels, hair dryer, clock radio, iron and pad to place under your pillow to alert you JULY 23–29 Digital photography INT 32 SEPT 8 Machine embroidered bowls – taster BEG 8 ironing board. Most rooms are ensuite or if the fire alarm is sounded. If you require ALL 19 SEPT 8–11 BEG 48 JULY 23–29 Design and make mosaics Traditional upholstery with adjacent private facilities. Ten rooms are this facility please indicate this on your postal JULY 23–29 Exploring sculptural themes ALL 40 SEPT 8–11 Jewellery – chain-making ALL 22 booking form or in ‘special requirements’ if JULY 23–29 Create your own jewellery ALL 22 SEPT 9–11 Watercolour painting BEG 31 located in the Vicarage just behind the college JULY 23–29 Throwing and raku firing ALL 35 SEPT 11 Blacksmithing taster BEG 6 and annexes in the grounds are used in the booking online. Pets, other than assistance JULY 23–29 Explore fibre art and basketry ALL 10 SEPT 11–14 Knotted tapestry workshop ADV 45 Easter and summer holidays. dogs, cannot be accommodated at the college. JULY 30–AUG 5 The Summer School in Visual Art & Craft Week 2 SEPT 11–15 Screenprinting on glass INT/ADV 19 Please don’t leave dogs in vehicles in the JULY 30–AUG 5 Experimental drawing ALL 14 SEPT 11–15 Indigo dyed shibori textiles ALL 44 college car park at any time. JULY 30–AUG 5 Woodcut printing ALL 37 SEPT 11–15 Sculpture from scrap ALL 23 ACCESSIBILITY ALL 30 BEG/INT 40 JULY 30–AUG 5 Painting light in the landscape SEPT 11–15 life modelling The main house is a large historic building JULY 30–AUG 5 Artists’ books BEG/INT 11 SEPT 11–16 Dynamic collage with paint ALL 28 DINING JULY 30–AUG 5 Screenprinted textiles ALL 43 SEPT 11–16 Enamelling copper bowls ALL 20 with several changes in floor level. It has JULY 30–AUG 5 Sculpting in metals ALL 23 SEPT 12 Lino printmaking taster BEG 7 been adapted to help people with a disability The dining room is a self-service restaurant JULY 30–AUG 5 Sculptural enamel work ALL 20 SEPT 15–18 Digital landscape photography INT/ADV 33 attend courses. Please contact the Bookings which provides an extensive range of JULY 30–AUG 5 Making dazzling glass beads ALL 18 SEPT 15–18 Portrait heads in terracotta ALL 40 Office to discuss access or any other concerns salads, hot dishes, and a vegetarian option JULY 30–AUG 5 Stone carving ALL 39 SEPT 16–18 Experimental drawing BEG/INT 15 at every service. If you have specific dietary ALL 35 SEPT 16–18 ALL 38 and indicate these on your postal booking JULY 30–AUG 5 hand built ceramics with coloured clay linocut printmaking requirements please indicate these on AUG 5–7 Chilli Fiesta 9 SEPT 16–18 Portrait painting – all media ALL 29 form or in ‘special requirements’ if booking AUG 6–12 The Summer School in Visual Art & Craft Week 3 SEPT 16–18 Woodcarving BEG 47 online. There is an ensuite guest room in the your postal booking form or in ‘dietary MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AUG 6–12 Flora and fauna in watercolour ALL 31 SEPT 16–18 linen and rayon tassels BEG/INT 45 house adapted for wheelchair users which is requirements’ if booking online. If you would AUG 6–12 Immersive colour ALL 28 SEPT 17 Metalwork sculpture taster BEG 6 like to discuss your needs please contact the Our workshops and studios are all well- ALL 47 INT/ADV 45 accessible by lift. The lift also gives access to AUG 6–12 Making vessels in wood and clay SEPT 18–21 hand knitting Head Chef on 01243 818268. equipped with relevant tools and equipment. AUG 6–12 Tapestry weaving BEG/INT 45 SEPT 18–22 Etching workshop ALL 38 some guest rooms on the second floor which You will receive course details when AUG 6–12 Stained glass ALL 19 SEPT 18–22 Picture framing ALL 48 are suitable for visitors with limited mobility ALL 39 ALL 31 booking which include a list of materials and AUG 6–12 Making automata SEPT 18–23 Painting beyond the surface but not for wheelchair users. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AUG 6–12 Creative silversmithing ALL 24 SEPT 18–23 Stone carving – mother and child ALL 40 equipment you need for each course. Mobile phone reception for most networks AUG 12–14 Botanical painting – dazzling dahlias ALL 27 SEPT 18–23 Pottery – glazes, glazing and firing INT/ADV 36 The two first-floor Art Studios in the house AUG 12–14 Collagraphs – printmaking ALL 38 SEPT 19 Woodturning – a small bowl – taster BEG 8 is limited both in and around the college. On some courses, material costs, or part are reached by a single flight of stairs or a AUG 12–14 Experimental soft paper bindings INT 11 SEPT 19–22 Drawing the horse ALL 15 Free Wi-Fi is available in most public areas of these costs, are included in the fees. The AUG 12–14 ALL 45 ALL 22 stair-lift. The Forge, Old Dairy, Orangery, Bobbin lacemaking SEPT 19–22 Colourful bangles from polymer clay of the college. A payphone is situated near course details also list the materials and AUG 12–15 A Sussex sketchbook – drawing course ALL 14 SEPT 19–22 Moving metal – press forming ALL 24 Auditorium and Sculpture Courtyard are not the reception desk in the college. Drinking equipment that will be stocked in our Craft AUG 12–15 Digitally printed textile design BEG/INT 44 SEPT 20 Woodturning – a small bowl – taster BEG 8 in the house. The Orangery Studio is situated AUG 12–15 Jewellery – mixed metals and stones INT 22 SEPT 20–23 Woodturning bowls ALL 48 water can only be taken into workshops and Shop for your course. However, it is best to in the gardens, 25 metres from the house; the AUG 13 Pottery – thowing pots taster BEG 7 SEPT 23 Needlefelting taster BEG/INT 8 studios in sports-top bottles. Bottled water wait and discuss requirements with the tutor Auditorium, Forge, Old Dairy and Sculpture AUG 14 Inlaid coloured clay – taster ALL 7 SEPT 23–25 Portrait painting in oils ALL 30 is available from the bar. Smoking is not before purchasing specific items. Any items AUG 14–19 Mixed media, collage and process ALL 28 SEPT 23–25 Sculptural woodcarving ALL 48 Courtyard are part of The Edward James permitted anywhere in West Dean College or that you need to bring are listed separately. AUG 14–19 Make a Chanel-style jacket INT/ADV 41 SEPT 23–25 Rag rug techniques ALL 45 Studios approximately eight minutes’ walk from AUG 14–19 Make a leaping animal puppet ALL 39 SEPT 23–25 Beethoven’s piano sonatas – music appreciation its associated outbuildings. Please remember that on practical courses the house. AUG 15–17 Oil painting – the landscape BEG 30 with recital ALL 26 you will often need to purchase materials AUG 19 Enamel silver earrings – taster BEG 5 SEPT 23–25 Sculpture – drawing and making ALL 40 throughout the course to complete projects AUG 19–21 Drawing from observation BEG/INT 14 SEPT 23–26 The black and white sketchbook – tone ALL 15 AUG 19–21 Enamelling BEG 20 SEPT 23–26 Gain control of your DSLR camera BEG/INT 33 – e.g. jewellery materials and paints etc. All AUG 19–21 Dichroic glass jewellery ALL 19 SEPT 23–26 Woodworking – a portable bookcase BEG 47 personal protection equipment is supplied AUG 20 Church and event flowers BEG/INT 17 SEPT 24 Pottery taster – throwing pots BEG 7 by the college except footwear – steel toe AUG 20–26 Classical Guitar Summer School with concerts ALL 26 SEPT 25–29 Korean stitched and pieced cloth INT 44 capped safety boots are required for courses AUG 21–25 Photo screenprinting INT 38 SEPT 25–29 Korean paper art BEG 44 AUG 21–25 Coastal painting ALL 30 SEPT 25–30 Japanese ceramics INT/ADV 36 held in the Forge. AUG 24 Day jewellery workshop ALL 22 SEPT 26–29 Calligraphy – italics ALL 12 AUG 25 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 24 SEPT 26–30 Painting still-life – towards abstraction INT/ADV 30 OVERSEAS STUDENTS AUG 26–28 Watercolour painting – the nude INT/ADV 31 SEPT 26–30 Build woodworkers aids INT 47 AUG 26–28 Drawing in the garden INT 15 SEPT 28 Day jewellery workshop ALL 22 New UK immigration rules state that if you AUG 26–29 Calligraphy – painted lettering ALL 12 SEPT 29 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 24 plan to study while you are in this country AUG 26–29 furniture remake workshop BEG 46 SEPT 29–OCT 2 letter carve a bowl INT/ADV 12 you should enter the UK as a student, not as AUG 26–29 Basic blacksmithing BEG 23 SEPT 29–OCT 2 Sculptural willow for the garden BEG/INT 10 AUG 26–29 Mosaics for the garden ALL 19 SEPT 29–OCT 2 Creative blacksmithing projects ALL 23 a tourist. You may apply for a Student Visitor AUG 26–29 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 36 SEPT 29–OCT 2 Enamelling – etching, colour and texture INT/ADV 20 Visa in advance, or apply for entry clearance AUG 26–SEPT 2 Silversmithing Summer School ALL 24 SEPT 30–OCT 2 Rocks, crystals and fossils in watercolour ALL 31 as a Student Visitor when you arrive at a UK AUG 27 Propagation – plants for free BEG/INT 17 SEPT 30–OCT 2 Drawing for beginners BEG 15 airport. Please check which applies before you AUG 28 Growing flowers for cutting BEG/INT 17 SEPT 30–OCT 2 Tapestry weaving BEG 45 AUG 29–SEPT 1 Making embossed paper ALL 11 SEPT 30–OCT 2 Throwing and turning BEG 36 travel. Find out more at AUG 29–SEPT 1 Throwing and turning porcelain INT 36 SEPT 30–OCT 2 Creative writing BEG 49 ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk AUG 29–SEPT 2 Talkative colour ALL 29 AUG 29–SEPT 2 Textiles: shadows and mark making ALL 44 Green page numbers relate to back pages.

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PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR DETAILS Title First name USEFUL INFORMATION West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ Surname M25 Male Female PAYMENT BERKSHIRE Victoria Waterloo Deposit required: £125 per person per course M4 Address USUAL TIMETABLE Reading London Full payment required: if booking less than six weeks in advance of the (Heathrow) LONDON For courses more than one day course, or if the course is £125 or less. in length M25 East Croydon M3 M25 CARD DETAILS Arrival Day Basingstoke SURREY Please charge my card below with: Guildford London Postcode Country Date of birth HAMPSHIRE Farnham Gatwick From 4pm M23 Full fee or Crawley Arrival for residential students A31 A3 Haslemere A275 Deposit (then final balance six weeks before course start date) Email Winchester A283 Horsham A272 Haywards Non-residential students to arrive by A24 Heath M3 Petersfield A272 A32 Petworth Card number 6.45pm Midhurst A23 Southampton A285 Pulborough Telephone home Work/mobile International A286 A29 WEST 6.45pm A3(M) SUSSEX Southampton M27 West Dean College Havant A27 A27 Welcome chat Arundel A27 (three digit code on the reverse of the card) A259 Chichester Security code Nationality (Please check your VISA requirements) Portsmouth Worthing Brighton 7pm Littlehampton Cowes Bognor Regis Dinner Selsey Valid from Expiry date Special needs/Mobility/Other - (Please provide brief details or supply a letter with your booking form) 8–9pm ISLE OF English Channel HOW TOWIGH MAKET YOUR BOOKING HOW TO GET TO WEST DEAN Issue number (if applicable) First teaching session Online at www.westdean.org.uk West Dean College is in the South East of Name (as it appears on the card) Dietary needs Daily Timetable Find the course that you are interested in then England, on the A286, six miles north of the select ‘book now’. You will need to pay the full fee historic city of Chichester and 60 miles south of Morning and afternoon tea/coffee when booking online. London. If this is your first course at West Dean, how did you hear about it? breaks are taken to suit the flow CHEQUE of teaching. A confirmation email will be sent asking you Road: the College postcode is PO18 0QZ. Please make cheques payable to ‘The Edward James Foundation Ltd’ 9.15am to download the full course details and arrival There is convenient road access from London information. If you have booked accommodation, (65 miles) and from Gatwick, Southampton and Full fee or Deposit I’d like to receive the email newsletter Yes No Morning classes you will receive a separate email confirmation Heathrow airports. I’d like an email notification when the new brochure is online Yes No 12.45pm within three working days. In the event that the Signature Date Rail: the nearest railway station is Chichester course is full, we will contact you within three I’d like to receive a postal copy of the new brochure Yes No Lunch (from London Victoria) from where the college working days to suggest alternative courses or to 2pm minibus collects students at certain times. It arrange a full refund. I’d like my confirmation Emailed Posted Afternoon classes is within reach of Eurotunnel connections as 5pm well as cross channel ferries from Portsmouth, COURSE DETAILS Please refer to each course listing in brochure for fees Call 01243 818300 Dover and Newhaven. Further travel details will Classes finish Courses Course code Course/lecture title Dates Cost (£) Between 7.30am and 8pm, seven days a week. be sent with your booking confirmation letter. 7pm Dinner The full fee is payable when booking. We will (for residential students only) send you confirmation, course details and arrival EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 1st course information. If this is your first course you will 8pm As part of The Edward James Foundation, receive a 10% discount. 2nd course Evening working – students may have West Dean College is committed to equality evening access to certain workshops of opportunity for its staff and students. It 3rd course in the absence of their tutor, but only By post, fax or email values diversity and strives to create a positive with their tutor’s permission and Simply complete a booking form per person. and inclusive atmosphere based on respect for others in which people are actively encouraged provided it is safe to do so. If you need additional forms please photocopy ACCOMMODATION Accommodation required? No Yes (please indicate your preferred room type and enter costs in the table below) the form or download one from our website, to reach their full potential. Some courses and lectures follow www.westdean.org.uk. A deposit of £125 per different timetables. Details are person, per course is payable, or the full cost of 1st course 2nd course 3rd course

sent with your booking confirmation. the course if £125 or less. The final payment is Departure – last day due six weeks before the start of the course. Full Annexe room with ensuite shower (Easter and Summer Holidays only) Single occupancy payment is therefore required if you make your Standard room with ensuite or adjacent private bathroom (*Main house/Vicarage) Single occupancy Morning tea/coffee break is taken to booking within six weeks of the course. If paying by credit or debit card final payment will be taken suit the flow of teaching. Twin occupancy six weeks before the course starts. (see below) 9.15am Superior room with ensuite bathroom (*Main house/Vicarage) Single occupancy Morning classes After booking we will send you a confirmation 10am pack with course details, arrival information and notice of any outstanding payment. If the course Twin occupancy (see below) Residential students are asked to is fully booked we will contact you promptly to *Please select one Main house (bath or shower or bath /shower) vacate rooms discuss alternative courses or arrange a refund. 12.45pm Post to Bookings Office, West Dean College, Vicarage (bath/shower) Lunch West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ Sub-total 1st course 3pm Is twin occupancy required? Yes No Fax +44 (0)1243 818293 (incl. accommodation) Classes finish Email [email protected] If yes, please state the name of the person you will be sharing with 3.30pm We are always happy to help with any queries Sub-total 2nd course Tea then departure you have when making your course selection. (incl. accommodation) If they are attending a course, please state the code (a separate booking form must be completed if they’re attending a course) Call us on 01243 818300. Sub-total 3rd course (incl. accommodation)

If they are attending on a resident only basis (non-student) please add £75 PER NIGHT (full board). TOTAL 54 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk 10% DISCOUNT FOR NEW STUDENTS 55 10.3 The College shall not be liable to you for any 14 Invalidity 18 Enquiries and other important information of the following losses or damage (whether or not 14.1 If any provision of these Terms (or part of any 18.1 The following are not permitted on the WEST DEAN COLLEGE TERMS AND losses or damage were foreseen, direct, foreseeable, provision) is found by any court or other authority College’s premises (or in the courtyard eating area): known or otherwise): loss of revenue; loss of actual of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or 18.1.1 Smoking; or or anticipated profits (including without limitation unenforceable, that provision or part-provision shall, 18.1.2 pets, other than assistance dogs (and such CONDITIONS AND ACCOMMODATION FEES loss of profits on contracts); loss of the use of to the extent required, be deemed not to form part must not be left in vehicles in the College’s car park money; loss of business; loss of opportunity; loss of these Terms, and the validity and enforceability 4.2 If you fail to pay the full Course Fee when it is 6.3.2 fail to attend all or any part of the Course for at any time). WEST DEAN COLLEGE TERMS AND of goodwill; loss of reputation; loss of, damage to of the other provisions of these Terms shall not be due the College reserves the right to cancel your any reason whatsoever including (without limitation) 18.2 The College will endeavour to cater for special CONDITIONS or corruption of data; or any indirect, special or affected. place on the Course with immediate effect and to ill health. diets required for medical reasons. You must provide 1 Booking a Course consequential loss or damage howsoever. 14.2 If a provision of these Terms (or part of any keep any Deposit that you may have paid. 6.4 Save as provided for in clauses 6.1 and 5.3, the details on your booking form if you have any special 1.1 Courses are open to anyone aged sixteen (16) 10.4 Subject to clauses 10.2 and 10.3 above, the total provision) is found illegal, invalid or unenforceable, 4.3 The Course Fee and Accommodation Fee are as College will be under no obligation to refund your dietary requirements. If you wish to discuss your and over. aggregate liability of the College arising out of, or in the provision shall apply with the minimum stated in the Brochure. The Course Fee includes use Deposit. requirements in detail, contact the Head Chef on 1.2 In order to book a place on a Course you must connection with these Terms whether for negligence modification necessary to make it legal, valid and of the facilities and refreshments as further described telephone number 01243 818268. complete the Booking Form and return it to the 6.5 Subject to clause 6.1, you will not be entitled or breach of contract or any case whatsoever shall enforceable. in the full course description. 18.3 A copy of our current Student Complaints and Booking Office with the appropriate Deposit, unless to a Refund of any Course Fee (or other fees) if be capped at the total amount of sums paid to the 15 Entire Agreement Appeals Policy is available on our website or on booking online. 4.4 You may pay (or part-pay) the Course Fee the College terminates this Agreement due to your College by you. for short courses (including any accommodation breach of any of these Terms. 15.1 These Terms and its Schedule constitute the request from the College. 1.3 Your place on a Course will be subject to 10.5 The terms of this clause 10 shall survive the entire agreement and understanding between the charges) using gift vouchers (which are available 7 Accommodation 19 Definitions availability and your place on any Course will not termination of these Terms. parties and supersedes any previous agreement from the College in the values of £5, £10, £25, £50 19.1 In these Terms the following words shall have be confirmed until we send you the Course joining 7.1 Accommodation for Course study is allocated 11 Changes to Published Information between the parties relating to the subject matter of and £100). the following meanings: instructions. on a first-come, first-served basis. If the College 11.1 While the College has made reasonable this Agreement. 4.5 You must pay all charges in connection with any does not offer you your preferred choice of 19.1.1 “Brochure” means the current Course 1.4 If the College is unable to offer you a place on endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the Brochure, 15.2 You acknowledge and agree that in accepting payments made by bank transfer. accommodation, then the College will use brochure in which the Course was advertised; the Course of your choice, it will notify you and your the College reserves the right to make changes these Terms you do not rely on, and shall have no 4.6 Any damage caused by you (other than fair wear reasonable endeavours to allocate you alternative name will be added to a Course waiting list. Any to any Courses (or other information) as may be remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, 19.1.2 “Booking Form” means the form contained and tear) to the College, its facilities, equipment or accommodation and your fees will be adjusted sums you have already paid to the College in respect necessary. You will be notified of any proposed warranty, or understanding (whether negligently or within the Brochure; resources will be separately invoiced by the College accordingly. of this Course will be returned to you. changes to the Course in advance, wherever this is innocently made) of any person (whether party to 19.1.3 “College” means West Dean College, part of and such amounts shall be payable by you on 2 The College’s Rights and Obligations 7.2 The College will use reasonable endeavours to reasonably possible. these Terms or not) other than as expressly set out The Edward James Foundation Ltd (charity number demand. ensure that your room is available from 4.00pm on 2.1 The College reserves the right to change the 12 Notices in these Terms. Nothing in this clause shall operate to 1126084, company number 6689362); 5 Course Transfer/Cancellation the day you are due to arrive and you must vacate venue, time, date, or Tutor of any Course where 12.1 Any notice or other communication required to limit or exclude any liability for fraud. 19.1.4 “Cooling Off Period” means the period after rooms by 10.00am (both times GMT) on the last such change is necessary to facilitate the delivery or 5.1 You may transfer your booking to an alternative be given by you to the College under these Terms, 15.3 Unless otherwise expressly provided elsewhere you send your completed Booking Form to the day of your Course. better delivery of such Course. published course, providing there is a place available shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, in these Terms, the Agreement may be varied only by College and ending upon the expiry of the following on that course, however your request must be 7.3 You must ensure that the accommodation, its 2.2 The College reserves the right to modify the or sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded a document signed by both parties. fourteen (14) day period; received at least six (6) weeks prior to the Course furnishings and effects are kept as clean and tidy content or method of delivery of any Course from delivery or by courier, to the Director of Finance and 16 Exclusion of third party rights 19.1.5 “Consumer Protection Regulations” means start date for the original Course. The College will as is consistent with their proper use and in any time to time. Enterprise at the address set out on the back cover 16.1 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation charge you an administration fee of twenty-five event you shall ensure that such are in no worse a of this Brochure or as otherwise specified by the and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013; 2.3 The College reserves the right to withdraw from pounds (£25) in order to transfer courses. If the condition (fair wear and tear excepted) upon the 1999 shall not apply to these Terms and no person College in writing to you. 19.1.6 “Course” means the course of study run by any accreditation scheme at any time or to cancel Course Fee for the alternative Course is more end of your stay than they were when you originally other than the parties to the Agreement shall have 13 Waiver the College; any Course if in the College’s opinion it is no longer expensive than the original Course you must pay entered such accommodation. any rights under it, nor shall it be enforceable under viable. 13.1 A waiver of any term, provision or condition of that Act by any person other than the parties to it. 19.1.7 “Course Fee” means all the fees to be paid by any additional Course Fee immediately upon making 7.4 You will notify the College immediately of any these Terms shall be effective only if given in writing you or on your behalf to the College under these 2.4 The College reserves the right to give your the request to transfer. The College will reimburse damage to the accommodation, its furnishings or 17 Governing law and jurisdiction and signed by both parties and then only in the Terms, as stipulated in the Brochure; contact details to your Course Tutors unless you the difference in Course Fees to you (less the £25 effects (whether caused by you or otherwise) on 17.1 These Terms, and any dispute, controversy, instance and for the purpose for which it is given. contact our Bookings Office to opt out. admin charge) if the original Course Fee was more vacating your room. You are not permitted to share proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out 19.1.8 “Deposit” means the deposit to be paid to the 3 Your Rights and Obligations expensive than the Course Fee for the alternative your room with anyone else at any time unless 13.2 No failure or delay on the part of the College of or in any way relating to them or their formation, College to reserve your place on the Course (as set 3.1 You should bring your joining instructions with Course. arranged in advance with the College and any in exercising any right, power or privilege under shall be governed by and construed in accordance out in the Brochure); you to the start of the Course. 5.2 The College reserves the right to cancel this additional fees have been paid. these Terms shall operate as a waiver of such right, with the laws of England and the parties submit to 19.1.9 “Refund” means a refund of the Course power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial 3.2 You must notify the College, in writing, if any of agreement with you if it is prevented from or 8 Accessibility the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. Fee following cancellation under clause 5 of these exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any Terms such refund to be made within fourteen (14) your registration details change including but not delayed in the carrying on of its business due to 8.1 The College’s premises comprise a large historic other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any days beginning with the date on which notice of limited to your name, address, telephone number circumstances beyond its reasonable control. building with several changes in floor level. The other right, power or privilege. cancellation was sent; and/or e-mail address. 5.3 The College reserves the right to cancel the College has made adaptations to its premises in an 3.3 You agree to comply with all of the College’s Course at any time, in this event you will be notified attempt to enable those with disabilities to attend 19.1.10 “Terms” means these standard terms and policies and procedures applicable to you and to act as soon as possible. Courses. You must indicate any concerns you may conditions. with courtesy, consideration and integrity at all times 5.4 If your booking and/or Course is cancelled by the have in relation to access (or any other concerns) on towards the College, its staff and other students at College you can: your booking form. You can give specific details on a ACCOMMODATION FEES SUMMER 2016 Annexe Rooms STANDARD ROOMS SUPERIOR ROOMS Price per person. with ensuite shower with private bath/shower, ensuite or with ensuite bath/shower the College. The College reserves the right, in its 5.4.1 transfer to another Course (you will have to separate, confidential, sheet of paper. You will then be Accommodation includes dinner and breakfast (Easter and Summer adjacent (Main House/Vicarage) (Main House/Vicarage) absolute discretion, to terminate this agreement pay any additional Course Fee); or contacted by a member of the College’s staff who (See course entries for course fees.) Holidays only) and to remove you from the Course and/or to 5.4.2 receive a full Refund for any Course Fee or will discuss your individual requirements. Single occupancy Single occupancy Twin occupancy Single occupancy Twin occupancy exclude you from the College in circumstances Deposit you have paid. 9 Materials and Equipment WE Weekend (Fri eve to Sun pm) £112 £152 £102 £192 £122 where your conduct is deemed by the College to 5.5 Cancellation of bookings by you. 9.1 Prior to the start of your Course you will be 2D 2 day course £112 £152 £102 £192 £122 be unfit or unsuitable or damaging to the College or given a detailed list of materials and/or equipment its reputation. If you are removed from the Course 5.5.1 if you wish to cancel your booking, You must LW Long weekend (Thu/Fri eve to Sun/Mon pm) £172 £232 £157 £292 £187 notify the Bookings Office as soon as possible by which are needed for the Course. The cost of such in accordance with this clause, the College will not materials and/or equipment is not always included 3D 3 day course £172 £232 £157 £292 £187 refund any sums paid by you to the College. telephone and then confirm such cancellation in writing; in the Course Fee, thus you may have to pay for 4D 4 day course £232 £312 £212 £392 £252 3.4 The College may take and use images of such materials and/or equipment in addition to the 6 Refund Policy you and/or your work (including any videos or Course Fee. 5D 5 day course £292 £392 £267 £492 £317 6.1 If you cancel your booking within the Cooling photographs or sound recordings) (“Images”) for 10 Limitation of liability 7D 7 day course £412 £552 £377 £692 £447 any purpose in connection with promoting the Off Period (as defined in clause 19.1.4), you will be 10.1 This clause 10 sets out the entire liability of the * * * * * College and its activities. You must notify the College entitled to a full Refund (including Refund of your CG 6 days Classical Guitar Festival £312 £432 £282 £552 £342 College in respect of any breach of these Terms; and in writing prior to the Course start date if you do Deposit), pursuant to the Consumer Protection CQ 6 days Chilingirian Quartet course *£312 *£432 *£282 *£552 *£342 any tortious act or omission including negligence not agree to any such Images being used. Regulations. * * * * * arising under or in connection with these Terms. SS 6 days Summer School £312 £432 £282 £552 £342 4 Payment and Charges 6.2 Subject to clause 6.1, provided you cancel your 10.2 Notwithstanding any other provision in these booking no later than six (6) weeks prior to the *The course fees shown against the course entries for CG, CQ and SS include all dinners as evening events are planned – the room rates have therefore been reduced accordingly. 4.1 You must pay the Deposit at the same time as Terms, neither party’s liability to the other for death you send the College the Booking Form. Payment Course start date, the College will refund all sums or personal injury resulting from its own negligence RESIDENT ONLY NON-STUDENTS of the Course Fee (less any Deposit paid) will be paid by you in respect of the booking save for the shall be limited. A rate of £75 per night full board is payable by a partner sharing a room with a paying student. due six (6) weeks prior to the Course start date. If Deposit value stated in the Brochure. the Course Fee is less than or equal to the Deposit 6.3 The College will refund neither the Course Fee COURSE DEPOSITS (POSTAL BOOKINGS ONLY) value stated in the Brochure, or if booking online or nor your Deposit if you: Per person per course: More than six weeks prior to the course, a deposit of £125 secures a place (or the full course fee if £125 or less). by telephone, you must pay the full Course Fee at 6.3.1 cancelled your booking within six (6) weeks of Any balance is payable six weeks prior to the start of the course. the time of booking. the Course start date; or

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Visual ARTS and Crafts Summer Schools AND TASTER COURSES Week Two Sculpting in metals July 30–August 5 MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal sculptor VISUAL ART & CRAFT £764 Suitable for all SS6306 Experimental drawing See page 23 SUMMER SCHOOLS 2016 FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing £696 Suitable for all SS6292 Enamelled sculpture for the garden See page 14 JOAN MACKARELL artist enameller £692 Suitable for all SS6307 Woodcut printing inspired See page 20 by West Dean ROD NELSON author, wood-block Making dazzling glass beads printmaker BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 years £713 Suitable for all SS6302 See page 38 £869 Suitable for all SS6308 See page 18 Painting light in the landscape TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils Exploration in stone – £682 Suitable for all SS6303 stone carving See page 30 PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone carver £682 Suitable for all SS6309 Pop-ups within the artist See page 39 Relax with tutors and other students, exchanging ideas, insights and Week One Design and make mosaics book form NEW experiences. Whether you want a creative holiday, time to really immerse EMMA BIGGS artist, author, mosaicist July 23–29 CLARE BRYAN artist in book and print Creative handbuilt ceramics with yourself in your craft or to learn a new skill, come to West Dean in the height £682 Suitable for all SS6298 coloured clay NEW of summer to experience all we have to offer. Summer School courses are See page 19 £692 Beginners/Intermediate SS6304 Comprehensive drawing JO CONNELL Ceramicist and author a little different to our courses at other times of the year with the extended See page 11 course NEW week allowing time for you to experience a broader range of creative insights Exploring sculptural themes – £762 Suitable for all SS6310 JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author See page 35 that go beyond the course you sign up for. figure, landscape, abstract Screenprinted colour and stitch – £709 Suitable for all SS6293 JON EDGAR sculptor making contemporary textiles NEW See page 14 £772 Suitable for all SS6299 MAXINE SUTTON RCA trained, textile Special Summer School features: maker See over for Week Three See page 40 of Summer Schools • Short inspirational talks by tutors and displays of their work Printmaking with lino £717 Suitable for all SS6305 DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, Create your own jewellery – See page 43 • A swap-over session to another course of your choice linocut specialist an individual approach • An afternoon of organised visits to local art venues £718 Suitable for all SS6294 SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher See page 37 £682 Suitable for all SS6300 • An optional evening at the Chichester Festival Theatre (prebooked) See page 22 • A special party with dinner, entertainment and music Abstract painting – finding your voice NEW Clay, Smoke, Fire – throwing and • Workshop displays of students’ work and informal end-of-course group reviews ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional painter raku firingN EW • If your stay includes 5-7 August enjoy the Chilli Fiesta in your free time £685 Suitable for all SS6295 TIM ANDREWS clay, smoke, fire See page 29 Full details of THE SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES are in their subject section £767 Suitable for all SS6301 See page 35 Explore hand embroidery – the emotion of stitch Explore fibre art and basketry JAMES HUNTING professional embroiderer TIM JOHNSON artist and basketmaker and educator £712 Suitable for all SS6315 £718 Suitable for all SS6296 See page 10 See page 43

Ways of looking – finding the image through the lens NEW JACQUI HURST editorial/garden photographer £712 Intermediate SS6297 See page 32 M axine S utton

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Learn a new skill on a one day course. Choose from a variety of art and craft subjects, perfect for both beginners and more experienced artists and crafts people looking to try something different. What could be better than the prospect of a day spent absorbed in creativity? One day courses (1D) start at 9.15am and finish at 5pm N ic Webb Tom Benjamin Tom Jane A bbott

Week Three Elemental making – vessels in wood Make automata and moving toys BASKETMAKING GLASS AND MOSAICS ENAMELLING AND and clay ROBERT RACE automata maker August 6–12 JEWELLERY NIC WEBB, artist-maker: wood and clay £732 Suitable for all SS6317 Willow basketmaking Stained glass See page 39 Watercolour painting – flora and £772 Suitable for all SS6313 Appreciate the special qualities of willow Make a traditional stained glass panel (20cm Jewellery – silver and fauna of the Sussex Downs See page 47 as you learn to weave two small items and sq) in a simple abstract design as you learn to gold earrings Silversmithing – create vessels and incorporate colour patterns in your design. cut and assemble with lead and solder. SUZANNE BALCHIN Camberwell College, sculptural jewellery Make a pair of beautiful contemporary Keum fine watercolourist Stained glass – exploring colour, MARY BUTCHER contemporary CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist Bo (fusing gold foil onto silver) drop earrings, basketmaker, curator, author, teacher £682 Suitable for all SS6311 light and line ABIGAIL BROWN award-winning June 1 One Day £141 including shaping and texturing. See page 31 HELEN ROBINSON architectural stained artist silversmith September 6 One Day £116 Beginners 1D6206 SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher glass artist Beginners 1D6372 £682 Suitable for all SS6319 June 25 One Day £127 £767 Suitable for all SS6316 Painting – immersive colour See page 24 Stained glass Beginners 1D6244 See page 19 and place NEW DRAWING Please see 1D6206 above for further FRANCES HATCH plein air painter information. Enamel silver earrings £685 Suitable for all SS6312 Basic drawing NEW CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist Learn basic enamelling techniques and make See page 28 Discover key techniques to make accurate June 2 One Day £141 a pair of simple drop earrings. and expressive drawings. Learn how to look, Beginners 1D6208 SHEILA R MCDONALD artist, enameller, Explore tapestry weaving measure, compose and construct drawings jeweller using methods that give you control. CARON PENNEY artist, artisan, Mosaics August 19 One Day £127 ANDREW FITCHETT painter tapestry weaver Learn how to cut and shape ceramic Beginners 1D6333 £720 Beginners/Intermediate SS6314 May 26 One Day £114 and vitreous glass tiles to make a small See page 45 Beginners 1D6193 mosaic picture. Silver jewellery MARTIN CHEEK mosaic maestro, author Discover basic jewellery making techniques as An introduction to drawing June 6 One Day £130 you make and decorate a simple silver ring. A basic introduction to drawing including Beginners 1D6213 SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher scale, tone and composition as you create September 7 One Day £130 Wonderful course, great several pencil sketches. Beginners 1D6373 teaching and demonstrations JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author with individual support and July 15 One Day £125 advice always provided. Beginners 1D6280 It’s a great leisure break and chance to develop your skills.

Viv Goodridge, Printmaking with lino Summer School 2015

4 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 5 POTTERY AND Inlaid coloured clay NEW Learn how to mix coloured clay and form CERAMICS patterned slabs to make platters, vessels, brooches and abstract sculptural forms. Introduction to Japanese JANE ABBOTT colourful potter, pottery NEW experienced teacher Discover how to make Japanese tableware. August 14 One Day £125 You learn some simple techniques to create Suitable for all 1D6328 rectangle dishes by Tebineri (coiling) and/or a tea bowl by Tamatsukuri (pinching). Throwing pots RIE TSURUTA, MA RCA, ceramist

Please see 1D6245 above for further Jon Barrett- D anes May 28 One Day £125 information. Beginners 1D6201 ALISON SANDEMAN established potter and Sculptural sketching – wax working teacher from the figure NEW Throwing pots September 24 One Day £124 Sculpt small studies of the human form Learn how to throw on an electric potter’s Beginners 1D6419 exploring the qualities of wax. You will have wheel and create several stoneware pots. an option to have one of your small works cast at a bronze foundry. ALISON SANDEMAN established potter and teacher PRINTMAKING JON EDGAR sculptor June 25 One Day £124 June 25 One Day £126 Centre image - George Popesco Beginners 1D6245 Printmaking with lino NEW Beginners 1D6243 Create a variety of exciting and unique Botanical metalwork sculpture Painting with acrylics Sculpting with clay – farmyard artworks, cut designs into printing blocks, Make a mini scarf and rod puppet METALWORKING overlay images and use printing inks and Make flowers with foliage using aluminium Discover form, colour balance and brush animals NEW Create a beautiful rod marionette in the sheet. You’ll learn how to manipulate these handling as you draw and paint from still life stencils. The blacksmith’s craft Learn quick modelling techniques and Czech tradition using clay modelling for the materials by cutting, forming, texturing and and explore the versatility of acrylics. DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, head and hands and basic sewing for the experience the pleasure of working with clay linocut specialist Experience the rhythm of working hot steel shaping. CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, body. using fire, hammering and shaping at the anvil to create a farmyard animal. MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal sculptor Chinese methods September 12 One Day £119 to make a small piece of work. JON BARRETT-DANES potter, animal ISOBEL SMITH artist, puppetry, performer June 26 One Day £115 sculptor, teacher Beginners 1D6386 ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, September 17 One Day £133 July 2 One Day £115 Beginners 1D6246 metalworker, sculptor Beginners 1D6395 July 2 One Day £125 Beginners 1D6258 July 2 One Day £133 Beginners 1D6257 SCULPTURE Oil painting – a simple approach Beginners 1D6255 PAINTING At your own pace, work from direct Experimenting with paper clay Life modelling from the figure NEW observation on a simple still life as you learn to Make a silver box or bowl Beginners portrait painting in oil structure an oil painting and build up colour. NEW An introduction to basic modelling techniques working with a model to make a Learn basic silversmithing skills and the Gain an introduction to using oils while Discover the creative possibilities of paper TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils small life figure in clay. You will also learn how working properties of silver to make and learning how to paint a portrait of the clay as you construct paper-thin fragments July 2 One Day £127 to hollow out the clay ready for firing. finish a small bowl or box. model’s head, through techniques including using textured paper and cotton wool, and Beginners 1D6254 cast from leaves, twigs and seedpods. JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith colour, proportion and composition. GILBERT WHYMAN sculptor, clay, metal CLAIRE IRELAND ceramic sculptor July 2 One Day £162 GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy May 10 One Day £128 Beginners 1D6256 fine artist PHOTOGRAPHY July 3 One Day £122 Beginners 1D6165 June 2 One Day £132 Suitable for all 1D6262 The blacksmith’s craft Beginners 1D6207 Garden photography at West Dean Stone carving Please see 1D6255 above for further Using the beautiful West Dean Gardens as Throwing pots Inspired by a natural object, explore sculptural information. Watercolour painting your source, learn how available light can Discover the basic skills of throwing on the carving in soft, easily-shaped Maltese influence your images as you capture potter’s wheel. Limestone. ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, Learn to handle brushes, use colour and well-composed pictures. metalworker, sculptor study form and composition as you paint in LOUISA TAYLOR MA RCA, ceramicist SIMON KEELEY MA trained, stone carver watercolour. JACQUI HURST editorial/garden and author June 11 One Day £125 July 3 One Day £133 photographer Beginners 1D6261 CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, August 13 One Day £124 Beginners 1D6224 Chinese methods June 11 One Day £115 Beginners 1D6327 Beginners 1D6223 Blacksmithing June 25 One Day £115 Stone carving Beginners 1D6242 Try out basic tools and techniques used by Please see 1D6224 above for further the blacksmith in the hot-forging process, to information. make a small piece of work from steel. SIMON KEELEY MA trained, stone carver PETER PARKINSON RCA trained, artist June 12 One Day £125 blacksmith Beginners 1D6225 September 11 One Day £133 Beginners 1D6378

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Escape the everyday and dive into a wealth of creative and cultural events, with performances, musical concerts, gardening talks and more.

TEXTILES Machine embroidered bowls WOODWORKING Visit the gardens GARDEN TALK 2016 Learn freestyle machine embroidery to create delicate fabrics to mould into a bowl Silk painting using a simple method. Woodturning – making a small bowl West Dean Gardens is one of the greatest restored gardens open to the public in England. The Auditorium, A colourful day painting creatively on silk Learn all about woodturning techniques and The 300ft Edwardian Pergola, Walled Gardens, Victorian Glasshouses, Spring Garden and The Edward James Studios WENDY DOLAN experienced textile artist, Arboretum are yours to explore throughout the seasons. using resists and steam-fix silk dyes. Work tutor, lecturer complete a basic bowl. The true cottage garden from your inspiration or flowers from the COLIN SIMPSON registered professional Garden events include Chilli Fiesta (5-7 August 2016) the UK’s largest chilli festival as Please see page 16 for further infomation. gardens. September 8 One Day £114 woodturner Beginners 1D6374 well as Easter, Halloween and Christmas family events. KIM AND ROB HURST MANDY SOUTHAN textile artist, bead May 24 One Day £125 T he Cottage Herbery maker, author Beginners 1D6191 Visit www.westdeangardens.org.uk Needlefelting Saturday 16 July, 2–3.30pm May 26 One Day £123 GT6285 £25 Beginners 1D6194 Using felting needles, wool fleece and fabrics you will explore how to achieve both Woodcarving sculptural and painterly items, based on a Discover the essentials of woodcarving as Making pictures with fabric small bird or animal. you carve a simple relief of a fish, fruit or and stitch other object in limewood. LYNNE STEIN textile artist and author Explore colour and fabric choices, placing and PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, the use of stitch and other embellishments to September 23 One Day £126 sculptor and author create your own picture. Beginner/Intermediate 1D6409 July 3 One Day £112 JANET BOLTON textile artist Beginners 1D6259 July 1 One Day £112 Beginners 1D6252 Woodturning – make a small bowl Create a small bowl as you try your hand at Sashiko – Japanese quilting NEW woodturning and make objects from ash or Learn about the beautiful Japanese hand sycamore. quilting technique of Sashiko, traditionally DAVE REGESTER professional woodturner white stitching on indigo coloured fabric. September 19 One Day £130 After a look at examples, you will stitch your Beginners 1D6402 own cloth inspired by the technique. JANICE GUNNER textile artist and quilter Woodturning – make a July 3 One Day £115 small bowl Suitable for all 1D6260 Please see 1D6402 above for further information. DAVE REGESTER professional woodturner September 20 One Day £130 Beginners 1D6407 sabella Whitworthsabella I

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