OCTOBERAPRIL – SEPTEMBER 2016 – Ma 2017rch 2017
SHORT COURSES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS Art • Craft • Gardening • Music • Textiles • Photography • Wood • Metalwork • Ceramics A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, CONTENTS CREATIVITY AND Stay With Us 3 SUMMER SCHOOLS 41-43 TRANQUILITY Bursaries 4 TASTER COURSES 44-47 BASKETMAKING, CHAIR SEATING AND TEXTILES 48-54 WILLOW WORK 5-6 Embroidery, Stitch and Accessories 48-49 Leatherwork 50 BOOKS, PAPER AND LETTERING 7-8 Art Textiles 50-53 Bookbinding and Paper 7-8 Constructed and Woven Textiles 53-54 Calligraphy and Lettercutting 8 WOODWORKING AND FURNITURE MAKING 55-58 CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 9 Furniture 55-56 CREATIVE WRITING AND PUBLISHING 10 Wood, Carving and Turning 56-57 DRAWING 11-13 Picture Framing, Gilding and Upholstery 58 Musical Instrument Making 58 GARDENING 14-15 Garden Lectures 14 Visit Us – Talks, Concerts and Events 59-60 Garden Courses 14-15 DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS WITH FURTHER STUDY 61-62 THE EDWARD JAMES LEGACY Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 61 Your passion or interest will be transformed into a GLASS AND MOSAICS 16-18 The vision of founder and Surrealist Glass 16-18 Diploma in Art and Contemporary Crafts 61 deep and creative learning experience. Be guided patron Edward James, connects Mosaics 18 Continuing Professional Development in Conservation 62 today’s students with a rich heritage of Foundation, Diploma, MA and MFA 62 and inspired by our expert tutors, practicing arts, crafts and creative possibility. JEWELLERY AND ENAMELLING 19-21 Enamelling 19 Chronological List of Courses and Events 63-65 professionals with impressive reputations. Edward James, lifelong art collector and poet, inherited the West Dean Jewellery 20-21 Useful Information 66-67 Make Your Own Wedding Rings 21 House and Estate in 1912. When he Booking Form 68 came of age, Edward began investing METALWORKING 22-23 West Dean College Terms and Conditions 69-70 his time and money in supporting Blacksmithing and Metalworking 22-23 Learn in fully-equipped studios and workshops, with a pottery, forge, artists, craftspeople, dancers and Silversmithing 23 Accommodation Fees 70 fine-metals workshop, light and airy art studios, a sculpture courtyard and a poets. His passion led him into stone carving workshop. The historic country house setting and award-winning contact with leading artists including MUSIC 24 West Dean Gardens offer a wealth of stimulating views and inspiration. Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí PAINTING 25-30 and René Magritte. In 1964 he Botanical Art 25 What level am I? WELCOME TO SPRING - SUMMER 2017 created a charitable trust, The Edward Mixed and Other Media 25-26 Beginners – if you have little or no experience James Foundation, to nurture music, Painting – Subject Led 26-28 Delve into your creativity and the surrounding landscape with new courses traditional crafts and the visual arts. Painting – Oils 28-29 Intermediate – if you have taken a related course or The Foundation opened West Dean including Mindful photography with new tutor, Tracy Hallett, Experimental Painting – Water Based 29-30 have existing skills landscape drawing with Caroline Wendling and Slow textiles – natural dyeing, College in 1971 as a centre for piecing and hand-stitching, with Claire Wellesley-Smith. All encourage you to education in conservation and the PHOTOGRAPHY 31-32 Advanced – if you want to expand your skills and visual and applied arts. make the most of time outdoors this summer with slow, mindful methods. Photography and Digital Image Manipulation 31-32 develop your practice As part of an educational charity the Film and Animation 32 Suitable for all – subject focused courses featuring Do also look at our Diploma in Art and Contemporary Craft, a new two year, future of West Dean College rests on POTTERY AND CERAMICS 33-35 a structured start followed by guided independent part-time course offering further development for those who have completed our fundraising ability and the income practice a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design and wish to progress to professional we generate. Every penny you spend PRINTMAKING 36-37 For more information on the level of each practice as an artist, or to the Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts at West Dean. at West Dean helps us to benefit SCULPTURE 38-40 course, please visit www.westdean.org.uk, email more people and preserve the college Automata 38 Don’t forget to explore our Summer Schools on pages 41-43 for a truly and gardens for future generations. [email protected] or call 01243 818300. immersive week-long experience. Carving in Stone and Wood 38-39 Modelling, Casting and Other Techniques 39-40 We look forward to welcoming you in 2017. Share the creativity
Treat a friend or loved one to a creative experience. You can buy £10, £25, £50 or £100 gift vouchers, which Alison Baxter, Head of Creative Enterprise can be used for full or part payment of a course. Email [email protected] or call 01243 818300. F ront cover images: top – student work, left – right clockwise, Carole Gray, James Ort, Kyra Cane and photography student
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Residential accommodation Enjoy a break at West Dean Brsars u ie available: Make your creative experience truly immersive by staying You don’t have to do a short course to stay here; BURSARIES with us during your course. As a residential student you take advantage of our bed & breakfast breaks and enjoy the • Creative bursaries for can enjoy either a traditional or more modern room, and gardens, parkland and local area. Bookings from £75 per night undergraduates and recent wake up to the characterful charm of this period property per room subject to availability, including breakfast and entry to If you demonstrate talent and a commitment to your graduates of arts related subjects, set in acres of parkland. The newly refurbished Vicarage, the gardens. We cannot currently accommodate children under creative development but cannot afford the fees for your made possible thanks to generous within the gardens, houses 10 additional rooms and further 16 or dogs. chosen course, you may be eligible to apply for a bursary funders of The Edward James annexes in the grounds are used in the academic summer To book a room (without a course) from The Edward James Foundation Scholarship and Foundation Scholarship and holidays, subject to availability. Explore the award-winning email [email protected], or call 01243 811301 Bursary Fund. Bursary Fund. gardens featuring a restored Walled Kitchen Garden and or go to the Venue page of our website. If you are an art teacher, lecturer, teacher’s assistant or Edwardian Pergola. Stroll through acres of parkland and be • Joyce Mary Harding Textile Bursary technician at a school, FE or HE institution you can apply for inspired by the changing of the seasons. Fund for people with an interest a 50% discount on last minute places to attend a course. in developing their skills in textiles, At the end of each day relax in the historic Oak Hall or who would benefit from assistance in the bar with a book, drink, or a new friend from your To apply for a bursary or find out more about the bursaries with funding. Funding is generously course. You are welcome to bring a partner or friend with available, please download a form from www.westdean.org.uk, provided by two individual donors. you so they too can experience all we have to offer, even if email [email protected] or call 01243 818262. they don’t want to book on a course. • Music bursaries to help music See page 70 for short course accommodation prices. students and young professionals attend the Chilingirian String I am so grateful for this generous Ensemble Summer School and the Dine with us International Guitar Festival and support I have received. It has, without Summer School. Funding has been Dinner and breakfast are included in your stay, lunch is doubt, directly enabled me to place provided by generous Trusts and included with your course. artistic practice at the centre of my Foundations and Friends of West Start the day with a traditional English or continental breakfast postgraduate life. Receiving the bursary Dean College. in the bright and airy dining room. For lunch and dinner, you has not only allowed me to acquire and Bursaries for the Foundation will find a tempting new menu each day, with two seasonal hot • develop new skills but has encouraged Diploma in Art and Design (FDAD) dishes, salad bar and a range of puddings, using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. me to view pursuing a career within are available for talented students visual arts as a serious prospect. aged 18-30 who are unable to find the full fees. Funding has been made Heather Christie, available through the generous FDAD student support of an individual donor.
3 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 4 BASKET MAKING, CHAIR SEATING AND WILLOW WORK F or Taster Courses see pages 44-47 Tim Johnson
Willow work for the garden Willow bark basketry NEW Textile basketry – twining and Willow basketmaking or chair Contemporary basketmaking NEW Willow basketmaking – preserving Introduce structure into your garden by Bark is a wonderful versatile material to work looping using moulds seating in cane and rush Create innovative and personal British techniques NEW making a spiral or domed plant support, with. Through a mixture of tuition, discussion Learn techniques of twining and simple Experience three classic materials and learn contemporary woven vessels by exploring Explore unique British willow basketmaking willow hurdle, large sphere or fan trellis. and inspiration, you will learn to strip fresh looping, making a connection with basketry a variety of basketmaking or chair seating basketmaking, combining traditional skills techniques while gaining knowledge of basket Discover weaving techniques and preparation bark and combine it with a previously and textiles. Work around simple moulds techniques as you work on projects of your with an experimental making process and a history. After making an English oval base, you of materials. stripped larger piece of bark to create your to make samples using both techniques and choice. Beginners are shown the basic skills sensitivity to natural materials. Be guided and can continue with this form or others, using a DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and own projects with the harvest. achieve an understanding of how to create while the more experienced build on their inspired by the natural environment of West variety of weaves for base, sides and borders, coppice craftsman MAGGIE SMITH basketry artist, woven structures, using a range of fine existing knowledge with help and support. Dean and your own response to material, and learn skills to construct a handle. designer-maker flexible materials. MARY BUTCHER contemporary technique and form, working primarily with MARY BUTCHER contemporary May 3–5 Two Days £280 willow and rush. Beginners/Intermediate 2D6948 June 5–8 Three Days £359 MARY CRABB contemporary textile basketmaker, curator, author, teacher basketmaker, curator, author, teacher basketmaker TIM JOHNSON artist and basketmaker Suitable for all 3D7032 July 10–13 Three Days £346 September 3–6 Three Days £343 Willow sculpture on a small scale July 7–9 Weekend £237 Suitable for all 3D7107 August 12–18 Summer School £731 Intermediate/Advanced 3D7211 NEW Beginners/Intermediate WE7095 Suitable for all SS7160 Learn how to make non-traditional forms Sculptural willow for the garden with willow and other natural materials. Discover the use and possibilities of Develop your skills and originality through willow for outdoor sculpture. The variety practical exercises and discussions, using of basketry and random weave techniques versatile traditional techniques. After sampling taught will allow you to explore a range of techniques, you will design and make an three-dimensional shapes. individual project with guidance. DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and MARY BUTCHER contemporary coppice craftsman basketmaker, curator, author, teacher September 24–27 Three Days £389 May 10–12 Two Days £237 Beginners/Intermediate 3D7261 Suitable for all 2D6965
Willow basketmaking for beginners Master the basic weaves for making willow baskets. Gain practical experience of all processes as you make two simple round baskets. MARY BUTCHER contemporary basketmaker, curator, author, teacher May 12–14 Weekend £235 Beginners WE6971 Mary Crabb Maggie Smith
5 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 6 Painted lettering on various surfaces – panels, pebbles and paper NEW BOO KS, PAPER Different materials can provide inspiring canvases for lettering. Explore how letters can be designed and used on a variety of surfaces, AND LETTERING both two-dimensional and three-dimensional, Bookbinding and Paper 7-8 and how to scale appropriately for a pebble Calligraphy and Lettercutting 8 or panel. Work with a pointed brush and For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 explore suitable mediums for the different surfaces. SUSAN HUFTON calligrapher, letterer, bookbinder June 16–19 Long Weekend £334 Suitable for all LW7053
Calligraphy for beginners Learn the basics of practical calligraphy using a broad-edged nib, as you gain an understanding of good formal writing using a basic script such as uncial, Renaissance
Louise Brockman italic or foundational hand. Practise your new skills on short quotations. Those wishing An introduction to creative Calligraphy and to improve their calligraphy skills are also Bookbinding and Paper Marbling on paper and fabric – Paper engineering – a pop-up papermaking Lettercutting welcome. further techniques NEW treehouse NEW Explore traditional papermaking techniques GAYNOR GOFFE professional calligrapher and tutor Art bound – creating a unique book This course goes beyond the basics taught Learn a range of paper engineering to create paper artworks inspired by on the beginners’ course. It aims to build on techniques to make a pop-up book of your the landscape. Make pulps using cotton The art of Japanese calligraphy July 9–12 Three Days £329 Combine text and image to create an artist’s your skills and knowledge of paper marbling own design and invention. Drawing on rag, casting and couching, laminating and Using traditional brushes and ink on paper, Beginners 3D7100 book. You will explore a range of simple to develop more complicated patterns and narrative inspiration relating to treehouses, embossing, using a Hollander beater and experience the art of Japanese calligraphy book formats, structures and hand binding to use these to design patterns of your own. imagined and real, you will create a pop-up sample other processes that can be used at techniques and develop an understanding techniques, such as case-binding. Ideal if you Lettercutting in stone and slate It will also enhance your understanding to that is over 30cm tall and contains decks, home. of how each material should be used. After have imagery on paper (drawings, writing, replicate colours and patterns consistently. walkways, ornamental fences and more. JANE PONSFORD artist and papermaker practising, begin to work larger or apply to Expand your skills in carving letters with a prints, patterns, photographs) to transform LOUISE BROCKMAN paper marbler, PAUL JOHNSON award-winning paper simple folded origami. mallet and chisel. Beginners are introduced into book form. July 24–27 Three Days £344 to the techniques of ‘V’ cutting to gain teacher engineer YOKO TAKENAMI Japanese calligrapher TRACEY BUSH paper and book artist Suitable for all 3D7136 confidence. More experienced carvers May 12–14 Weekend £270 July 5–7 Two Days £235 and author refine and improve carving techniques whilst May 9–12 Three Days £340 Intermediate WE6972 Suitable for all 2D7088 Bookbinding for all April 14–16 Weekend £245 studying letter forms. Suitable for all 3D6963 Beginners/Intermediate WE6912 Discover the fascinating craft of bookbinding. TOM PERKINS lettering designer and Making enclosures – containers, Paste paper decorated bindings lettercarver Making marbled papers Beginners learn every stage of making a folios and bindings NEW NEW notebook, from folding the paper into Italic handwriting September 3–6 Three Days £329 Learn how to produce beautiful hand Learn to make a range of containers from Paste papers are a simple and effective way sections to gluing and case-making. Progress Since the Renaissance, fluent and elegant italic Suitable for all 3D7212 marbled papers. Start with simple card, paper and cloth such as: portfolios for of producing unique decorated papers which to a project such as the repair of a personal handwriting styles have been used. Learn an Suminagashi, using Chinese inks to produce drawings, covered and lined boxes for books, can be used as bookbinding materials or book. More experienced binders can italic script to enhance and transform your Calligraphy – all things italic delicate papers. Then progress to traditional objects, or collections and made-to-measure artwork. Spend a day making papers with renovate their own cloth or leather-bound own handwriting. Study and learn how to use marbling techniques, using gouache paints to cylinders. You will acquire bookbinding skills vibrant designs, then study basic bookbinding books. a broad-edged fountain pen to enable you to Italic is one of the most useful, versatile and produce papers in a set of standard patterns and experience with simple hand tools techniques to make a selection of notebooks, JOHN ROBINSON traditional hand begin writing with style and panache. enjoyable scripts for calligraphers. Depending and others of your own design. on your starting point study basic italic, so that you can continue making these at folders or albums using your paste papers as bookbinder CHERRELL AVERY professional LOUISE BROCKMAN paper marbler, home without needing large bookbinding covering material. flourish design, contemporary italic variations September 24–29 Five Days £533 calligrapher, lettering artist teacher equipment. and italic capitals under the guidance of an RACHEL WARD-SALE designer- Suitable for all 5D7263 May 5–7 Weekend £225 May 10–12 Two Days £253 SUSAN HUFTON calligrapher, letterer, bookbinder experienced tutor. Explore layout and colour bookbinder Suitable for all WE6955 in short texts. Beginners/Intermediate 2D6964 July 18–21 Three Days £344 June 11–15 Four Days £436 GAYNOR GOFFE professional Suitable for all 3D7122 calligrapher and tutor Suitable for all 4D7042 An introduction to painting heraldry NEW September 11–14 Three Days £329 Learn to draw and combine heraldry with Suitable for all 3D7230 your calligraphy. Gain a taster in the rules of blazon; designing a full coat of arms, working with colours and gold, heraldic charges, The best course I have ever attended - challenging, supportive, mantling, drawing and painting heraldic beasts. well-structured and presented by a world class tutor. I have PATRICIA GIDNEY calligrapher, never learned so much in such as short space of time. illuminator and heraldic designer June 2–4 Weekend £239 Caroline, Beginners/Intermediate WE7023
Rachel Ward-Sale Italics - basics, flourish and experimental
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Planning skills for artists and makers The authentic creative self – finding Writing skills – revise, review, Poetry – form and expression NEW Memoir writing NEW Advance your practical and professional NEW your voice redraft NEW Learn how to use form to develop your Led by an award-winning author and lecturer, skills, supported by creative industry Learn about the creative canvas model and Explore the breadth of your creativity and All writers know that writing is re-writing. poetry and self-expression. Explore different learn memoir writing techniques including and mentoring experts who will help develop a plan you can use to grow your uncover your passion and purpose. Work Hone your revision skills to improve your poetic arrangements and characteristics and the importance of personal and historical you to set and meet your goals and creative practice with one sheet of paper and with image, text and form guided by your work on this one-day course. effects of each, to open up possibilities in timelines, making use of personal archives and ambitions. Whether you want creative a fistful of sticky notes. One day course plus senses through visualisation, meditation and MARTINE MCDONAGH author, tutor your work. how to structure your memoir. Whether you coaching, to unlock deeper creativity an online follow up session. process. and CANDIDA LACEY publisher, editor JOHN O’DONOGHUE author, want to write for your family and friends or memoirist, lecturer have an eye for commercial publication, this or to learn practical planning skills, be DEBORAH HENRY-POLLARD creative VERONIQUE MARIA artist, creativity April 8 One Day £111 prepared to come away with new coach coach, mentor course will give you a good foundation with Advanced 1D6899 May 26–28 Weekend £225 workshop sessions and one-to-one tutorials. ideas and directions. June 23 (and July 21 online) One Day £131 September 15–17 Weekend £235 Suitable for all WE7002 JOHN O’DONOGHUE author, memoirist, Intermediate 1D7060 Suitable for all WE7236 lecturer The authentic creative self – finding Crime writing July 29–August 4 Summer School £691 your power NEW A practical weekend course investigating Suitable for all SS7141 A course for writers, visual artists, performers crime fiction. For beginners to experienced and makers, refine your creative focus and writers, you will develop detective characters direction as you delve into the depths of and create scenes full of suspense. Gain an Writing poetry – making your your inner landscape. Learn how to establish understanding of the crime stories you want words real a relationship with your core self through So valuable. I wish I had taken this course earlier. to tell and how to begin. Everyone writes Unearth you inner wordsmith by using word new pathways. From this new connection and shares work and the course also serves games and poetry exercises to tap into your create authentic and powerful pieces. You will Karen Quaintmere, The authentic as inspiration for those who have attended poetic potential. Create poems, haiku and verse explore your own inner dialogue and then creative self previous creative writing weekends. by walking in West Dean Gardens, considering communicate this potent and authentic voice personal experience and group and individual through creative expressions. LESLEY THOMSON best selling writer and ELLY GRIFFITHS award-winning writer discussion. Finally consider the presentation of VERONIQUE MARIA artist, creativity words by looking at performance skills as well June 2–4 Weekend £225 coach, mentor as handmade booklets. Suitable for all WE7019 April 23–28 Five Days £541 GARY GOODMAN international visual Suitable for all 5D6930 Martine McDonagh artist, poet Travel writing for beginners Writing a short story September 15–17 Weekend £225 Reflective practice – peer to peer Would you like to break into the world of Suitable for all WE7235 NEW Explore the entire process of creating a travel journalism? Gain an understanding short piece of fiction, develop ideas into of how to turn your travel experience into Learn how to use ‘Action Learning’ techniques coherent, satisfying narratives and re-work words through guided discussion, group work and create dynamic peer support groups. into a finished form. Time is spent on analysis and writing a short travel piece. Other writing opportunities Action Learning is a reflective, discursive of classic short stories, structure, character SUSIE LUNT freelance journalist, editor process that helps you to communicate and and tone. Gain your MA Creative Writing and develop your work and ideas. One day course July 1 One Day £111 Publishing via part time, writers retreat plus an online follow up session. MICK JACKSON Man Booker style study blocks over two years. nominated author Beginners 1D7075 SUSAN DIAB artist, facilitator, mentor See website for details. May 5–7 Weekend £225 May 12 (and June 12 online) One day £131 Beginners WE6953 Intermediate/Advanced 1D6969
9 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 10 Adventurous drawing – working Experimental drawing with pastels Dynamic drawing – model and with colour Explore the myriad of possibilities of soft location NEW DRAWING Investigate how colour can create light, and hard pastels on different papers. Work Work through themes and poses from our space, mood and movement in landscape. with a range of traditional and experimental model and learn dynamic approaches to For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 Re-establish drawing as a thinking process drawing techniques to make a series of pastel drawing. Explore the relationship between as you record a colour response to the drawings. model and environment to create powerful environment. FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing imagery. MARK CAZALET contemporary June 16–18 Weekend £236 CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT British artist MA painter, performer, animator Beginners/Intermediate WE7064 May 26–29 Long Weekend £329 July 2 One Day £128 Intermediate/Advanced LW7004 Drawing in the gardens – pattern Suitable for all 1D7080 and place Life drawing – composition and the Composition for drawing and Explore a pattern-based interpretation of the picture plane NEW gardens through drawing from observation. painting NEW Improve the composition of your figure Consider how patterns, rhythms and textures Discover the bones that structure artwork. drawings and develop your understanding of can represent a sense of place, feeling, Through observation, placement and playful the dynamics of the picture plane. movement, light and atmosphere. experimentation you will make studies from JAKE SPICER artist, author ROSIE MACCURRACH artist illustrator, organic and architectural subjects. textile designer PAUL THOMAS cartoonist, illustrator, June 2–4 Weekend £249 author ate Boucher June 18–21 Three Days £329 K Intermediate WE7020 Intermediate 3D7055 July 3 One Day £114 Suitable for all 1D7086 Sketching across the South Downs Drawing for beginners Life drawing for beginners NEW Transcribe landscape through Experimental drawing for textiles Capture this richly varied landscape through Learn to draw in a weekend as you cover Gain essential knowledge of how to plan drawing and mapping NEW Drawing from observation – expressive and characterful sketches, as you Please see page 51 for further information. the basics – measuring for perspective, scale, and approach the making of accurate life Transcribe your experience of the landscape enjoy short forays into the ancient farmlands, accuracy and likeness tone and composition. Create several pencil drawings. Learn about the structure of body, MATTHEW HARRIS textile artist through observation, drawing and mapping as village and rural setting of West Dean. Learn Learn key techniques to create accurate sketches in the inspiring environment of West use of materials and techniques to develop you walk through it. Bring these together in how to frame strong compositions, connect June 18–21 Three Days £329 drawings from observation. Working with Dean College. your drawing skills. the studio to create personal and expressive with the land and distil your immediate Intermediate/Advanced 3D7058 pencils on paper, investigate composition, JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author ANDREW FITCHETT drawing and compositions. responses to develop a personal drawing measurement, tone and line. Focus and painting April 7–9 Weekend £244 CAROLINE WENDLING style. Freehand perspective for drawing improve your drawing skills. multi-disciplinary artist/print specialist Beginners WE6896 April 28–30 Weekend £257 MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, and painting NEW ANDREW FITCHETT painter Beginners WE6933 May 5–7 Weekend £227 active teaching Explore the role of perspective in ways that July 7–9 Weekend £228 Intermediate WE6954 Imaginative drawing – an June 4–9 Five Days £535 are relevant to your drawing/painting. Learn Beginners/Intermediate WE7093 introduction to illustration Landscape drawing with charcoal Suitable for all 5D7025 how to consider eye levels, horizon lines and NEW Drawing for design NEW vanishing points to improve the drama and Learn how to build images from your own confidence in your work. imagination. Your work can evolve from a Explore the expressive qualities of charcoal Drawing is a core skill whether you paint, Drawing for beginners NEW personal theme, a written text or ideas based to represent the evocative landscape of draw, illustrate, make or craft. Learn how to PAUL THOMAS cartoonist, illustrator, Learn how to make accurate and detailed author on your own observations. Gain the skills to West Dean. Develop your repertoire of create confident drawings by observing the drawings with this unique and practical step- help develop your own ideas in the future. mark-making techniques, working from direct unique elements of your subject, allowing a by-step method. Working from photographs June 23 One Day £114 PAUL COX RCA, freelance artist and observation and your own photographs. more personal mark in your work. draw exactly what you see in every detail to Suitable for all 1D7061 illustrator KATE BOUCHER MFA contemporary PAUL THOMAS cartoonist, illustrator, make life-like representations. artist author April 13–16 Long Weekend £329 TANYA WOOD artist, tutor, speaker April 28–30 Weekend £228 May 26–28 Weekend £225 Suitable for all LW6909 June 9–11 Weekend £248 Suitable for all WE6935 Intermediate WE7003 Beginners WE7035 Unmaking the work – drawing process and methodology NEW Experimental drawing Psycho-geography drawing Using an existing artwork of your own track Explore drawing at its most experimental by workshop learning exciting mark-making techniques and back through the process of its making. Use different approaches to psycho- Through rigorous drawing exercises examine innovative use of materials. Be inspired by a life model and West Dean to incorporate geography, including performance, decisions, methods and habits to find new collaboration, instructional text and mapping, routes and alternative outcomes. themes within your work. Outcomes will include sculpture, large-scale pieces, artist to investigate how time, space and movement MARK ANSTEE MFA contemporary artist can be translated and recorded through – drawing/installation books and drawings, as you push the boundaries whilst enjoying the process. drawing. April 21–23 Weekend £225 FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing GEORGE CHARMAN RCA, drawing, Intermediate WE6924 sculpture April 30–May 5 Five Days £555 June 14–16 Two Days £231 Suitable for all 5D6943 Intermediate 2D7046 Paul Thomas Paul Tanya Wood Tanya
11 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 12 Making through drawing and sculpture Please see page 40 for further information. GARDENING JONATHAN GILDERSLEEVES practicing Garden Lectures 14 artist, drawing, sculpture Garden Courses 14-15 July 13–16 Long Weekend £349 Suitable for all LW7109
Intuitive drawing Develop confidence drawing intuitively using automatic drawing techniques and experimental processes. Create drawings working with the dynamics of the imagination and learn playful and practical approaches. CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT MA painter, performer, animator July 16–18 Weekend £230 Comprehensive drawing course Creative ink drawing Suitable for all WE7117 Discover your potential as you develop Using West Dean as inspiration, explore the methods that suit your creative outlook exciting possibilities of drawing with ink. Work and drawing style. Define different modes on a variety of papers and experiment with of looking including analytical, objective, different techniques. subjective, expressive and experimental FREYA POCKLINGTON MA drawing using traditional mediums. Subjects include life, portrait, landscape, still life and interior. August 18–20 Weekend £230 Garden Lectures Garden Courses Understand visual reasoning and attitudes in Suitable for all WE7166 drawing and how to apply these to fulfil the Garden Lectures include entry to the Hand tied bouquets and posies potential of your subject. Fill your sketchbook with life gardens and lunch. With West Dean Gardens as an inspiration JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author A sketchbook offers an opportunity to Lessons from the landscape NEW you will create modern, stylish designs, while learning how to select suitable materials and July 29–August 4 Summer School £738 experience your surroundings differently Working in the South of France for over how to condition them. You will be shown Suitable for all SS7143 as you draw spontaneously and intuitively, 16 years James and Helen Basson create various techniques and the versatility of your responding to different locations. Make sense beautiful, low maintenance, dry gardens that designs, whether they are for wrapped gifts, of the details and the atmosphere as you mix contemporary design with traditional Experimental landscape drawing define your drawing style, supported by this vase arrangements or bridal flowers. NEW skills. They have won awards around the experienced tutor. world including two RHS silver-gilt and three SUE HINGSTON London-trained event Learn how to observe and record your HUGH DUNFORD WOOD sketcher, gold medals. Using a client commission case florist Guy Venables sensory experiences of walking through the painter, printer study and a show garden project, they will April 1 One Day £146 landscape using different drawing techniques. explain how to look at the natural landscape Beginners/Intermediate 1D6893
August 20–23 Three Days £329 Rosy Hardy Cartoon drawing NEW From your primary studies experiment with Suitable for all 3D7174 for inspiration and translate ideas into your Discover how to write and draw topical and mark-making, materials, ideas and chance own garden. You will also learn how to Some like it hot and some don’t – encounters. Develop the skills and tools The small garden satirical single panel cartoons for personal produce detailed planting plans using an selecting the right plants for your to produce drawings in and out of the Drawing for improvers algorithmic process and progress from paper Following on from her experiences in the and professional publication. Learn the garden NEW processes of developing ideas and honing landscape, that will inspire and transform your Improve your drawing with practical to the garden. BBC television series Small Town Gardens, work. them down to their barest forms. techniques utilising the potential of different JAMES and HELEN BASSON award- Rosy and Rob Hardy founded Hardys Annie Guilfoyle focuses on designing and GUY VENABLES cartoonist CAROLINE WENDLING multidisciplinary mediums. Techniques include expressive use winning, landscape designers Cottage Garden Plants in 1988 and are based maintaining interest in a small site, avoiding artist and print specialist of line, shading and tone, lighting, dynamic in the village of Freefolk, Hampshire. They overfilling the space and learning the basic July 21–23 Weekend £225 July 23 Garden Lecture £73 August 12–18 Summer School £696 composition and surface. have built up an incredible reputation as one principles. You will work on your own designs. Intermediate WE7129 Suitable for all GL7282 of the finest nurseries in the UK, winning Intermediate/Advanced SS7159 JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author ANNIE GUILFOYLE garden designer, 21 consecutive gold medals at the RHS lecturer, writer Landscape drawing August 25–27 Weekend £225 Chelsea Flower Show. Rosy will talk about the Beginners/Intermediate WE7189 gardener’s mantra, right plant – right place, April 9 One Day £111 Experience the landscape on locations close and reveal plant ideas for sun or shade. Be Suitable for all 1D6903 to West Dean through a variety of drawing The black and white sketchbook – inspired by her seasonal combinations for strategies that combine techniques with both situations, no matter what you have in ways of seeing. You will expand your visual working with line your garden. vocabulary through line, mark, observation, Using observation, memory and imagination, ROSY HARDY plantswoman, nursery tonality, ideas and materials, and will develop explore the expressive qualities of line in owner, 21 RHS Gold Medals your primary studies further in the studio. black and white. Try out fluid and dry drawing August 19 Garden Lecture £73 CHRISTOPHER BAKER RA, landscape tools and find inspiration in the work of other painter artists. Suitable for all GL7171 July 23–28 Five Days £526 MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, Intermediate/Advanced 5D7133 active teaching September 8–10 Weekend £232 Suitable for all WE7218 Christopher Baker James Basson
13 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 14 Create your own topiary Digital photography – capturing Enjoy a talk about the history of topiary and a colour in the garden NEW practical demonstration on cutting techniques. Please see page 32 for further information. GLASS AND MOSAICS Gain inspiration for topiary in garden settings, JACQUI HURST editorial/garden Glass 16-18 from embryo plans to finished topiary and photographer take home tips on care and maintenance. Mosaics 18 Followed by a hands-on workshop to create June 16–18 Weekend £235 For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 your own plant to take away. Beginners/Intermediate WE7050 JAMES CREBBIN-BAILEY horticulturalist, topiary specialist Grow your own fruit and vegetables April 29 One Day £146 – summer Beginners/Intermediate 1D6940 Learn about watering, training, weeding, summer pruning, pest and disease Working with colour in your garden identification, control and harvesting. The day NEW will be a mixture of hands-on practical demos and classroom based lectures. Perfect if you Garden mosaics – pebbles, marble Explore the use of colour in your garden are new to gardening and want to learn the and treasures under Tom’s expert eye and be inspired by basics. Please see page 18 for further information. his ideas from Parham House. Discover new ROSIE YEOMANS horticulturalist, colour combinations and how to extend the broadcaster, designer HILARY SHAND mosaic artist season using late summer colour. You will have the chance to work on a planting plan June 18 One Day £131 August 25–28 Long Weekend £359 for your garden. Beginners/Intermediate 1D7054 Suitable for all LW7191 TOM BROWN Head Gardener Parham House, broadcaster, garden writer Garden photography at West Dean Summer propagation – plants Glass Making glass beads – an Making kiln-formed and sandblasted introduction relief glass April 30 One Day £111 – a taster day for free Suitable for all 1D7283 Please see page 46 for further information. Increase your plant stock by using simple Dichroic glass jewellery Discover the possibilities of glass bead design. Explore the medium of kiln-formed glass methods of propagation. During this hands- Use a torch flame to create coloured beads and add texture by imprinting found objects JACQUI HURST editorial/garden Create colourful glass jewellery with depth, and learn how to apply decorative effects such as leaves, stones and feathers, to make a photographer on practical day try out various methods Willow work for the garden pattern and controlled design using a variety such as frits, canes, stringers, dots and metal window or wall hanging. Translate the beauty including division, root cuttings, soft and of techniques from dichroic glass. You will Please see page 5 for further information. July 9 One Day £116 hardwood cuttings, seed collection and leaf. of nature into your design experimenting with Beginners 1D7099 learn different methods of cutting, drilling, sandblasting to accentuate the relief. DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and treatments – all valuable techniques for you etching and layering to complete several sets BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 coppice craftsman years to apply to your own garden. of jewellery. ALINE JOHNSON kiln formed glass Church and event flowers designer-maker May 3–5 Two Days £280 SALLY GREGSON professionally trained CLAIRE HALL BA Hons, glass artist May 12–14 Weekend £288 Beginners/Intermediate 2D6948 Discover how professional florists create nurserywoman Beginners WE6974 June 15–18 Long Weekend £389 April 21–23 Weekend £280 church and event arrangements, selecting August 26 One Day £131 Suitable for all LW7047 Suitable for all WE6926 Natural dyeing using common plants suitable flowers and foliages and how to Beginners/Intermediate 1D7193 condition and store them. Find out how to Please see page 53 for further information. set up the bases and everything you need to Stained glass for beginners know about creating stunning floral designs to Sculptural willow for the garden PENNY WALSH natural dye specialist and Learn the art of stained glass as you design author decorate large spaces for maximum impact. Please see page 6 for further information. and create your own 25cm square glass panel May 17–19 Two Days £240 SUE HINGSTON London-trained event DOMINIC PARRETTE basketmaker and in a weekend. Each process is covered – glass Suitable for all 2D6987 florist coppice craftsman selection, cutting, leading, soldering, cementing August 5 One Day £146 September 24–27 Three Days £389 and finishing. Bold metalwork for the garden Beginners/Intermediate 1D7149 Beginners/Intermediate 3D7261 CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist Please see page 22 for further information. April 28–May 1 Long Weekend £344 MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal Beginners LW6939 sculptor May 30–June 2 Three Days £389 Flame and fused glass – torch and Suitable for all 3D7012 kiln crossover Explore the dynamics of flame worked glass Garden design for fusing. This process crossover broadens design possibilities by manipulating glass in the Spend a day learning the basics of garden flame creating fluid drawn lines and shapes to design to improve your plot, using simple fuse. You will create intriguing patterns floating exercises and design techniques. inside the glass, giving depth and dimension to ANNIE GUILFOYLE garden designer, your designs. lecturer, writer KATRINA BEATTIE contemporary glass June 10 One Day £111 designer maker Suitable for all 1D7039 April 30–May 3 Three Days £394 Beginners 3D6941
15 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 16 Explore glass fusing – metal inclusions Mosaics Design and make mosaics Create either a panel or four tiles exploring Start the process of making by discussing and metal inclusions in glass. Encase metal Mosaics for beginners and selecting a theme, then learn the planning foils, leaf and wires between two layers stages of a project and select materials for of glass to encapsulate intriguing bubbles improvers your mosaic. Consider colour, texture and and unpredictable reactions between the Develop your creativity in mosaic design using light throughout the making process, using oxidizing metals. different ceramic and glass tiles. You will learn a variety of different techniques. The course KATRINA BEATTIE contemporary glass techniques for laying, grouting and cutting tiles includes a lecture on 20th century mosaic designer maker into tesserae. design. September 10 One Day £132 MARTIN CHEEK mosaic maestro, author EMMA BIGGS artist, author, mosaicist Suitable for all 1D7225 May 19–21 Weekend £225 July 29–August 4 Summer School £691 Beginners/Intermediate WE6992 Suitable for all SS7148 Landscapes and seascapes in fused glass Mosaic intensive – developing Garden mosaics – pebbles, marble Create landscapes in fused glass using a range artistic expression and treasures of techniques and fusible glass materials. Explore new ways to expand your work. Create mosaics using a mixture of hand cut You will work with powders, frits, stringers Subjects covered include working with marble, pebbles, slate and your own treasures. and sheet glass to design and make several texture, scale, flow and spacing, cutting Explore two setting methods and develop original pieces of glass art. All technical and laying styles, using mixed materials and design ideas to make a square and a round and creative aspects of glass fusing will be cement-based adhesive. You will work on mosaic for your garden.
Alex Powell covered, including multiple layer firings. your own project with individual attention HILARY SHAND mosaic artist CLAIRE HALL BA Hons, glass artist and lots of group discussions and lectures. August 25–28 Long Weekend £359 September 25–28 Three Days £384 SONIA KING mosaic artist, educator, Glass engraving for all NEW Stained glass as garden art NEW author Suitable for all LW7191 Suitable for all 3D7266 Explore the myriad of possibilities of Make a beautiful stained glass panel to hang July 23–28 Five Days £536 mark-making on the magical medium of in your garden. Discover how to cut glass and Intermediate/Advanced 5D7134 Mosaics – material exploration glass. Prepare to be intrigued, enthralled create a decorative pattern by sandblasting, I got a lot out of the An introduction to stained glass – Explore mosaics working with a range of and challenged as you experiment with then lead, solder and cement to finish off. course and learnt a lot in a colour, line and light materials including ceramic, stone and glass. a wide variety of engraving tools. Enjoy Mosaics – the principles of making CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist short space of time. Harness the beauty of coloured light through You will learn how to break these materials lots of practical experience and plenty of Advance your skills in planning, drawing August 18–20 Weekend £275 the medium of stained glass by combining up, how this process widens the medium’s demonstrations focusing on design. Thank you. and designing a mosaic project. Support on Suitable for all WE7168 graphic lead lines with translucent colour. potential and then use this knowledge to TRACEY SHEPPARD artist, glass engraver You will be encouraged to develop your creating your own brief, sourcing materials, develop your own designs. Simon Willcocks, ideas and designs, will be offered throughout July 14–16 Weekend £225 own design and complete a panel of stained VANESSA BENSON mosaic artist Exploring glass beadmaking – Explore glass fusing the making process and guidance given on Suitable for all WE7112 glass using both ancient and contemporary developing skills NEW techniques. colour, texture and light. September 15–17 Weekend £237 Explore glass fusing – coloured EMMA BIGGS artist, author, mosaicist Suitable for all WE7241 Glass fusion techniques for Build on your glass beadmaking skills and HELEN ROBINSON architectural stained improve the placement of decorations and strands glass artist beginners July 23–28 Five Days £526 the shape of bead ends. Explore making Develop the technique of drawing with September 28–October 1 Long Weekend Intermediate/Advanced 5D7135 Learn techniques for shaping and decorating encased floral beads, more complex twisted glass stringers. These thin glass rods are £329 Beginners/Intermediate LW7270 kiln-formed glass as you cut, assemble and stringers and try out new techniques that manipulated to mimic the drawn line by fuse Bull’s Eye glass to form a glass panel and include using dichroic glass, murrini and metal stretching and bending the glass. You will also coasters. Using pre-bought moulds to ‘slump’ inclusions. explore merging colours and shapes. you will explore ways of decorating with BARBARA MASON beadmaker for KATRINA BEATTIE contemporary glass colour and texture on this hands-on course. 18 years designer maker Student profile: quick while woodcarving was calm and KATRINA BEATTIE contemporary glass August 28–31 Three Days £414 September 9 One Day £132 designer maker soothing. An introduction to clockmaking Intermediate 3D7199 Suitable for all 1D7222 was truly fascinating and blacksmithing was July 20–23 Long Weekend £404 Mike Jennison elemental, raw, fun. Beginners LW7127 My wife and I first experienced West Dean on a summer school three years The tutors are not just The wonders of warm glass ago, I chose stained glass and she chose Learn new techniques each day as you painting. It was ‘love at first course’ and masters of their trade but explore the wonders of warm glass. You are that same week we decided to enrol on also excellent teachers and shown how to cut straight and curved lines, the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design discussions with them are how to slump and create texture, how to (FDAD). load and unload the kiln, and the firing cycle. often fascinating. You will design and make several glass pieces I used the FDAD to try out a series of crafts. that could include bowls, panels and tiles, as Whilst many of my peers were concentrating There’s a sense of camaraderie with fellow well as many experimental sample pieces. on drawing and painting, I wanted to get a students. As for West Dean itself, the ALEX POWELL professional glass artist feel for a range of different subjects. In silver range of courses is outstanding and the August 12–18 Summer School £801 I tried stone setting, which was remarkably surroundings are glorious in any season. Suitable for all SS7163 detailed and boxmaking, which was easier than I imagined. Sheet metal sculpture was Barbara Mason
17 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 18 Jewellery
JEWELLERY AND Traditional and contemporary stone setting ENAMELLING Broaden your understanding and skills in Enamelling 19 stone setting through an exploration of the Jewellery 20-21 techniques used for bezel, crown, bead/grain For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 and flush settings. Practise with inexpensive stones, learn to make basic tools and to use the pendant motor and burrs. PENNY DAVIS jewellery designer and enameller April 3–6 Three Days £344 Intermediate/Advanced 3D7304
Jewellery in wood with silver and pearl inlay Learn how to make contemporary sculptural jewellery using wood with silver inlay and pearls. You will design and make a wooden pendant inlaid with small silver dots and then make a pendant or ring with a silver line or Enamelling Contemporary enamel – altered Enamelling copper bowls embedded pearl. surfaces and sensitive sifting NEW Explore the beauty of fired enamels. SARAH KING contemporary jewellery designer Enamelling on copper – art and Explore the application of enamel on altered Beginners will learn basic techniques and create simple, attractive bowls while craft metal surfaces to create jewellery. Working April 7–9 Weekend £243 in copper with the option of also using silver, experienced enamellers will develop more Suitable for all WE6901 Through demonstrations of a range of begin by investigating methods of patterning elaborate designs by carving through layers of techniques learn how designs, pictures and and texturing. Then use the sifting technique enamel to reveal the colours below. Design beautiful enamelling effects can be achieved which enables the enamel to interact and and technical advice will be on hand. One day jewellery workshop on copper sheet, small dishes and bowls. be altered by the underlying surface. You PAT JOHNSON skilled enameller A practical workshop with help given on an Information is given on kilns and materials are encouraged to develop your ideas by on copper individual basis to develop your designs for and you can expect to make striking pieces experimenting and exploring these processes September 10–14 Four Days £446 making jewellery. The development of ideas working with coloured enamels. in depth before making finished items of Suitable for all 4D7226 through drawing will be encouraged and PAT JOHNSON skilled enameller on jewellery. help then given to realise the idea in three- Zoe ArnoldZoe copper JESSICA TURRELL studio artist, enamel dimensions. Techniques are demonstrated April 23–27 Four Days £426 researcher A dialogue with enamel – according to your needs. Beginners will be Contemporary decorative Containment and display – jewellery given a set project to introduce the basic Suitable for all 4D6928 August 5–11 Summer School £691 exploring process embroidery NEW boxes NEW techniques of working with silver. Please note: Intermediate/Advanced SS7156 Focus on the techniques of champlevé, basse if you would like to make small silver items Please see page 48 for further information. Create a box in which a piece of jewellery taille and cloisonné on silver, and explore Enamelling for beginners you should book onto a silversmithing one HARRIET FRANCES STILES hand can sit and be viewed when not being worn. ways of mixing, layering and juxtaposing Working with an existing frame or container, Discover the alchemy of enamelling by Enamelling for beginners day workshop (found in the Metal category). embroidery, adornment designer colour. Aimed at enamellers with experience you will make alterations to produce a box practising on copper and progressing to SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher Please see WE6938 for further information. who wish to extend their current practice, May 12–14 Weekend £237 that both enhances and gives a narrative simple silver jewellery. Learn how to translate SHEILA R MCDONALD artist, enameller, you can choose to make a small silver and April 18 One Day £111 Suitable for all WE6973 to your jewellery. Bring your own found colour and texture ideas and the techniques jeweller enamel dish using etching, hammering and Suitable for all 1D6918 materials to work with, such as wood, mirror, of using fine wires and metal leaf. stamping to add texture and detail. August 18–20 Weekend £251 Making jewellery in silver fabric and photographs. SHEILA R MCDONALD artist, enameller, JANE SHORT award-winning enameller jeweller Beginners WE7169 Wild jewellery – re-cycle, re-craft Explore ideas for a piece of jewellery in ZOE ARNOLD artist jeweller September 24–29 Five Days £526 Learn how to make jewellery from those silver and be guided through the designing June 11–15 Four Days £426 April 28–30 Weekend £251 Intermediate/Advanced 5D7264 and making process. Begin by communicating Beginners WE6938 little things you love to collect – from the Intermediate/Advanced 4D7043 beach, the woods and urban finds. The useful your concept in simple drawings, then with one-to-one tuition, you will learn a range techniques of threading, crocheting, wirework One day jewellery workshop Enamelling on silver and working with resin are demonstrated, of techniques in general fabrication, surface decoration (including roller-printing and Create personal designs in coloured enamels allowing experimentation with these materials Please see 1D6918 for further information. etching) and finishing. on silver. Both beginners and those with to make quirky individual jewellery. SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher some experience will learn basic techniques SARAH DREW maker of recycled June 20 One Day £111 or improve their skills. Receive expert tuition jewellery May 14–19 Five Days £526 Suitable for all 1D7059 in the techniques of cloisonné, champlevé, May 7–10 Three Days £349 Suitable for all 5D6983 plique-à-jour and the use of foils. Suitable for all 3D6961 JOAN MACKARELL artist enameller June 15–18 Long Weekend £344 Suitable for all LW7048 Jane Short
19 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 20 Contemporary and traditional One day jewellery workshop bead threading Please see 1D6918 for further information. Learn the art of bead jewellery to a SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher METALWORKING professional standard. After familiarisation Blacksmithing and Metalworking 22-23 with tools and threading techniques, make a July 25 One Day £111 Silversmithing 23 range of necklaces which may include antique Suitable for all 1D7137 and semi-precious beads. For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 PENNY DAVIS jewellery designer Create your own jewellery – an and enameller individual approach
June 23–25 Weekend £247 Develop a personal vocabulary of ideas for Ronda Coryell Suitable for all WE7305 your jewellery making, whilst gaining making Gold keum-boo on chased and skills and learning new techniques relevant repoussé silver jewellery NEW Argentium silver – fusing and to your projects. The week begins with a short, structured project and then fabricating, Learn how to apply 24 carat gold foil using fabricating NEW decorating and joining will be demonstrated. the keum-boo technique to chase and Explore the technology and techniques You are encouraged to incorporate repoussé irregular surfaces. Follow a step-by- required to work with Argentium Sterling other materials in your jewellery – exotic step process of making items with irregular Silver – an alloy developed with tarnish hardwoods, shells, and found objects. and textured surfaces and then fuse the and fire stain resistance. You will learn the SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher gold onto silver. The emphasis is on resolving process of fusing and fabricating without the technical challenge of fusing gold onto using solder. Demonstrations are followed July 29– August 4 Summer School £691 uneven surfaces. You will leave with a basic by hands-on experience to create and finish Suitable for all SS7146 understanding of how the process works and many items, including a box clasp, as you gain how to problem solve in your own studio. an understanding of the differences and the One day jewellery workshop NANCY MEGAN CORWIN jeweller, characteristics of Argentium silver. metalsmith, teacher, writer Bold metalwork for the garden Blacksmithing Please see 1D6918 for further information. Blacksmithing and RONDA CORYELL jeweller, Argentium September 3–8 Five Days £601 Make real or surreal jungle flora and fauna Using mild steel become familiar with the silver expert SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher Metalworking Intermediate 5D7215 from metal for your garden or home. Using basic skills of the blacksmith to develop your June 26–29 Three Days £329 August 30 One Day £111 bold copper forms and bright aluminium. designs and make successful objects. Intermediate/Advanced 3D7070 Suitable for all 1D7202 Creative blacksmithing projects explore the sculptural elements of leaves, ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, Ring-linking with stones and beads Work creatively in our forge to undertake vines and flowers. metalworker, sculptor for jewellery MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal Colourful beads in non-precious Making jewellery using mixed metals individual projects whilst learning and August 25–28 Long Weekend £398 Create an individual piece of jewellery as extending your blacksmithing skills. In this sculptor materials NEW and stones Beginners LW7190 you master the techniques of chain mail or active and energetic course, you can develop May 30–June 2 Three Days £389 Make colourful beads to create jewellery Explore the effects created by combining ring-linking, using semi-precious stones or your own ideas and work towards completing Suitable for all 3D7012 using a range of materials and low-tech different metals in one piece of jewellery and beads to add colour, pattern and detail. your project. Bring outline ideas for discussion. learn basic stone-setting techniques. Develop techniques. Work with paper, wood, resin, ALISON EVANS jewellery designer and ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, other plastics and fabric with further colour an awareness of design issues arising from maker metalworker, sculptor Blacksmithing for beginners introduced through paint, thread and dye. combining materials and learn how to plan Explore a range of forging techniques as you September 17–20 Three Days £329 April 17–21 Four Days £518 Lots of demonstrations and inspiration will your work to overcome these. create a small candlestick or domestic item. Suitable for all 3D7243 Suitable for all 4D6916 be given. DAPHNE KRINOS renowned jewellery Consider design and function as you learn KATHIE MURPHY jeweller using designer how to manipulate metal using basic hand colourful resin August 31–September 3 Long Weekend £329 Making decorative silver beads Medieval armouring – the 15th forging, the power hammer and fire-welding. July 14–16 Weekend £255 Intermediate LW7204 Design and construct your own beads for use century Italian gauntlet NEW JAMES PRICE contemporary blacksmith Beginners/Intermediate WE7114 in your jewellery. Techniques covered include Learn how to make armour by making a and designer turning and etching as well as forming and gauntlet. Using a world renowned Italian June 16–18 Weekend £267 constructing a hollow form. You also have the design of the 15th century as inspiration, we Beginners WE7052 option of incorporating other materials such will work together to recreate at least one as copper, wood, Perspex, soapstone or silk in gauntlet each. You will learn how to hot and your work. cold shape the metal, rivet, use leather and oil Sculpting in metals SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher blacken the final piece. Make a three-dimensional object in metal GRAHAM ASHFORD armourer and learn skills required, from developing the Sculpture from scrap September 21–24 Long Weekend £329 concept to finishing the surface. Begin with Intermediate/Advanced LW7255 May 4–7 Long Weekend £392 research sketches as you explore ideas and Take on the challenge of creating a sculpture Beginners/Intermediate LW6951 make a model. Then choose the appropriate from found metal objects assembled with metal – copper, steel or aluminium – and blacksmithing techniques. You will visit a local learn metalworking techniques as well as scrapyard and then learn basic forging and colouring and finishing. joining processes. Next consider and respond to the design possibilities of your chosen Make your own wedding rings MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal recycled pieces, making a sculpture for your sculptor Create unique wedding rings for each house or garden. August 12–18 Summer School £773 other by re-using jewellery and metal PETER PARKINSON RCA trained, artist Suitable for all SS7164 blacksmith or buying new metal. September 11–15 Four Days £484 Email [email protected] Suitable for all 4D7231 to find out more. GrahamAshford Nancy Megan Corwin
21 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 22 Sculpting with steel One day silversmithing workshop Please see page 40 for further information. Please see 1D6968 for further information. ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith MUSIC metalworker, sculptor June 1 One Day £111 September 28–October 1 Long Weekend £384 Suitable for all 1D7018 Suitable for all LW7269 Hand engraving and carving on Silversmithing metal Learn how to engrave and carve metal in General silversmithing with an low relief using the simplest hand engraving emphasis on box making tools. Working on sample pieces of copper or silver, gain the confidence to experiment and Explore the traditional silversmithing progress to inlaying metal. techniques of raising, forging, sinking, box ANGUS MCFADYEN engraver, making, soldering and finishing. Advanced commissions, exhibitions makers can concentrate on making hinges and joints. June 8–11 Long Weekend £329 JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith Suitable for all LW7034 May 5–7 Weekend £225 Suitable for all WE6956 One day silversmithing workshop Please see 1D6968 for further information. One day silversmithing workshop JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith Sponsored by Classical Guitar Magazine, July 6 One Day £111 Silversmithing Summer School Ukulele playing – beyond the basics Chilingirian String Ensemble Beginners will be introduced to basic Classical Guitar Centre Birmingham, Suitable for all 1D7090 Immerse yourself in silversmithing as you NEW Summer School techniques to make small dishes and boxes D’Addario Foundation and José Ramiréz including raising, planishing, soldering and extend your skills and develop new and Ukulele players with a grasp of the basics The chance for amateur, young professional challenging ideas for your work. Each Guitars. forging. You will then progress to raised General silversmithing – will pick up new techniques and build or student quartets or ensembles, to work pieces which include the making and fitting silversmith works on their own personal on knowledge, while working on chord closely with the celebrated Chilingirian FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: ANDREW GOUGH classical guitarist, ensemble of handles, spouts and lids. In box making constructing and raising projects such as bowls, boxes and spoons, inversions, strumming and playing complete Quartet. Study a repertoire of your own receiving tuition on a one-to-one basis. The director and teacher you will learn how to score, bend and stamp Explore your own ideas for making silver pieces. (Music reading skills are not required.) choice, with intensive, yet informal, daily with AMANDA COOK, CRAIG OGDEN, tutor covers a vast range of metalworking metal, and make flush and spring joints. Please objects and advance your skills on this in- CLIVE HARVEY professional musician and coaching from the inspirational Chilingirian LIZ LARNER, TROND DAVIDSEN, PAVEL note: if you would like to make items of depth course. Learn methods for creating techniques for forming, fabricating, assembling, teacher Quartet. Participate in collaborative ensemble STEIDL and VINCENT LINDSEY-CLARK jewellery you should book onto a Jewellery and finishing forms in sheet metal using joining and finishing – including making joints playing sessions in the evenings and attend April 9 One Day £111 August 19–24 Five Days £525 one day workshop (found in the Jewellery techniques such as press forming, casting and hinges. a public concert by the Chilingirian Quartet Intermediate 1D6902 Suitable for all CG7172 category). and hand forging. The course combines JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith (see Events). An informal student recital will contemporary and traditional approaches as round off the course on the final afternoon JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith August 22–28 Six Days £691 you work on individual projects. A passion for song – for singers and Haydn and the symphony – music May 11 One Day £111 Suitable for all 6D7183 Generous bursaries are available for music JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith piano accompanists appreciation NEW Suitable for all 1D6968 students and young professionals. Please July 9–14 Five Days £526 One day silversmithing workshop Gain experience performing music of your contact the Bookings Office for further Through 104 symphonies, Haydn developed Suitable for all 5D7104 own choice from the classical song repertoire details or download from our website. the classical style from relatively simple Please see 1D6968 for further information. and in any language. Share insights motivating CHILINGIRIAN QUARTET world beginnings to the height of sophistication, wit JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith choice of music, broaden your artistic goals celebrated ensemble, inspirational teachers and power and he did so primarily through Silversmithing – create vessels and and learn how to address technical problems the forms of string quartet and symphony. August 29 One Day £111 July 12–16 Four Days £506 sculptural jewellery through masterclass-style sessions. We will unpick the symphonies, examine the Suitable for all 1D7201 Intermediate/Advanced CQ7108 On this exciting ideas-led course, express MARION RAPER vocal coach, piano whole picture and select some of the finest your creativity working on individual projects accompanist works, culminating in the miraculous series of ranging from a small bowl or vase to large, Moving metal – exploring press JOHN WAKEFIELD distinguished singing West Dean International Classical twelve written for his two visits to London. experimental jewellery. If you are a beginner, forming teacher and performer Guitar Festival 2017 ROY STRATFORD pianist, conductor learn basic techniques. For the more and lecturer Explore a variety of press forming processes May 28–30 Two Days £240 Outstanding learning and performing experienced, develop your skills creating to develop and test ideas and make your Intermediate/Advanced 2D7021 opportunities for classical guitarists of all September 22–24 Weekend £235 and finishing forms in sheet metal using own piece of jewellery or a silver object. You ages (16 and above) through repertoire Suitable for all WE7258 techniques such as raising, planishing, soldering will receive a practical introduction to press and technique classes, ensemble playing, and press forming. forming in base and precious metals, enabling guitar orchestra, student concerts, individual ABIGAIL BROWN award-winning artist you to create hollow forms and your own lessons and solo masterclasses. Working with silversmith simple tools with confidence. internationally acclaimed artists you will study August 12–18 Summer School £691 ANGELA CORK designer silversmith in an ensemble group according to your level Suitable for all SS7165 (Grade 2 and above). September 14–17 Long Weekend £329 Includes a guitar open day and an evening Suitable for all LW7234 concert series with performances by Pavel Steidl, Vincent Lindsey-Clark, Gaëlle Solal and the Katona Twins. Bursaries are available for 16 to 24 year old students – please contact the Bookings Office
Abigail Brown for further details.
23 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 24 Painting – Subject Led
PAINTING Pastel painting Botanical Art 25 Examine different approaches to pastel Mixed and Other Media 25-26 painting with a focus on colour and mark- Painting – Subject Led 26-28 making. Using gesso, acrylic paint and chalk Painting – Oils 28-29 pastels, work from sketches made outside in Painting – Water Based 29-30 West Dean Gardens, returning to the studio For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 to develop compositions. SARAH BEE pastel painter April 9–13 Four Days £426 Intermediate/Advanced 4D6907
Structure and composition in Mixed media images – paint, Experimental watercolour with painting print collage mixed media NEW Develop your intuitive sense of composition Study colours, patterns and textures and Watercolour is bold, brave and unpredictable, and design through an imaginative series learn techniques for applying paints, dyes and combine its versatile qualities with contrasting of practical studies focusing on shape, inks to develop your ideas into samples or a textures of different media to make dynamic colour, tone, texture, rhythm and space. Jo Dixon finished piece. and personal work. Experiment with Experimentation is encouraged to get your ideas flowing as you learn how to establish JO DIXON artist, printmaker, teacher materials and processes including the colour palette, lines, marks, textures, composition, your own framework. Botanical Art Botanical drawing NEW Botanical painting – luscious berries May 29–June 1 Three Days £349 washes, brush techniques and surfaces. Learn MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, Learn to create vibrant, clean colours and NEW Beginners/Intermediate 3D7009 techniques with paint, wax, tissue, ink and active teaching Painting luscious tulips in realistic textures with techniques such as Explore watercolour techniques required to pastels as you develop skills to draw and April 16–21 Five Days £526 underpainting, layering and embossing. paint with confidence. watercolours paint luscious, ripe summer berries bursting Visual language – marks, textures Intermediate/Advanced 5D6915 Working from seasonal subjects, these with juice. Techniques include observation and surface CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, Study the anatomy and form of tulips and techniques will show you how to add depth, drawing, composition, colour mixing and Chinese methods reproduce their vivid colours and distinctive realism and interest to your finished colour application using both wet-in-wet and Playfully investigate mark-making on paper The visual language of paint NEW August 5–11 Summer School £691 shapes while developing your skills in essential pencil work. dry-brush. Complete a botanical study with to develop and build your visual language. Through practical processes explore Discover new ways of working with Intermediate SS7154 watercolour techniques. ANN SWAN SBA – award-winning artist excellent resource notes for future work. the concept of paint as both medium of traditional and found tools, and explore the SANDRINE MAUGY botanical artist and and author MARIELLA BALDWIN published botanical expression and a rich language of its own. writer alchemy of chance as materials interact with Mixed media, collage and process Discover the vocabulary of mark-making, August 18–20 Weekend £225 artist each other. Through experimentation with surfaces and consistencies that can be made May 19–21 Weekend £233 Intermediate WE7167 Uncover the potential of graphic media and August 28–September 1 Four Days £429 different processes and surfaces you will with paint to make inspired and informed Suitable for all WE6990 material combinations to inspire your work. Suitable for all 4D7200 create a personal reference book that will choices in your work. underpin and inform your practice. Through a sequence of interlinked projects you are encouraged to experiment with ideas EMILY BALL painter and author JILLY MORRIS abstract textural artist Botanical painting – summer and materials including inks, stencils, layering vegetables Mixed and Other Media April 20–23 Long Weekend £329 July 9–14 Five Days £536 and imagery. Intermediate/Advanced LW6921 Suitable for all 5D7102 Paint characterful summer vegetables Experimental collage NEW MARK CAZALET contemporary from West Dean’s kitchen garden using British artist watercolours. Learn accurate observation and Explore collage as a creative force, in itself, Abstract painting – expressive August 27–September 1 Five Days £546 successful colour mixing to create a detailed and as an inspirational tool in other art forms possibilities Suitable for all 5D7194 portrait. such as drawing and painting. Experiment An introduction for all painters to the MARIELLA BALDWIN published botanical with technique, colour, composition and the building blocks that underpin the expressive artist drawn line using a range of paper-based Painting still life – towards possibilities of abstract painting including materials. June 26–28 Two Days £228 abstraction form, colour, painted paper collage, line, ANNABEL TILLEY artist, writer, curator Suitable for all 2D7065 Many artists reach a stage when composition, space and narrative. April 9–11 Two Days £235 representation is not enough for personal ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional Suitable for all 2D6904 expression. Learn to respond directly to painter Summer colours at West Dean – still life using mixed media to explore line, botanical painting May 12–14 Weekend £228 Ann Swan form, colour and texture. Through a series The instant sketchbook Suitable for all WE6970 Inspired by West Dean Gardens, learn of exercises get to know the objects and essential watercolour painting techniques Reboot and re-energise your practice with develop confidence in stripping away the and gain the confidence to produce colourful an instant sketchbook. Make one, fill one superfluous to capture the essence. plant portraits. Study colour mixing, the and make another. Experiment with drawing, NICK BODIMEADE painter, printmaker, depiction of details such as serrated edges collage, composition and colour. tutor and veins, and the use of wet-in-wet. ANNABEL TILLEY artist, writer, curator September 10–15 Five Days £533 SANDRINE MAUGY botanical artist and May 26 One Day £121 Intermediate/Advanced 5D7228 writer Suitable for all 1D7000 July 9–13 Four Days £438 Suitable for all 4D7101 Jilly MorrisJilly
25 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 26 Colour, tone and division: thinking Abstract painting – finding Painting townscapes in oils visually about painting your voice Explore ways to depict light and movement Think visually about painting and focus Gain an in-depth insight into the various as you capture the townscape in oils. Painting on what makes it worth looking at and forms of picture construction and expressive outside in Midhurst and Chichester, you will what gives it visual intensity, regardless of possibilities in abstract art, whilst you find develop work back in the studio. the subject. Through a series of exercises your own voice within this exciting format. TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils investigate colour, tone and division, to Learn how to analyse pictorial elements enhance the visual power of your paintings. including form, narrative, composition, spatial May 29–June 2 Four Days £426 Intermediate/Advanced 4D7013 MATTHEW COLLINGS artist, writer and relationships, colour, line and layering, and broadcaster how they can create different outcomes in your painting. July 23–28 Five Days £526 Portrait in oils – likeness and Intermediate/Advanced 5D7132 ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional character painter Discover tonal colour mixing and the Painting in egg tempera NEW August 12–18 Summer School £694 sculptural qualities of oil paint, to achieve Suitable for all SS7158 lively approaches to the portrait in oils. Discover the art of this ancient painting GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy John Meaker technique and how to make it your own to Exploring colour in the Fauvist Make and prepare materials NEW Painting – Oils fine artist Abstract values in landscape painting enrich your knowledge of pigments, surface, manner colour and composition. Techniques include Learn everything you need to know about June 16–18 Weekend £252 Paint colourful, vibrant and energetic works NEW preparation of panels, pigments, emulsions preparing your art surfaces, including using Beginners portrait painting in oil Suitable for all WE7049 in the Fauvist style. You are introduced to the Observe and respond to West Dean’s and painting techniques, as you explore this canvas, linen, stretching, priming and ideas of artists such as Derain, Dufy, Matisse A step by step introduction to using oils landscape using the medium of your choice wonderful medium. making gesso. and Vlaminck and learn to experiment while learning how to paint a portrait of Painting still life in oils for beginners (wet or dry). Develop your own expressive MAZ JACKSON egg tempera painter, REBECCA PARTRIDGE RA using colour with spontaneity and freedom. the model’s head. Techniques include palette responses with studies made in the landscape. A thorough introduction to painting with printmaker contemporary artist Subjects include still life, the nude and preparation, underpainting, mark-making, Guidance is given on composition and oils from still life. Gain confidence and August 5–11 Summer School £711 August 24 One Day £134 landscapes. colour, tone, and composition. gesture, lights and balancing tones, colour understanding of this wonderful medium with Suitable for all SS7153 Suitable for all 1D7184 JENNY TYSON painter GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy structured exercises and expert guidance. theory and colour traditions, with reference fine artist to British landscape painting, 20th century September 3–7 Four Days £442 GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy April 14–16 Weekend £257 fine artist techniques and developments in abstract Experimental watercolour with Portrait painting – all media Intermediate/Advanced 4D6942 picture making. Beginners WE6911 mixed media NEW Study the fundamentals of portrait painting July 14–16 Weekend £249 JOHN MEAKER artist, teacher, lecturer Please see page 26 for further information. to achieve a likeness through drawing, Pastel painting Beginners WE7217 proportion, tonal values and colour. Choose Portrait painting in oils May 21–26 Five Days £526 CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, Please see page 26 for further information. Intermediate/Advanced 5D6997 Chinese methods your own medium, including paint or pastels. Develop your oil painting skills through Painting trees and woods in oils ANDREW FITCHETT painter SARAH BEE pastel painter intensive work on a long pose. After a August 5–11 Summer School £691 Work in the arboretum at West Dean and number of drawn studies, individual guidance September 1–4 Long Weekend £359 September 10–14 Four Days £426 Kingley Vale woods painting directly in the Life painting – five approaches Intermediate SS7154 is given on composition, proportion, tone and Intermediate/Advanced 4D7281 landscape. Look at how to get a sense of Explore five distinct approaches towards life Suitable for all LW7210 colour mixing. form and growth in paintings and approaches painting: the classical tradition, the singular ADELE WAGSTAFF Slade, portrait to composition to create form, texture and stroke, the painted line, the expressive stroke Expressive painting from nature painter, author light. Studies are also made in the studio of and the form abstracted. Utlilise the methods NEW tree branches and roots, working on both and attitudes of artists representative of May 19–21 Weekend £254 Painting outdoors and in the studio, you will quick studies and one or more finished key periods in the evolution of the painted Intermediate/Advanced WE6988 use mark-making to produce a rich tapestry pieces. figure. Learn how to apply past techniques of sensations and textures from nature, TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils to discover new strategies within your own then create expressive paintings of your work. experience. Work in black and white with July 29–August 4 Summer School £691 JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author acrylics, inks, oil bars, graphite powder and Suitable for all SS7142 felt tips, which provide a fantastic opportunity June 4–9 Five Days £599 to explore light, space, atmosphere and Intermediate/Advanced 5D7026 loosen up your mark-making. EMILY BALL painter and author Abstract painting – breakthrough day NEW September 17–22 Five Days £526 Intermediate/Advanced 5D7246 Through dialogue exchange and tutorial find ways to breakthrough an aspect of your painting to change or transform your work. Talkative colour ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional Examine the ways in which colour can painter express emotions, influence, alter mood and communicate ideas. Develop a sound July 1 One Day £111 grasp of colour mixing, colour theory and an Intermediate/Advanced 1D7076 awareness of colour in all its contexts. MAXINE RELTON enthusiastic, lively, active teaching September 24–27 Three Days £339 Suitable for all 3D7260 Adele Wagstaff Adele
27 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 28 Painting – Water Based Large scale watercolour painting – the abstract nude Watercolour painting for beginners Learn the techniques and skills to paint with watercolour on a large scale, and explore Learn to handle brushes, use colour and the freedom this versatile medium offers in a study form and composition as you paint in contemporary way. watercolour. DONG LI-BLACKWELL MA CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, watercolour painter Chinese methods August 24–27 Long Weekend £394 April 7–9 Weekend £225 Intermediate/Advanced LW7186 Beginners WE6898 Watercolour painting for beginners Chinese brush painting – flower shapes and colours NEW Learn to handle brushes, use colour and study form and composition as you paint in Examine the structure of each flower through watercolour. drawing exercises to bring a sense of life to CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, your paintings. Learn how to depict each Chinese methods flower with freestyle brush strokes, the brush techniques to make different marks, and how September 1–3 Weekend £225 to develop these into flower shapes. Then Beginners WE7207 learn about composition, space, the Chinese Tom Benjamin Tom style and how to back your paintings onto a Watercolours – exploring texture Coastal landscape painting Portrait painting in oils surface ready for display. and pattern NEW Paint the landscape and Chichester Harbour Develop a personal style and improve your MAGGIE CROSS painter, traditional Chinese brush Learn how to plan and make more complex coastline through direct observation. Make oil painting techniques whilst achieving a Maggie Cross watercolour paintings on this practical and painting studies outdoors, as you learn likeness. Explore how to use composition to April 23–28 Five Days £526 Acrylic ink painting – movement Watercolour painting – loosen up experimental course. Working from still life how to manage the changing elements enhance the sense of the sitter and ways of Suitable for all 5D6929 and plants, you will consider composition, of light, shadow and colour. Capture the using the wonderful qualities of oil paint to and vibrant colour without losing control colour and tone. You then learn where and characteristics and features of land, coastline represent light on skin. Freedom in watercolours for Create vibrant and dynamic studies with this The simple materials of water, paper and how to introduce texture and pattern using and sky, and develop methods of evolving and FELICITY GILL professional portrait painter versatile medium. Start with observational pigment can be used creatively in a variety of materials, tools and techniques. experimenting with preparatory sketches to beginners drawing, then experiment with translucent different ways. Learn how to consider these September 8–10 Weekend £257 JULIE COLLINS artist, author complete paintings back in the studio. Learn a fresh approach to watercolour and opaque brushwork techniques. Build your choices fully to produce individual work and Intermediate WE7219 GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy fine painting through a series of set projects confidence with acrylic ink as you learn to develop your own painting style. September 19–22 Three Days £339 artist with guidance on composition and materials. work intuitively. Discover how paper behaves BRIAN SMITH professional watercolour Intermediate 3D7250 August 20–24 Four Days £426 Oil painting for beginners Demonstrations are given on techniques as in relation to ink flow as you develop your specialist you explore this versatile medium. ideas through to personal conclusions. Intermediate/Advanced 4D7175 Discover the fundamental techniques, July 7–9 Weekend £225 JULIE COLLINS artist, author methods and theories when painting with oils. CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, Suitable for all WE7094 Chinese methods Gain confidence using and applying oils with May 5–7 Weekend £235 brushes and knives, colour and tone theory, Beginners WE6949 May 26–29 Long Weekend £354 Expressive watercolours and the use of paint mediums. Suitable for all LW7005 JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author Use both technical and spontaneous methods Watercolours – atmosphere of painting. Work from still life, landscape and September 22–24 Weekend £225 through light and texture Confident watercolour painting photographic imagery to combine different Beginners WE7257 Paint landscapes outdoors, paying particular Explore the use of water, paper and pigment subject matter into a cohesive painting. Explore attention to mood and atmosphere as you and learn how to extend your choices fully colour, form, brush and wash techniques to Oil painting – the nude NEW develop a personal style of mark-making, to produce more individual work as you define thoughts and ideas in a truly personal way. develop your own painting style. Develop your skills in painting the expressive colour and composition. CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, visual force of the human form. Techniques BRIDGET WOODS watercolourist, BRIAN SMITH professional watercolour Chinese methods specialist include sketching with oil to create a author: landscape, life July 14–17 Long Weekend £329 direct painterly response, spontaneity May 14–19 Five Days £526 June 18–21 Three Days £329 Intermediate LW7115 and descriptive analysis through carefully Intermediate/Advanced 5D6982 Suitable for all 3D7056 structured sessions. Iridescence in watercolour painting GEORGE POPESCO Royal Academy fine artist NEW Explore the fascinating qualities of light and September 29–October 1 Weekend £247 colour through a study of natural iridescent Intermediate/Advanced WE7272 forms such as, feathers, minerals, insects and The tutor had a lot of shells. Learn how to build paint optically to enthusiasm and was very create a colourful study. SUZANNE BALCHIN Camberwell encouraging and positive. College, fine watercolourist July 21–23 Weekend £225 Kate Tugwell, Intermediate WE7128 Portrait painting in oils Julie Collins George Popesco
29 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 30 Gain control of your DSLR camera Please see WE7022 for further information. PHOTOGRAPHY TIM SAVAGE digital photographer, author and trainer Photography and Digital Image Manipulation 31-32 Film and Animation 32 August 28–31 Three Days £344 For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 Beginners/Intermediate 3D7197
Walking with your camera – a photographic journey On daily guided walks of around five miles, learn how to successfully photograph impressions of the countryside with your digital camera. Study how light can influence the mood of an image and which camera settings to use as you make a visual journal. Matilda Tristram Matilda JACQUI HURST editorial/garden Gain control of your DSLR camera Digital portrait photography using photographer Maximise the quality of the images you natural light September 21–24 Long Weekend £344 capture by investigating the multitude of Learn how to get the best out of your Intermediate LW7253 features on your DSLR camera. The mystifying subjects in any situation – whether on the layers of technical jargon are stripped away as street, at home or at a wedding with your your confidence and skills are developed. DSLR camera. Using available light (no studio Film and Animation Black and white digital photography Mindful photography – making room TIM SAVAGE digital photographer, author lighting) take fresh, interesting photos that Photography and Digital and trainer really capture the mood and personality of a Explore the power of black and white for creativity NEW Introduction to collage animation person. A working knowledge of Photoshop Image Manipulation photography. We live in a world of colour, but June 2–4 Weekend £235 NEW Mindfulness is the art of paying attention. or Lightroom is required. when it is removed, attention shifts revealing Heighten your visual awareness and Beginners/Intermediate WE7022 Y ou will learn how to animate under a Digitally printed textile design an abstract world. Discussion and image experience the creative potential of a ANDREW HASSON professional freelance photographer smart phone (iPhone or Galaxy) or a DSLR Please see page 50 for further information. analysis are used to engage with this topic. clear, quiet mind with a mindfulness-based Printing with light – photograms on camera using drawings, photographs or (Camera know-how is required.) approach to photography. Through short July 20–23 Long Weekend £351 other found images, with an experimental, EMMA BURTON RCA trained, printed paper and fabric textile designer IKSUNG NAH fine art landscape guided meditations and practical exercises, Intermediate LW7126 artistic approach. Leave with skills to make photographer you will connect to yourselves and the world Please see page 51 for further information. professional-looking collage animations at April 9–12 Three Days £344 around you, leading to unique, purposeful May 10–12 Two Days £235 BARBARA GUNTER-JONES printed An introduction to Photoshop for home. Beginners/Intermediate 3D6905 pictures. textile artist Intermediate 2D6966 textile design MATILDA TRISTRAM RCA trained TRACY HALLETT photographer, June 11–14 Three Days £360 children’s author and animator editor, author Please see page 52 for further information. Macro photography NEW Suitable for all 3D7041 June 26–28 Two Days £225 May 29–June 1 Three Days £344 SAM PICKARD printed textile Beginners/Intermediate 2D7066 Explore the huge creative potential of macro designer/maker and close-up photography, leading to visually Suitable for all 3D7011 Digital photography – capturing and PETER BISHOP graphic designer, arresting images that encourage the viewer colour in the garden NEW Adobe certified instructor Introduction to stop frame to see the world anew. Flowers, insects, July 25–28 Three Days £349 intimate landscapes and manmade objects Capture the summer colour in West Dean animation NEW will all be covered, with tips and tricks to Gardens and gain a greater understanding of Beginners/Intermediate 3D7138 Make your own animated film using frame- help you perfect your technique and create how to compose abstract and realistic garden by-frame techniques. You will learn how to showstopping pictures. pictures. Learn to observe how lighting affects Creative digital photography animate under a camera using models (made colour and composition. Suitable for those with by you), found objects or mixed media. TRACY HALLETT photographer, editor, Explore a wide range of photographic a digital SLR or advanced compact camera. Explore narrative structure and leave with author genres and techniques to enhance your JACQUI HURST editorial/garden skills to make professional looking stop- understanding of digital photography, and April 14–16 Weekend £235 photographer motion animations at home. You will need to give you the control to take your creativity Suitable for all WE6913 bring a smart phone (iPhone or Galaxy) or a June 16–18 Weekend £235 to new levels. Learn the essentials of light, digital stills camera. Beginners/Intermediate WE7050 composition, the use of lenses and camera Digital seascape photography settings. Expect to work on a range of set MATILDA TRISTRAM RCA trained Improve the artistic quality of your coastal projects encompassing landscape, street children’s author and animator and seascape photography on location as you photography, close ups, portraiture, special August 21–24 Three Days £334 learn about composition and settings. Back effects, working to themes and more. Beginners/Intermediate 3D7179 in the studio use Adobe Lightroom software ROY MATTHEWS freelance photographer, as both a correctional and creative tool to My skills have improved teacher enhance your images. and I will continue to build July 29–August 4 Summer School £721 NEIL CRIGHTON international on the knowledge I gained Suitable for all SS7145 photographer and teacher from this experience. May 2–5 Three Days £344 Beginners/Intermediate 3D6947 Kathy Whymark, Digital portrait photography using natural light Tracy Hallett Tracy
31 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 32 Throwing and turning for beginners Throwing and turning for beginners Clay, Smoke, Fire – throwing and NEW Work on your own potter’s wheel as you raku firing POTTERY AND Work on your own potter’s wheel as you develop your own designs inspired by the Develop both controlled and free throwing develop your own designs inspired by the ceramic collection at West Dean College. You clay on the wheel as you focus on improving ceramic collection at West Dean College. You are shown key techniques, including how to techniques. You will make a number of pieces CERAMICS are shown key techniques, including how to prepare and work with clay. on the wheel and some will be finished with For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 prepare and work with clay. TANYA GOMEZ RCA trained, ceramist raku firing in mind. Gain an understanding JO DAVIES ceramicist, potter, teacher of Tim’s resist slip firing method in several July 7–9 Weekend £254 exciting and dynamic raku firings. An May 19–21 Weekend £254 Beginners WE7096 opportunity to learn from one of the Beginners WE6993 featured experts on BBC2’s Great Pottery Sketching with paper clay – Throw Down. Exploring Japanese pottery sculpture from nature NEW TIM ANDREWS clay, smoke, fire Explore simple Japanese pottery techniques Explore clay as a tool for three-dimensional July 29–August 4 Summer School £776 to make vases, bowls, mugs and plates. sketching and develop skills in building Intermediate/Advanced SS7147 Techniques covered include spiral wedging, complex patterns and forms using paper clay. hand building (Tebineri), wet slab making Using materials from West Dean Gardens (Katatsukuri) and leather hard slab building you will research and sketch patterns and Personalities in clay – exploring (Itatsukuri). Then learn brush drawing or natural forms to define what inspires you. expression through throwing NEW printing techniques to decorate your pots. These ideas will then be developed into Whether you want to make pots to use, RIE TSURUTA MA RCA, ceramist three-dimensional forms using clay. The aim is or individual abstract pieces, the wheel is to create beginnings rather than conclusions a fantastic method of making forms which May 26–29 Long Weekend £372 and support the exploration of ideas in express a personality or the maker’s creative Beginners/Intermediate LW7008 sculpture using clay as a medium. voice. You will develop your understanding of Throwing and turning for beginners Form, function and family – wheel Throwing large – exploring form NUALA O’DONOVAN sculptor working the potential of clay to express ideas through Gain confidence in making pots on the thrown porcelain in ceramics Practical glazing day in porcelain form, surface, technique, skill and knowledge. potter’s wheel. With exclusive use of your Suitable for anyone who has developed Learn how to use throwing and turning to Gain the confidence and skills to throw Come back to West Dean College to glaze July 9–14 Five Days £606 own wheel learn how to prepare the clay throwing skills and wants to be able to make make a group of functional forms that contain larger pieces of work in porcelain. Methods pots you have made on one of our pottery Intermediate/Advanced 5D7105 and then practise the art of throwing with work that is individual and expressive. a visual narrative. Consider how scale, shape, explored are slapping the clay and pounding courses and left behind for firing. demonstrations and individual guidance from function and decoration bring a sense of it out with the fist, throwing the clay up, KYRA CANE potter, mark-maker, author the tutor. coherence to a maker’s work; these elements making a slip and assembling the thrown ALISON SANDEMAN established potter Hand built ceramics with and teacher August 5–11 Summer School £799 JON BARRETT-DANES potter, animal are integral to developing your voice. pieces together. You will also learn how to coloured slips Intermediate/Advanced SS7157 sculptor, teacher CHRIS KEENAN thrown and turned glaze the work by spraying and gain a basic May 31 One Day £116 Learn the technique of slab building in clay knowledge of expanding glazes with colour Suitable for all 1D7016 April 7–9 Weekend £254 porcelain to make vessels, bowls and jugs. Create using line blends. Throwing and turning for beginners Beginners WE6900 May 4–7 Long Weekend £402 ceramic forms by joining slabs together and Intermediate/Advanced LW6950 TANYA GOMEZ RCA trained, ceramist Throwing and turning for beginners decorating with coloured slips ready for a Please see 2D7029 for further information. bisque firing. A throwers’ workshop May 12–14 Weekend £295 Experience throwing pots on your own ALISON SANDEMAN established potter Intermediate WE6976 potter’s wheel with one-to-one tuition JANE ABBOTT colourful potter, and teacher Explore and develop your ideas and designs Modelling ceramic animals NEW throughout the course, as you learn the experienced teacher for wheel-made forms and build on your August 25–28 Long Weekend £364 Learn how to make clay animals using a techniques and processes for completing July 14–16 Weekend £242 throwing skills. You have your own wheel contemporary technique that is loose, Firing pots with wood NEW Beginners LW7192 pots. Suitable for all WE7113 throughout the course and a range of expressive and breaks all the rules. Through This dynamic course has been developed to stoneware clays, with an earthenware clay a series of short demonstrations you are ALISON SANDEMAN established potter use the wood fired kiln at the Cass Sculpture and teacher also available. Many practical points are shown how to bring life, energy and grace Foundation, five miles from West Dean discussed and demonstrated and particular to your work. Great for beginners and College. Based in the pottery at the College, June 5–7 Two Days £255 attention is paid to the relationship between experienced artists alike. Typically you will there will be trips out to Cass for the packing, Beginners 2D7029 function and form. make one sculpture per day. firing and unpacking of the kiln. Working with ALISON SANDEMAN established potter JAMES ORT sculptor in clay your own pre-fired pots, you will glaze and Exploring porcelain – throwing and and teacher decorate your work and then play an active May 7–10 Three Days £374 handbuilding April 13–17 Four Days £481 part in the whole firing process. Suitable for all 3D6962 Develop dynamic porcelain forms or Intermediate/Advanced 4D6910 ALISON SANDEMAN established potter and teacher containers by learning how to understand and exploit the intrinsic plastic quality of Tile making – carving, stencilling, May 14–19 Five Day £606 porcelain. Combine inventive shaping, forming inlaying Intermediate/Advanced 5D6984 and decorative techniques to create surface quality and pattern, integral to each form. Learn about the fascinating process of tile making as you make a carved set of tiles. JACK DOHERTY ceramicist, Other techniques will be explored using porcelain vessels your designs and include slip decoration June 26–29 Three Days £384 techniques, stencilling and inlaying. Intermediate/Advanced 3D7069 RICHARD MILLER potter, tile maker April 28–30 Weekend £243 Suitable for all WE6937 Nuala O’Donovan Celia Allen Celia
33 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 34 Glazes, glazing and firing for potters Through theoretical and practical sessions on stoneware and earthenware glazes, glazing PRINTMAKING techniques and kiln packing and firing, learn the all-important processes required to For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 complete your ceramics. Please bring biscuit- fired test pieces suitable for 1260–1280°C. ALISON SANDEMAN established potter and teacher September 17–22 Five Days £576 Intermediate/Advanced 5D7247
Life modelling from the figure Please see page 40 for further information. GILBERT WHYMAN sculptor, clay, metal September 21–24 Long Weekend £399 Beginners/Intermediate LW7252 James Ort Ceramic animal sculpture NEW Porcelain for beginners – throwing Portrait heads in terracotta – a Learn how to make hollow animal sculptures and turning NEW visual approach from flat sheets of clay with modelled Work on a potter’s wheel using porcelain Please see page 40 for further information. additions. Aided by demonstrations and Wood engraving Colourful woodcut printmaking Paper drypoint printmaking NEW clay, often referred to as ‘white gold’ due to JON EDGAR sculptor working from your own drawings and its beautiful translucent quality when fired to photographs, you will seek to capture the Explore the potential of this small scale black Learn all you need to know to make Using this versatile and expressive print a high temperature. Taking inspiration from September 8–11 Long Weekend £373 essence of the animal and give your work a and white art form for detail, atmosphere colourful, exciting and artistic woodblock method, explore mark-making, texture historical dining vessels, you are shown a Suitable for all LW7220 feeling of movement. and dramatic graphic impact. From idea to prints. Develop skills in design, cutting, and emotion through the use of everyday complete print, develop a design, transfer it sharpening, inking and editioning from both tools. Techniques include collaged dry-point, number of techniques including how to make CELIA ALLEN ceramic animal sculptor handles and surface embellishments. Suited Throwing and turning for beginners onto an endgrain wood block, engrave and black and white and multi-colour blocks. The creating tone, monochrome and colour. to those who have previously completed a September 22–25 Long Weekend £374 then print it. course is a journey into tools, papers, opaque MARY DALTON RCA master printmaker beginners throwing course. Please see WE7096 for further information. Suitable for all LW7259 HARRY BROCKWAY wood engraver/ and translucent inks, pigments and printing July 14–16 Weekend £230 TANYA GOMEZ RCA trained, ceramist illustrator methods, both by hand and with a press. JO DAVIES ceramicist, potter, teacher Suitable for all WE7111 September 11–13 Two Days £254 April 23–25 Two Days £225 MERLYN CHESTERMAN woodblock August 31–September 3 Long Weekend £371 printmaker and ROD NELSON author, Intermediate LW7205 Beginners 2D7229 Suitable for all 2D6927 woodblock printmaker June 11–16 Five Days £567 Introduction to screenprinting Suitable for all 5D7044 Discover how to use screenprinting techniques to produce multi-coloured design. Mastering Photoshop for Using paper cut stencils and water-based inks, learn how to create rich and fascinating screenprinting NEW Student profile: I was surprised by how generous the tutor imagery. Working in both the computer suite and was with her knowledge and expertise; the JANE SAMPSON MA fine artist/ print studio, learn how to use photoshop to support of the other students was also very printmaker achieve the best possible results from your Gillian Marles affirming. And we had a real laugh! Staying at art. Techniques include artwork requirements, May 5–7 Weekend £256 selection and colour separation, film positives, My first course was a birthday gift and West Dean is always a treat too; the rooms Beginners WE6952 sizing and resolution, preparation and screen I loved the experience so was soon are lovely, the bar is great, and there are printing. back for more. Although my work is creative beautiful buildings and gardens, it’s a pleasure (we run our own small graphic design to be there. Japanese woodcut printmaking JANE SAMPSON fine artist/printmaker and ANDY WHITE MA consultancy) I’ve met some great people - fellow creative NEW spirits, and we’ve subsequently met up to Learn the basic techniques of Japanese June 18–21 Three Days £359 I was keen to find a more share resources, skills and experiences which woodcut using the relief woodcut process Intermediate/Advanced 3D7057 has really enabled me to improve my skills. with watercolour inks. Printing by hand with personal creative outlet, so a I’m now selling a few of my pots in a gallery damp paper allows the delicate transparency short course was the perfect in Cornwall, so really West Dean College has of a watercolour painting in print.
created my practice from scratch. CHRIS DAUNT wood engraving Jane Sampson way to try something new. blockmaker I will definitely do May 26–29 Long Weekend £370 Having got the ‘pottery bug’ on my first Suitable for all LW7006 course I was soon back to improve my more courses - I’m just throwing skills. at the beginning of my life with clay!
35 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 36 Etching workshop Discover traditional etching methods and experience a variety of techniques, including SCULPTURE aquatint and soft ground, as you work on projects such as a portrait, landscape or Automata 38 an architectural subject. The art-historical Carving in Stone and Wood 38-39 context of this subtle and expressive Modelling, Casting and Other Techniques 39-40 printmaking medium will be revealed in For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 lectures and demonstrations. JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author September 17–21 Four Days £472 Suitable for all 4D7244
Photo screenprinting Explore the possibilities of the photo-stencil. Learn how to coat, expose and recycle photo screens and to make positives by hand to achieve a range of graphic effects. Use Photoshop to create computer-generated positives and colour separations, enabling
Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson you to include photographic imagery in your work. Printmaking with lino Linocut printmaking with JANE SAMPSON MA fine artist/ Enjoy the tutor’s experimental and confidence printmaker Automata Paper engineering – a pop-up Greenwood carving – spoons or treehouse NEW small vessels NEW enthusiastic approach to lino. Equip yourself Create images intuitively, take risks and work September 24–28 Four Days £481 with technical skills and gain control of your fast to make one-off prints using cut paper Intermediate 4D7262 Making automata Please see page 7 for further information. Please see page 56 for further information. printmaking to freely explore the medium’s stencils, lino and printing ink. Develop these Be introduced to basic mechanisms and PAUL JOHNSON award-winning NIC WEBB artist-maker: wood and clay potential. Areas covered include reduction further by cutting into your blocks and over- paper engineer lino, making multi-coloured prints, using laying colour. Relief printmaking NEW experiment with ways in which they can be May 7–10 Three Days £364 July 5–7 Two Days £235 caustic soda on lino, and printing without a Discover how to produce relief prints with a combined with form to create automata Suitable for all 3D6960 DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, Suitable for all 2D7088 press. linocut specialist hand press. Learn the materials and techniques with a narrative theme. The combination of DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, including stencils, painting and cutting effects, movement and materials such as wood, wire, September 13–15 Two Days £243 Stone carving in the landscape linocut specialist registration, overprinting and inking. metal tube and sheet, found objects and Make automata and moving toys Suitable for all 2D7233 figures will be explored with these simple NEW CAROLINE WENDLING multidisciplinary July 29–August 4 Summer School £741 mechanisms. Enjoy creative play with simple mechanisms Learn the skills and techniques necessary Suitable for all SS7140 artist/print specialist and a range of materials as you design and FI HENSHALL automata maker to create a stone carving for the outdoor September 29–October 1 Weekend £237 make moving toys and automata. Starting environment. Make sculptures to be placed Hybrid printmaking Suitable for all WE7271 May 2–5 Three Days £369 with a basic moving toy you will explore the in an urban, garden or natural setting and Suitable for all 3D6946 materials available, including wood, string, discover how to select your stone, location, Experiment with multiple print methods plastic, driftwood and other reclaimed or light and texture and design. You will also within the same image to make unique prints. recycled objects. Then inspired by the tutor’s consider other sculptors, natural rock forms, Lino, dry-point, collograph and monoprint are collection of moving toys from around the ancient civilisations and the power of stone. the main mediums, combined with various world, develop your ideas and see at least colour and monochrome techniques. PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone one of your designs through to completion. carver MARY DALTON RCA master printmaker ROBERT RACE automata maker May 14–19 Five Days £526 August 5–11 Summer School £699 August 12–18 Summer School £369 Suitable for all 5D6981 Suitable for all SS7152 Suitable for all SS7161 Netsuke carving Woodcut prints – exploring the process Carving in Stone Please see page 57 for further information. and Wood PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor Experiment with this ancient art form as and author you explore woodcut printing techniques using the wood itself as a starting point. Use An introduction to stone carving May 19–21 Weekend £225 a variety of woods and papers, experiment Beginners/Intermediate WE6991 Produce a simple stone sculpture and with cutting techniques and print with presses develop a good understanding of the or by hand. processes involved. First, model your idea in MERLYN CHESTERMAN woodblock clay and then transfer it to stone. The tutor printmaker and ROD NELSON author, will demonstrate the techniques and skills, as woodblock printmaker well as the appropriate use of chisels at each August 27–September 1 Five Days £567 stage, as you develop and refine your piece. Suitable for all 5D7195 SIMON KEELEY MA trained, stone carver April 7–9 Weekend £225
i Henshall Beginners WE6897 F Mary Dalton
37 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 38 Wildlife woodcarving in relief Stone carving – angels and demons Three-dimensional tapestry weaving Making through drawing and Please see page 57 for further information. NEW – soft sculptures NEW sculpture ALEX JONES fine woodcarver, sculptor Follow the whole process of stone carving, Please see page 53 for further information. Create sculptures through dynamic and from developing a design for your sculpture experimental approaches to drawing and June 9–11 Weekend £227 MARGARET JONES tapestry weaver, and modelling a clay maquette, to transferring QEST scholar making. Develop skills and new methods of Beginners/Intermediate WE7038 the information onto stone and learning producing work using a variety of materials, carving techniques and tools. May 14–17 Three Days £337 to expand your understanding of line and Intermediate/Advanced 3D6979 Revealing the narrative in wood – SIMON KEELEY MA trained, stone carver form. sculptural carving NEW JONATHAN GILDERSLEEVES practicing September 30–October 3 Three Days £329 Sculpting the female torso NEW artist, drawing, sculpture Discover the essence of timber’s beauty Suitable for all 3D7275 through sculptural carving. You will take a Working from a life model learn how to July 13–16 Long Weekend £349 walk in the West Dean woodland to seek out make an anatomically correct sculpture of Suitable for all LW7109 a tree branch which has a characteristic that Modelling, Casting and a female torso. You start by looking at form and anatomy, and then learn how to capture appeals to you. Once back in the workshop Exploring sculptural themes – figure, you will set about enhancing and focussing Other Techniques the essence of the subject by creatively on that element, through different carving investigating abstraction of form. Processes landscape, abstract and texture treatments, shaping and material Bronze casting – including wax covered include armature building, sculpting Work with a variety of materials such as clay, eeley removal, to reveal the story behind the tree. sculpting techniques and tools to use with clay. wire, wax and wood, to explore sculptural K WYCLIFFE STUTCHBURY artist IAN EDWARDS inspirational figurative themes and forms. Through a series of Create your own cast bronze sculpture on Simon sculptor exercises and taking inspiration from a model, this intensive course. You will first produce a June 26–28 Two Days £225 West Dean’s surrounding landscape, music Life modelling from the figure small (no bigger than 150mm) wax sculpture May 14–18 Four Days £499 Suitable for all 2D7067 or your own emotions, experiment with how for casting as you learn about the qualities Suitable for all 4D6980 Learn modelling techniques using clay to materials can express these ideas and forms. of waxes, gain skills with tools and look at create a small figure and a portrait head. There is then plenty of time to pursue a Small carving in alabaster and finishing techniques. Discover wax pouring, Working from a model you develop skills An introduction to sculpture – longer study in a chosen field. soapstone silicone mould making, lost wax casting and in looking and observing, explore form modelling and carving JON EDGAR sculptor Learn about techniques and tools with these bronze casting processes, while producing at and structure, use of plumb line and easy to carve stones and make sculpture least one small completed piece. A practical introduction to sculptural form August 5–11 Summer School £781 negative space. There will be discussions up to 15cm high. Ideas for carvings can be StutchburyWycliffe SHANE WHITEHEAD artist and sculptor which explores building up using – modelling Suitable for all SS7151 and demonstrations of different tools and figurative or abstract. Beginners can expect to wax/clay, and taking away by carving clay/ the marks they make, as well as aspects of April 25–May 2 Seven Days £839 finish at least one piece. Polyphant carving – English introducing soft stone. Discussion is diverse anatomy and modelling facial details. Suitable for all 7D6932 and supportive of continued exploration. Sculpting in metals PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone soapstone NEW GILBERT WHYMAN sculptor, clay, metal Please see page 22 for further information. carver Polyphant soapstone hails from Cornwall, JON EDGAR sculptor September 21–24 Long Weekend £399 it looks like granite but carves like wood. Taxidermy for beginners May 19–21 Weekend £243 MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal Beginners/Intermediate LW7252 July 7–10 Long Weekend £329 sculptor Suitable for all LW7097 Coloured grey, green, blue and mottled with Learn traditional taxidermy techniques and Beginners WE6989 spots, the stone is heavy, heat absorbing and how to arrange a bird’s skin to create a August 12–18 Summer School £773 Ceramic animal sculpture NEW relatively easy to work with. Using different life-like pose. You are taught how to skin, Suitable for all SS7164 Sculptural woodcarving techniques and tools the surface can be preserve and reconstruct using wood, wool Introduction to mould making and Please see page 35 for further information. textured or polished. Learn to carve this and thread using minimal chemicals. casting NEW Learn to bring your ideas for woodcarving Portrait heads in terracotta – a CELIA ALLEN ceramic animal sculptor to life. Be guided through the process of beautiful stone taking inspiration from its Learn fundamental skills of how to mould, ROSE ROBSON sculptor, taxidermist September 22–25 Long Weekend £374 design idea and first stages of drawing to historical importance in art and culture. cast and finish a simple form in bronze resin. visual approach April 28–30 Weekend £260 Suitable for all LW7259 finished carving, supported by the tutor’s PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone RICHARD BALMAN sculptor, mould maker Create a life-sized portrait head and aim fun and inspiring approach. Maximise your carver Beginners WE6934 to capture the sitter’s essence. Sensitive June 3 One Day £181 idea bringing out its full potential, using the September 10–15 Five Days £526 observation will inform your clay modelling Sculpting with steel appropriate carving techniques. You will Suitable for all 1D7024 through a whole day, with two models being Suitable for all 5D7227 Modelling ceramic animals NEW Discover the potential of steel for making learn ways of carving that can both simplify used. You will then hollow out your second Please see page 33 for further information. sculpture. Demonstrations on steel fabrication and open up possibilities, to broaden your portrait head for firing and receive advice on Sculptural textile forms and manipulation are given and through an creative horizons and carving skills. Woodcarving for beginners JAMES ORT sculptor in clay mounting and finishing techniques. Please see page 51 for further information. evolving process of composition, you will then ALEX JONES fine woodcarver, sculptor Please see page 57 for further information. May 7–10 Three Days £374 JON EDGAR sculptor create a unique and accomplished personal Suitable for all 3D6962 SALLY FRESHWATER abstract textile July 29–August 4 Summer School £696 TED VINCENT RCA trained, woodcarver sculptor September 8–11 Long Weekend £373 object. Suitable for all SS7280 September 15–17 Weekend £235 Suitable for all LW7220 ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, Willow sculpture on a small scale June 26–29 Three Days £340 metalworker, sculptor Beginners WE7237 Intermediate/Advanced 3D7068 Lettercutting in stone and slate NEW Sculpture from scrap September 28–October 1 Long Weekend £384 Suitable for all LW7269 Please see page 8 for further information. Sculptural woodcarving Please see page 5 for further information. Sketching with paper clay – Please see page 22 for further information. TOM PERKINS lettering designer and Design and make a small sculpture in wood MARY BUTCHER contemporary sculpture from nature NEW PETER PARKINSON RCA trained, artist lettercarver basketmaker, curator, author, teacher blacksmith using an initial sketch model in Plasticine, Please see page 34 for further information. September 3–6 Three Days £329 producing templates then carving a finished May 10–12 Two Days £247 September 11–15 Four Days £484 piece. Learn how to use chisels, rifflers and Suitable for all 2D6965 NUALA O’DONOVAN sculptor working Suitable for all 3D7212 in porcelain Suitable for all 4D7231 abrasive materials for exciting surface effects. PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor July 9–14 Five Days £606 and author Intermediate/Advanced 5D7105 September 29–October 1 Weekend £236 Suitable for all WE7274
39 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 40 SUMMER SCHOOLS S ummer S chools chools S ummer S
Creative digital photography Week Two The surface within – contemporary hand felting techniques NEW VISUAL ART & CRAFT SUMMER SCHOOLS 2017 Week One ROY MATTHEWS freelance photographer, August 5–11 July 29–August 4 teacher LIZ CLAY feltmaker, textile designer, Your creative highlight of the year researcher £721 Suitable for all SS7145 Creative dyeing for scarves and These intensive week-long courses allow you to encounter a broad range of Printmaking with lino See page 32 fabric NEW £731 Suitable for all SS7155 creative insights that go beyond the course you sign up for. Relax with expert See page 52 DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, Create your own jewellery – an ISABELLA WHITWORTH textile artist, tutors and other students, exchanging ideas and experiences about your linocut specialist dyer, researcher, author practice. Whether you want time to really immerse yourself in your craft, to individual approach Contemporary enamel – altered £741 Suitable for all SS7140 £701 Suitable for all SS7150 surfaces and sensitive sifting NEW learn a new skill, or an artist’s retreat, come to West Dean in the height of See page 37 SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher See page 52 summer to experience all we have to offer. £691 Suitable for all SS7146 JESSICA TURRELL studio artist, enamel researcher Memoir writing NEW See page 21 Exploring sculptural themes – figure, £691 Intermediate/Advanced SS7156 Special Summer School features: JOHN O’DONOGHUE author, memoirist, landscape, abstract Clay, Smoke, Fire – throwing and See page 19 • Short inspirational talks by tutors and displays of their work lecturer JON EDGAR sculptor raku firing • A swap-over session to another course of your choice £691 Suitable for all SS7141 £781 Suitable for all SS7151 Personalities in clay – exploring See page 10 TIM ANDREWS clay, smoke, fire See page 40 • An optional evening at the Chichester Festival Theatre (prebooked) expression through throwing NEW £776 Intermediate/Advanced SS7147 KYRA CANE potter, mark-maker, author • A celebration with dinner, entertainment and music Painting trees and woods in oils See page 34 Hybrid printmaking £799 Intermediate/Advanced SS7157 • Workshop displays of students’ work and informal end-of-course group reviews TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils MARY DALTON RCA master printmaker See page 34 • If your stay includes 11-13 August enjoy the Chilli Fiesta in your free time Design and make mosaics £691 Suitable for all SS7142 £699 Suitable for all SS7152 Full details of each Summer School course is in its subject section See page 28 EMMA BIGGS artist, author, mosaicist See page 37 £691 Suitable for all SS7148 Comprehensive drawing course See page 18 Painting in egg tempera NEW JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author MAZ JACKSON egg tempera painter, £738 Suitable for all SS7143 Sculptural woodcarving printmaker See page 13 ALEX JONES fine woodcarver, sculptor £711 Suitable for all SS7153 As I was a complete beginner, I was very pleased to learn £696 Suitable for all SS7280 See page 27 Woven tapestry – manipulating weft See page 39 a new skill quickly and have several items of jewellery NEW Experimental watercolour with completed to take home. Thanks to the tutor for the mixed media NEW encouragement and challenge! PAT TAYLOR tapestry weaver £726 Suitable for all SS7144 CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, See page 54 Chinese methods Patricia McChesney, £691 Intermediate SS7154 Silversmithing – create vessels and sculptural jewellery See page 27 Mary Dalton
41 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 42 TASTER COURSES chools S ummer S sabella Whitworth sabella I Centre image: Centre image:
Week Three The wonders of warm glass Other Summer Perfect for both beginners and DRAWING Stained glass more experienced artists and Make a 20cm square traditional stained glass August 12–18 ALEX POWELL professional glass artist Schools craftspeople looking to try Introduction to life drawing NEW panel in a simple abstract design as you learn £801 Suitable for all SS7163 to cut and assemble with lead and solder. something different. Enjoy learning figurative drawing through a Abstract painting – finding See page 17 Chilingirian String Ensemble CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist your voice Summer School One day courses (1D) start at series of different exercises, focusing on tone and shape. May 31 One Day £142 Sculpting in metals Please see page 24 for further information. 9.15am and finish at 5pm. Further ROBERT SOSNER MA, professional SARKA DARTON MFA award-winning Beginners 1D7015 one day courses can be found in painter MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal CHILINGIRIAN QUARTET world artist/designer sculptor celebrated ensemble, inspirational teachers £694 Suitable for all SS7158 Gardening on pages 14-15. June 29 One Day £133 Stained glass See page 27 £773 Suitable for all SS7164 July 12–16 Four Days £506 Beginners 1D7071 Please see 1D7015 above for further information. See page 22 Intermediate/Advanced CQ7108 BASKETMAKING CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist Experimental landscape drawing An introduction to drawing NEW West Dean International Classical June 1 One Day £142 Silversmithing – create vessels and Willow basketmaking A basic introduction to drawing including Beginners 1D7017 sculptural jewellery Guitar Festival 2017 CAROLINE WENDLING multi-disciplinary Appreciate the special qualities of willow scale, tone and composition as you create Please see page 24 for further information. several pencil sketches. artist and print specialist ABIGAIL BROWN award-winning artist as you learn to weave two small items and incorporate colour patterns in your design. Mosaics £696 Intermediate/Advanced SS7159 silversmith FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: ANDREW JOHN T FREEMAN painter, etcher, author GOUGH classical guitarist, ensemble Learn how to cut and shape ceramic and See page 13 MARY BUTCHER contemporary August 25 One Day £126 £691 Suitable for all SS7165 director and teacher basketmaker, curator, author, teacher vitreous glass tiles to make a small mosaic See page 23 Beginners 1D7188 picture. August 19–24 Five Days £525 Contemporary basketmaking NEW July 10 One Day £117 Suitable for all CG7172 Beginners 1D7106 MARTIN CHEEK mosaic maestro, author TIM JOHNSON artist and basketmaker GLASS AND MOSAICS June 5 One Day £131 Beginners 1D7027 £731 Suitable for all SS7160 Silversmithing Summer School BOOKS See page 6 Please see page 23 for further information. Pebble mosaic making Stained glass JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith Bookbinding – create a unique Learn how to set pebbles into mortar and create two sample panels to either decorate Please see 1D7015 above for further information. Make automata and moving toys August 22–28 Six Days £691 journal your garden or develop into your own CAROLE GRAY stained glass artist ROBERT RACE automata maker Suitable for all 6D7183 Create a one-of-a-kind book while you garden path design. August 21 One Day £142 £736 Suitable for all SS7161 learn key bookbinding techniques. You will HILARY SHAND mosaic artist Beginners 1D7177 See page 38 make a multi-section binding with a playful combination of different papers, page April 20 One Day £126 sizes, pockets, fold outs and envelopes for Beginners 1D6919 Unfolding landscapes – cloth, paper inclusions. and stitch NEW TRACEY BUSH paper and book artist CAS HOLMES paper and textile artist, July 2 One Day £117 tutor, author Beginners 1D7083 £731 Suitable for all SS7162 See page 52 Jessica Turrell Jessica
43 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 44 Glass beadmaking METALWORKING Make a silver box or bowl Oil painting – a simple approach Sculpting with clay – farmyard Make glass drops and beads and create Learn basic silversmithing skills and the At your own pace, work from direct animals working properties of silver to make and unique jewellery. You will learn the basics of Blacksmithing observation on a simple still life as you learn Learn quick modelling techniques and this absorbing craft by melting glass in a torch finish a small bowl or box. to structure an oil painting and build up experience the pleasure of working with clay Learn how to forge hot metal using fire, flame to produce decorated beads. JOHN NORGATE silver and goldsmith colour. to create a farmyard animal. hammer and hand. You will bend, twist, shape BARBARA MASON beadmaker for 18 TOM BENJAMIN landscape painter in oils and punch to make both practical pieces and June 25 One Day £171 JON BARRETT-DANES potter, animal years sculptor, teacher sculpture. Beginners 1D7079 July 2 One Day £128 September 1 One Day £141 JAMES PRICE contemporary blacksmith Beginners 1D7081 April 20 One Day £126 Beginners 1D7206 and designer Botanical metalwork sculpture Beginners 1D6920 May 13 One Day £132 Make flowers with foliage using aluminium Botanical painting for beginners Beginners 1D6977 sheet. You’ll learn how to manipulate these Discover botanical painting techniques for Throwing pots materials by cutting, forming, texturing and drawing and painting plants from West Dean Learn how to throw on an electric potter’s Blacksmithing shaping. Gardens. wheel and create several stoneware pots. Please see 1D6977 above for further MIKE SAVAGE RCA trained, metal MARIELLA BALDWIN published botanical ALISON SANDEMAN established potter sculptor artist and teacher information. JAMES PRICE contemporary blacksmith July 15 One Day £134 July 3 One Day £128 May 30 One Day £125 and designer Beginners 1D7116 Beginners 1D7085 Beginners 1D7014 Hilary Shand May 14 One Day £132 SCULPTURE Beginners 1D6978 Blacksmithing PHOTOGRAPHY Inlaid coloured clay Try out basic tools and techniques used by Learn how to mix coloured clay and form Sculpting hands in clay – an Make a silver spoon the blacksmith in the hot-forging process, to Garden photography at West Dean patterned slabs to make platters, vessels, anatomical approach NEW make a small piece of work from steel. brooches and abstract sculptural forms. Experience hand forging Sterling Silver using Using the beautiful West Dean Gardens as Working from a cast, learn about the hammers to make a silver spoon as a special PETER PARKINSON RCA trained, artist JANE ABBOTT colourful potter, JEWELLERY AND blacksmith your source, learn how available light can experienced teacher anatomy of the hand as you sculpt naturalistic gift or a family heirloom. influence your images as you capture well- life-like hands in clay. ENAMELLING September 16 One Day £134 August 22 One Day £126 ABIGAIL BROWN award-winning artist composed pictures. IAN EDWARDS inspirational figurative Beginners 1D7242 Suitable for all 1D7182 silversmith JACQUI HURST editorial/garden sculptor Enamel silver earrings photographer June 5 One Day £141 April 12 One Day £121 Learn basic enamelling techniques and make Suitable for all 1D7028 PAINTING July 9 One Day £116 Introduction to Japanese pottery Suitable for all 1D6908 a pair of simple drop earrings. Beginners 1D7099 Discover how to make Japanese tableware. SHEILA R MCDONALD artist, enameller, The blacksmith’s craft Introduction to botanical drawing You will learn some simple techniques to Stone carving jeweller create rectangular dishes by Tebineri (coiling) Experience the rhythm of working hot steel NEW Inspired by a natural object, explore sculptural May 1 One Day £128 POTTERY and/or a tea bowl by Tamatsukuri (pinching). using fire, hammering and shaping at the anvil carving in soft, easily-shaped Maltese Beginners 1D6944 An introduction to the materials and RIE TSURUTA MA RCA, ceramist to make a small piece of work. techniques used to produce vibrant, coloured Limestone. Throwing pots NEW August 24 One Day £126 ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, pencil plant portraits and a chance to try SIMON KEELEY MA trained, stone carver Jewellery – silver and gold earrings metalworker, sculptor these out with guidance. Discover the basic skills of throwing on the Beginners 1D7185 potter’s wheel. June 11 One Day £126 Make a pair of beautiful contemporary June 24 One Day £134 ANN SWAN SBA – award-winning artist Beginners 1D7040 keum-boo (fusing gold foil onto silver) drop Beginners 1D7078 and author JO DAVIES ceramicist, potter, teacher PRINTMAKING earrings, including shaping and texturing. April 18 One Day £125 June 24 One Day £130 Carving a small soapstone sculpture SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher The blacksmith’s craft Beginners 1D7062 Beginners 1D6917 Lino printmaking Try direct carving and create your own hand- June 24 One Day £128 Please see 1D7078 above for further information. Create a variety of exciting and unique held, tactile soapstone sculpture. Beginners 1D7063 Watercolour painting ANDREW SMITH MA RCA, blacksmith, artworks, cut designs into printing blocks, PAULA HAUGHNEY sculptor, stone metalworker, sculptor Learn to handle brushes, use colour and overlay images and use printing inks and carver Enamel silver earrings June 25 One Day £134 study form and composition as you paint in stencils. watercolour. September 10 One Day £125 Please see 1D6944 above for further Beginners 1D7084 DALE DEVEREUX BARKER Slade trained, Beginners 1D7224 information. CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, linocut specialist Chinese methods SHEILA R MCDONALD artist, enameller, May 15 One Day £120 jeweller June 30 One Day £117 Beginners 1D6985 TEXTILES August 21 One Day £128 Beginners 1D7073 Beginners 1D7178 Printing colour on fabric – simple Painting with acrylics heat transfer techniques NEW Silver jewellery Discover form, colour balance and brush Get instant results and glorious colours with Discover basic jewellery making techniques as handling as you draw and paint from still life a heat press (or regular iron). Print flat colour you make and decorate a simple silver ring. and explore the versatility of acrylics. onto manmade fabrics and leather to create exciting surfaces for textiles or jewellery. SARAH MACRAE studio jeweller, teacher CHRISTINE FORBES drawing, painting, Chinese methods CAROLE WALLER fine art textile artist September 9 One Day £131 July 1 One Day £117 Beginners 1D7223 May 20 One Day £121 Beginners 1D7077 Beginners 1D6995
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Woodturning – make a small bowl TEXTILES Learn all about woodturning techniques and Embroidery, Stitch and Accessories 48-49 complete a simple turned bowl. Leatherwork 50 COLIN SIMPSON registered professional Art Textiles 50-53 woodturner Constructed and Woven Textiles 53-54 For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 April 21 One Day £131 Beginners 1D6923
Woodcarving Discover the essentials of woodcarving as
Anne Tomlin you carve a simple relief of a fish, fruit or other object in limewood. Make a silk daisy chain – millinery Making pictures with fabric PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor techniques NEW and stitch and author Learn to make delicate realistic silk daises Explore colour and fabric choices, placing and June 25 One Day £113 using traditional French and Japanese heated the use of stitch and other embellishments to Beginners 1D7082 millinery tools, dyes and sewing. create your own picture. ANNE TOMLIN millinery silk flower JANET BOLTON textile artist Woodturning – make a small bowl Cas Holmes maker July 17 One Day £113 Create a small bowl as you try your hand at June 29 One Day £116 Beginners 1D7120 woodturning and make objects from ash or Embroidery, Stitch and Shoe making in decorative fabric Hand embroidery – tips and Suitable for all 1D7072 sycamore. Accessories Discover shoe making from start to finish as techniques Colour and layers in felt making DAVE REGESTER professional woodturner you make a simple pair of sling-back heeled Are you keen to try hand embroidery but shoes or ballet-pump flats. Using pre-made don’t know where to start, or have an on- Leathercraft – sew a suede purse NEW September 18 One Day £131 Machine embroidered jewellery and patterns, cut your upper fabric from chosen going project and need help? Take advantage NEW Beginners 1D7248 Felt making is one of the oldest forms of accessories Japanese kimono fabrics, then mould the of the tutor’s comprehensive knowledge of Learn basic leather craft skills, including saddle making non-woven fabric. Discover and uppers, line and sole, to create yourself a truly hand embroidery techniques and gain new stitching, while working with suede. You will Create unique embroidered wearable art explore the qualities of colour and the Woodturning – make a small bowl unique handmade pair of shoes. skills and fresh ideas to move your project make two accessories, a coin purse and a or accessories inspired by flowers and other possible design ideas that emerge at each HETTY ROSE shoe designer-maker forward, or begin a new one. drawstring pouch. stage while making fine felt samples. Please see 1D7248 above for further natural forms. Using freehand machine information. embroidery techniques with water dissolvable SHELLEY COX specialist embroiderer, TIBOR EPERJESSY artisan leather May 1–5 Four Days £511 JEANETTE APPLETON textile artist and fabric, you will learn how to manipulate your teacher, needlework restorer craftsman tutor DAVE REGESTER professional woodturner Intermediate 4D6945 stitching into stunning sculptural jewellery or May 22–25 Three Days £329 June 30 One Day £128 September 19 One Day £131 July 20 One Day £117 other decorative accessories. Beginners/Intermediate 3D6998 Beginners 1D7249 Contemporary decorative Beginners 1D7074 Beginners 1D7124 LINDSAY TAYLOR machine embroiderer, artist embroidery NEW Fearless free machine quilting Make a colourful hand embroidered Machine embroidered landscapes April 9–12 Three Days £337 Learn traditional needlework techniques as contemporary surface embellishments. Explore a range of creative ways to use free brooch NEW Learn how to create a small machine- Beginners/Intermediate 3D6906 Enjoy combining stitches, using exotic colour machine stitching to enhance the surface and You will be introduced to traditional embroidered landscape, making textures silks, threads and beads to make your own texture of quilts or other textile projects. crewelwork and canvaswork embroidery with basic stitches. Fabrics are layered then Silk textile purses or containers embroidered textile art. (Sewing machine know-how required.) stitches, to create your own embroidered stitched using an embroidery hoop. with silver framework HARRIET FRANCES STILES hand JANICE GUNNER textile artist and quilter brooch. WENDY DOLAN experienced textile Learn techniques to create unique silk embroidery, adornment designer HARRIET FRANCES STILES hand artist, tutor, lecturer May 26 One Day £126 embroidery, adornment designer evening purses or decorative containers May 12–14 Weekend £237 Intermediate 1D7001 July 28 One Day £116 with delicate silver framework or handles. Suitable for all WE6973 July 3 One Day £121 Beginners 1D7139 Techniques include simple metalwork, Suitable for all 1D7087 methods for making rounded shapes, Millinery silk flower making – roses Weaving, pure and simple NEW ridged box shapes or soft-sided bags and Make a tapestry brooch NEW embellishing with silk paints, layered fabrics or NEW Learn to weave with a simple backstrap embroidery. Learn the basics of tapestry weaving on loom, experimenting with colour and varied Master the art of silk flower making and EMILY JO GIBBS textile artist, embroidery create three different roses using traditional a small scale by making a brooch with a materials to design items such as bracelets, and mixed media landscape or abstract design. table mats and wallhangings. French and Japanese heated tools to April 20–23 Long Weekend £359 manipulate the fabric. Create authentic LOULOU MORRIS tapestry artist, ANN RICHARDS weaver, teacher, author colours with dyes, make stamens, bond silk educator and DEIRDRE WOOD weaver, designer, Suitable for all LW6922 teacher layers, disguise wire and bind stems. Finally July 5 One Day £121 construct a small arrangement on a small hat Beginners 1D7279 September 6 One Day £123 base or band. Beginners 1D7216 ANNE TOMLIN millinery silk flower maker rances Stiles F May 19–22 Long Weekend £339 Suitable for all LW6994 Anne Tomlin Harriet
47 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 48 Digitally printed textile design Silk painting scarves for beginners Gain an insight into using Adobe Photoshop NEW to make designs for digitally printed textiles Use vibrant steam-fixed dyes to develop from your own photographs. Learn relevant brilliant silk painted designs and patterns. Photoshop skills, how to take suitable images Inspiration for original pattern-making is and about composition and repeat pattern, discussed and techniques used include as you explore the design process through a wax resist, shibori, direct application or a series of exercises. Leave with your digital files combination. ready to send off for printing on fabric. (Only ISABELLA WHITWORTH textile artist, suitable for competent computer users.) dyer, researcher, author Jeremy and CarlaJeremy Bonner EMMA BURTON RCA trained, printed textile designer April 24–27 Three Days £349 Leatherwork Beginners 3D6931 April 9–12 Three Days £344 Beginners/Intermediate 3D6905 Leather shoe making – summer Overlays – a creative textile workshop moccasins NEW Tales in papier-mâché, knitting Experience the satisfaction of producing and stitch Explore the physical and conceptual layering your own pair of coloured soft leather or of information as you create a personal suede moccasin ankle boots or Romanesque Stories, lists and poems all conjure up images two-dimensional laminate of imagery, sandals, as you learn the basics of handmade with narrative. Explore ways of working with incorporating tensioned layers of cloth with shoe making. Decide on colour combinations, readily accessible materials to make creatures stitch, paint and other mixed media. Each sole materials and detailing, as you cut and their surroundings that illustrate a tale. laminate is then cut into and this journey and assemble with hand stitching. Then Use papier-mâché, fabric, wool, broken through successive layers from different personalise with emblems, punch details, toys and found objects to develop quirky directions reveals unexpected configurations
Emily Jo Gibbs Emily fringes and other fun elements. characters with a tale to tell. and relationships. Expect to articulate your thinking and critical analysis during this BERNADETTE HEHENBERGER shoe JULIE ARKELL maker: papier-mâché/ designer, handcraft advocate textiles experimental course. Hand embroidery – stitching with Pattern cutting and sewing a soft, Machine embroidery – places and April 16–20 Four Days £429 MICHAEL BRENNAND-WOOD visual June 6–9 Three Days £344 artist, curator, lecturer, arts consultant vintage style unlined or reversible coat NEW journeys Suitable for all 3D7278 Suitable for all 4D6914 Using 1930s embroideries as inspiration, Construct your own softly tailored coat Inspired by places and journeys personal May 7–10 Three Days £349 Intermediate/Advanced 3D6958 learn a range of basic embroidery stitches based on your own measurements. A classic to you, combine a range of mixed media Make a leather day bag NEW and simple needlelace techniques to create round neck style will be the basis, which you techniques to create a unique textile image. three-dimensional effects. Stitches are taught can individualise with sleeve and hem length. Use maps with transfer printing techniques Working from templates make a simple as mini samplers which can then be made Personalise your coat with simple pockets and combine with freehand machine shoulder bag using vegetable tanned leather. into buttons, badges or jewellery. or the trim of your choice, and capture an embroidery, layering fabrics and three- After cutting, punching, edge finishing, hand FLEUR OAKES embroiderer, lacemaker elegant, understated style. You will leave with dimensional textural effects to express your stitching and riveting, you will go home with a made-to-measure pattern and a well- ideas. an A4 sized bag on your shoulder. July 5–7 Two Days £225 tailored coat. WENDY DOLAN experienced textile JEREMY AND CARLA BONNER designer- Beginners/Intermediate 2D7089 ALLISON RODGER couture designer, artist, tutor, lecturer makers, Bonner Leather Studio bespoke clothing August 31–September 3 Long Weekend £339 July 16–19 Three Days £389 Needlelace embroidery – stitch a August 21–25 Four Days £451 Suitable for all LW7203 Intermediate 3D7119 bee or butterfly broochNEW Intermediate/Advanced 4D7180 Learn the basic technique of needlelace Pictures in free machine embroidery Art Textiles making and with some simple embroidery Blocked hats in straw and felt NEW stitches make a butterfly, bee or insect of Develop machine embroidery skills and make your choice to mount onto a brooch. Discover the traditional millinery techniques a picture or stitched piece. Working from Sampled and remixed – adventurous used to create a blocked hat or headpiece your own reference material, explore the FLEUR OAKES embroiderer, lacemaker to your own design. Working with either felt numerous techniques and textures that can drawing for textiles July 8 One Day £116 or straw, you will progress from raw material be created with colour, threads and stitch. Explore adventurous and playful ways to Beginners/intermediate 1D7098 through blocking, wiring, edging, setting LINDA MILLER machine embroiderer gather and manipulate visual imagery and petersham, refining the shape, and trimming. develop ideas for textiles, through drawing, September 3–6 Three Days £329 SARAH CANT couture milliner painting, stencilling and collage. Initially Quilting with appliqué and machine Suitable for all 3D7213 working from observation, you will then stitch drawing August 24–27 Long Weekend £354 sample and re-mix imagery, playing with Grasp a quick and effective way to make Beginners/Intermediate LW7187 Traditional upholstery for beginners colour, line, pattern and shape to exploit machine appliquéd images. Combine free visual information and develop ideas, which Please see page 58 for further information. machine drawing with the tutor’s innovative can be translated using textile materials method to give your motifs plenty of RICHARD RICARDO master upholsterer and processes. The emphasis will be on individual development and an evolving individuality and personality. You will learn September 21–24 Long Weekend £344 personal visual language. all the techniques you need to extend your Beginners LW7254 sewing skills and create a small quilt. MATTHEW HARRIS textile artist JANET CLARE textile designer, quilter, April 3–7 Four Days £436 author Advanced 4D6894 July 18–21 Three Days £329 Beginners/Intermediate 3D7121 Textile bursary available, please see website. Michael Brennand-Wood
49 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 50 Shibori dyeing for textiles Explore the fascinating art of stitched, tied, wrapped and clamped resist-dyeing techniques on a range of fabrics. Experiment The tutor’s ability to with dyeing and over-dyeing using modern challenge different ability fibre reactive dyes to achieve stunning effects on fabric, which you can incorporate into levels through individual your quilting, embroidery or textile projects. support was excellent. JANICE GUNNER textile artist and quilter Clare Whitaker, Hand knitting – May 26–29 Long Weekend £339 designing from nature Suitable for all LW7007 Sculptural textile forms Printing with light – photograms on Make three-dimensional forms with pliable paper and fabric materials using skeletal supports, stiffening and casting. Start with a series of exercises sabella Whitworthsabella Discover how to create blueprint I photograms (cyanotypes) on paper, cotton to learn techniques using both paper and Silk painting using Japanese rozome and silk to achieve striking photographic fabric and then consider enhancing surfaces techniques effects. After creating a series of samples you by stitching and embellishing. You will then will experiment with the technique and work develop a piece from your ideas and creative Achieve luminous effects on silk fabric with on an individual project adding texture and practice. Japanese rozome, an ancient wax resist stitch. Wellesley-Smith Claire technique. Using a variety of methods for SALLY FRESHWATER abstract textile sculptor applying hot wax resists in combination BARBARA GUNTER-JONES printed textile artist Hand painted silk scarves – An introduction to Photoshop for The surface within – contemporary with masks and stencils, dyes are applied by June 26–29 Three Days £340 developing design, building textile design hand felting techniques NEW controlled brush-dyeing. Create silk scarves June 11–14 Three Days £360 Intermediate/Advanced 3D7068 technique NEW and panels as you learn to shade and layer Suitable for all 3D7041 Aimed at designers and artists with an Explore a range of contemporary hand felting colours. Build on your existing technical skills for interest in textiles and printing, who wish to techniques to produce dynamic effects within Lino block printed linen textiles hand painting silk and develop a measured learn new digital skills or improve existing the surface of your fabric. Layers, pattern and MANDY SOUTHAN textile artist, bead Stitched textiles inspired by historic skills. You will be encouraged to follow your resists are combined with nuno felt, stencils, maker, author Drawing on traditions of block printed approach to creating and interpreting your textile sources NEW textiles from the mid 20th century, develop own designs. Learn how to select an effective own creative path, as you learn to scan your laminating and cutwork, inspired by your May 7–10 Three Days £346 Using antique textiles on display at West and cut a lino block to print as a single colour colour palette, record dilutions and mixtures artwork, create colour separations, design own photographs and drawings of nature or Intermediate/Advanced 3D6959 Dean and Ruth’s own collections as cushion design. You will be introduced to of steam-fix dyes, the importance of well- repeat patterns and prepare files for digital the manmade environment. You will create inspiration, explore a variety of textile a spectrum of ideas from bold abstract to planned backgrounds, and use of thickened printing using Adobe Photoshop. distinctive patterns and designs for use in Colour into cloth – screenprinting techniques and exciting materials to create animals or delicate florals, and print your dyes, as you make a sample sketchbook and/ SAM PICKARD printed textile interior projects or decorative elements in garment construction. and painting your own textile artwork. Experiment with block onto natural linen fabric. or scarves. designer/maker hand and machine embroidery, appliqué, and PETER BISHOP graphic designer, LIZ CLAY feltmaker, textile designer, HUGH DUNFORD WOOD sketcher, ISABELLA WHITWORTH textile artist, Adobe certified instructor If you have a passion for colour and simple print and surface embellishment to painter, printer dyer, researcher, author researcher contemporary textiles, this course introduces July 25–28 Three Days £349 develop ideas, designs and stitched samples. July 6–9 Long Weekend £361 July 20–23 Long Weekend £349 August 5–11 Summer School £731 simple ways to experiment with dyes and Beginners/Intermediate 3D7138 pigments on cloth. Through screenprinting, RUTH SINGER textile artist, author, tutor Suitable for all LW7091 Intermediate/Advanced LW7125 Suitable for all SS7155 monoprinting and painting directly on silk or June 12–16 Four Days £426 cotton fabric, you will develop an individual Intermediate/Advanced 4D7045 Hand sewn narrative textiles Approaches to stitch-based creative Creative dyeing for scarves and Unfolding landscapes – cloth, paper visual style and create painterly fabric for wall practice fabric NEW and stitch NEW pieces, interior textiles or unique clothing. Create unique fabric pictures by combining Experimental drawing for textiles ideas, materials and techniques intuitively. Discover different approaches to hand Discover dyes and the creative dye processes Taking inspiration from both material and CAROLE WALLER fine art textile artist You will learn wax Work directly with fabrics and found objects stitching as you consider the importance for silk scarves and fabric. place, explore the use of layers in found Examine playful ways to generate images and resist, direct painting, dip-dyeing and several May 16–19 Three Days £349 to piece together your composition using of technique, effect and exploration. Start textiles and papers to create folding forms visual information through drawing. Learn to shibori techniques, and use both steam-fixed Suitable for all 3D6986 simple hand-sewing and shape cutting by making sample sheets and then through and objects inspired by the land and interpret marks, shape and texture using a dyes and a natural indigo vat. The opportunity methods. individual tutorials develop new directions landscape. Print, dye, collage and stitch will range of textile materials. The emphasis is on to use both natural and synthetic dyes JANET BOLTON textile artist and confidence in your work as you find a transform the ordinary into the extraordinary Growing an idea – developing a the individual quality of any material to create offers a historical and practical link between something unexpected. personal approach. as new surfaces emerge and your landscape personal vocabulary for textiles July 13–16 Long Weekend £329 processes. Those with more experience are unfolds. MATTHEW HARRIS textile artist Suitable for all LW7110 JAMES HUNTING professional welcome to develop skills in new directions. NEW embroiderer and educator CAS HOLMES paper and textile artist, Starting with an existing idea or work June 18–21 Three Days £329 ISABELLA WHITWORTH textile artist, tutor, author July 23–27 Four Days £446 in progress, this creative development Intermediate/Advanced 3D7058 Colourful contrast in felt making dyer, researcher, author Intermediate/Advanced 4D7131 August 12–18 Summer School £731 opportunity will teach you methods to grow Explore the surprising colour mixes and August 5–11 Summer School £701 Suitable for all SS7162 and distil your idea, to evolve a small group of surface effects you can achieve through Suitable for all SS7150 textile pieces based on a common element. the felt making process. Experiment with You will leave with a personal repertoire of suggested themes to develop your own ideas textile surface treatments using simple print and projects. processes, manipulation and assemblage. JEANETTE APPLETON textile artist and The best course I have ever been on. The tutor’s personal approach and desire to work CAROLINE BARTLETT textile artist and tutor educator with each of us as individuals made this a unique experience. July 16–19 Three Days £329 May 22–25 Three Days £349 Beginners/Intermediate 3D7118 Julie Hutt, Hand embroidery – Intermediate/Advanced 3D6999 the emotion of stitch
51 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 52 Creative textiles using felt Hand knitting – designing Hand knitting – starting points and making processes from nature building confidence Explore the fabulous potential of felt to Learn how to interpret leaves and flowers Beginners, or those who want a fresh start cross boundaries into hand knitting, simple into design motifs for hand knitting. West in hand knitting, will learn some basic stitches weaving and sculpture. Create beautiful Dean Gardens provide source material as and to see how even the simplest stitches woollen fabrics for clothing and learn to make you learn how to graph out your designs. can be used creatively. You will knit samples three-dimensional constructions suitable for Then use Sasha’s intarsia knitting technique, to understand how stitches affect and shape sculpture or jewellery. make repeat patterns and work with colour the fabric, as well as how they can be used HEATHER BELCHER textile artist, felt and texture. You will need only basic knitting decoratively. Work at your own pace, towards maker skills in knit and purl. a design idea of your choice. August 28–31 Three Days £329 SASHA KAGAN RCA, knitwear designer ALISON ELLEN knitter, designer, teacher, and textile artist author Suitable for all 3D7198 June 5–8 Three Days £339 September 1–3 Weekend £225 Paper, text and image – art textiles Intermediate 3D7030 Beginners WE7208 Taking inspiration from everyday domestic objects or natural forms as a starting point, Tapestry weaving – the basics Creative crochet NEW
develop a study on a small canvas with a still Learn the process of flat woven tapestry, agan Learn to play with yarn and hook to create life or nature inspired theme. You will explore taking inspiration from a favourite image. K interesting, versatile three-dimensional fabrics
ways of transferring images, creating layers, After warping up a small frame loom, you will Sasha and begin to explore what crochet textiles collage and stitch with fabric, paper and text understand the basic principles of weaving have to offer. Starting with basic stitches and into a textured mixed media work. using different yarns, blending and combining Bobbin lacemaking crochet techniques you will make sample CAS HOLMES paper and textile artist, colour to create shapes and lines. swatches of texture, geometric motifs, trims Try out lacemaking without buying any tutor, author PHILIP SANDERSON master weaver, and flowers to create a library of ideas for designer, tutor equipment if you are a beginner, or work on use in future projects. September 1–3 Weekend £235 your chosen patterns (including Bucks Point, Suitable for all WE7209 June 9–11 Weekend £233 SASHA KAGAN RCA, knitwear designer Torchon or Bedfordshire lace) to develop and textile artist Beginners WE7036 your lacemaking skills. September 15–17 Weekend £235 Polychromatic printing with dyes on Margaret Jones JAN TREGIDGO bobbin lace maker, author and qualified teacher Beginners/Intermediate WE7238 paper and fabric Natural dyeing using common plants Textile basketry – twining and Constructed and looping using moulds July 21–23 Weekend £225 Polychromatic printing involves drawing and Learn about dyeing with ecologically sound, Making Chinese braids and braid painting with dyes directly onto silk screens. Woven Textiles Please see page 5 for further information. Suitable for all WE7130 low impact sources of colour from plants embroidery NEW Explore the creative potential of transferring and household ingredients. Use historic recipes MARY CRABB contemporary textile dyes onto fabric and paper using gums, resists Text in woven tapestry NEW to obtain brilliant colours. Woad, saffron, basketmaker Woven tapestry – manipulating weft Gain an insightful appreciation into Chinese and various mark-making processes. Focus madder and tansy are among the dye plants NEW braid embroidery with hands on study of on experimentation and developing personal An opportunity for tapestry weavers to July 7–9 Weekend £237 authentic pieces. Learn basic skills to make explore text as a concept, developing ideas used to colour samples of wool, silk and linen. Beginners/Intermediate WE7095 Experience the excitement of spreading, ideas. Some plants are gathered from West Dean a variety of braids and numerous patterns, and production methods, including discussion contracting, twisting, and wrapping warp then use for embroidery with various sewing DAWN DUPREE fine art printed textile on contemporary examples. Develop Gardens. designer threads while weaving tapestry creatively. techniques to create three-dimensional work. skills in aesthetic assessment and how to PENNY WALSH natural dye specialist Freed from the restriction of an image based September 8–11 Long Weekend £329 approach weaving both formal fonts or fluid, and author JACQUI CAREY maker, author and design, you will problem solve and play researcher of braids Suitable for all LW7221 handwritten texts. May 17–19 Two Days £240 intuitively with a variety of natural threads PAT TAYLOR tapestry weaver Suitable for all 2D6987 including cotton, mohair, linen and raw silk. September 27–29 Two Days £235 Slow textiles – natural dyeing, Create intuitive designs with enticing texture Suitable for all 2D7268 April 6–9 Long Weekend £354 and surface. piecing and hand-stitching NEW Intermediate/Advanced LW6895 Rag rug techniques – exploring PAT TAYLOR tapestry weaver Tapestry weaving for beginners Taking West Dean Gardens and the colour and surface July 29–August 4 Summer School £726 Learn woven tapestry techniques for shaping, surrounding landscape as inspiration, you will Three-dimensional tapestry weaving Explore the painterly and sculptural qualities Suitable for all SS7144 shading and weaving diagonals while you gain explore ideas that evoke a quality or sense of of traditional rag rug techniques to create – soft sculptures NEW experience and understanding of this medium place informed by specific location. You will decorative and functional textiles. Learn less You will be introduced to the concepts of to make a sample panel. use found marks to inspire simple mordant familiar embellishment methods for adding weaving tapestry as free-standing three- Explore tapestry weaving prints, collect local plants to make dyes and richness to the surface of your work with CARON PENNEY artist, artisan, tapestry dimensional sculpture and explore weaving Develop a clear understanding of the use piecing and hand stitching, while working fleece carving and wire-rapping. weaver both outside and in the studio. flat tapestries in a way which can be basic structure and materials used in the manipulated to produce soft organic forms LYNNE STEIN textile artist and author art of woven tapestry. From introductory September 29–October 1 Weekend £229 CLAIRE WELLESLEY-SMITH artist and Beginners WE7273 author once removed from the frame. Emphasis May 29–June 1 Three Days £329 techniques to more complex structures is on producing a shape from one piece Suitable for all 3D7010 including circles, the use of supplementary September 12–15 Three Days £339 of weaving with the minimum of stitching. warps and textured tapestry, make a selection Suitable for all 3D7232 Discussion includes form, supplementary of finished woven samples and find individual warps and colour. ways of producing woven tapestry. MARGARET JONES tapestry weaver, CARON PENNEY artist, artisan, tapestry QEST scholar weaver May 14–17 Three Days £337 August 27–September 1 Five Days £559 Intermediate/Advanced 3D6979 Beginners/Intermediate 5D7196
53 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 54 Furniture making for beginners – a small blanket chest NEW WOODWORKING AND Make a small blanket chest using solid wood. Through a series of demonstrations and practical support, you will be guided through FURNITURE MAKING the principals behind both carcase and frame Furniture 55-56 construction and the appropriate use of Wood, Carving and Turning 56-57 timber. Techniques for jointing and assembly Picture Framing, Gilding and Upholstery 58 include hand tools and the use of a router Musical Instrument Making 58 and a domino jointer. For Taster Courses see pages 44-47 TOM KEALY furniture designer, maker, tutor September 3–8 Five Days £551 Beginners 5D7214
Woodworking skills – portable bookcase project Get to know a range of useful woodworking skills and make a small portable bookcase. The tutor will guide you through measuring, marking, cutting, planing and jointing timber
using mainly hand tools. Murray Marks MARK CASS cabinet maker, Editor The Furniture Advanced furniture making – Greenwood Windsor chairmaking Woodworker magazine Wood, Carving and Turning greenwood individual projects NEW September 15–17 Weekend £295 Turning Discover how to convert greenwood to Furniture upcycling workshop with If you have a sound understanding of Learn traditional chairmaking techniques, Beginners WE7239 usable timber as you make several vessels in Furniture Magpies furniture construction and good practical as you make a cleft Windsor chair using wet wood, including a thin walled side-grain skills, extend your practice by working on a green ash with a seasoned wood seat. You Jewellery in wood with silver and and an endgrain vessel. Wood preparation Learn how to upcycle old furniture to make piece of furniture of your own design. Plans will shape most of the components with a Fine furniture techniques – a steam pearl inlay and drying are also covered. exciting new pieces with discarded and for a suitable project are drawn with the traditional drawknife and spoke shave, shape bent and inlaid tray COLIN SIMPSON registered professional broken furniture. You are shown tips and Please see page 20 for further information. tutor in advance, to maximise making time and steam bend the arm-bow of your chair, Learn key furniture making techniques, woodturner techniques using basic woodworking and SARAH KING contemporary jewellery during the course. Ideally suited to those then shape the seat individually with hand including steam bending, moulding, grooving, upholstery skills, while considering colour, designer April 21–23 Weekend £237 who have attended several furniture making tools and assemble. veneering and marquetry, as you make a form and function to create your own stylish Intermediate/Advanced WE6925 courses at West Dean College. PETER WOOD chairmaker, author and stylish oval serving tray with steam-bent sides April 7–9 Weekend £243 contemporary furniture. BERNARD ALLEN furniture designer- champion pole-lathe turner and a base inlaid with simple marquetry. Suitable for all WE6901 FURNITURE MAGPIES craftsman, teacher Shaker box making NEW NESSA DORAN O’REILLY and SAM July 18–23 Five Days £551 TOBY WINTERINGHAM contemporary HUTCHINGS innovative makers July 9–14 Five Days £624 Suitable for all 5D7123 furniture designer, marquetry specialist Learn how to make a set of three nesting Advanced 5D7103 September 22–24 Weekend £265 Shaker boxes in American red cherry. Guided June 16–18 Weekend £250 step-by-step through the process, you use Suitable for all WE7301 Beginners WE7051 traditional woodworking techniques for bending wood and crafting the iconic Shaker Make simple furniture – for ’swallow tail’ joint, while learning about the complete beginners Shaker principles underpinning the design. MURRAY MARKS Shaker box maker Learn basic woodworking techniques as you make a small bench. Timber is supplied and all April 28–30 Weekend £275 essential tools, hand planes and chisels will be Suitable for all WE6936 provided. TOM KEALY furniture designer, maker, Greenwood carving – spoons or tutor small vessels NEW July 6–9 Long Weekend £344 Carve wooden spoons or small vessels Beginners LW7092 from the branch of a tree using traditional woodcarving tools. Each step of the process is demonstrated from the selection and cleaving of greenwood, using a hand axe, chip knives, gouges and cabinet scrapers to final finishing. NIC WEBB artist-maker: wood and clay May 7–10 Three Days £364 Suitable for all 3D6960 urniture Magpies Peter Wood Peter F
55 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 56 Woodturning for beginners Starting out in woodturning Traditional upholstery for beginners Begin your journey into woodturning and learn Discover spindle and bowl turning techniques Upholster your own chair with a drop-in safe use of tools and working practices, wood as you make a bowl, goblet shape and seat. Learn how to fix webbing, make the grain orientation on the lathe, use of chucks lidded box. Learn essential tips such as the seat stuffing, cover it in calico and add fabric and what leads to good design and finishing. properties of wood, sharpening tools, chucks covering. The tutor will demonstrate all MARK HANCOCK designer-maker, and chucking methods. processes and give invaluable insights into the woodturner COLIN SIMPSON registered professional trade. woodturner June 9–11 Weekend £235 RICHARD RICARDO master upholsterer Beginners WE7037 August 18–21 Long Weekend £360 September 21–24 Long Weekend £344 Beginners LW7170 Beginners LW7254 Wildlife woodcarving in relief Explore the craft of woodcarving and its Woodcarving for beginners ealy For short courses in musical K potential to depict the beauty and vibrancy of After learning about timber and the use the natural world. Discover how to realise a of hand tools, practise carving exercises to instrument making and gilding Tom Tom design of your own choice carved in relief as develop your hand skills before you embark please visit www.westdean.org.uk Netsuke carving a decorative panel and learn about the safe on a relief-carving project based on natural use of woodcarving hand tools. forms. Create detail, form and texture in small Netsuke-style decorative carvings using ALEX JONES fine woodcarver, sculptor TED VINCENT RCA trained, woodcarver
wood, stag antler, artificial ivory, Perspex or June 9–11 Weekend £227 September 15–17 Weekend £235 ebb hard wax. After modelling small sketches in Beginners/Intermediate WE7038 Beginners WE7237 wax, you will carve using small, flexible drive Nic W pendant drills. Revealing the narrative in wood – Woodturning bowls from wet and Picture framing PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor Picture Framing and and author sculptural carving NEW seasoned wood Upholstery Experience and practise all aspects of the Please see page 39 for further information. Master techniques for turning bowls of picture framer’s craft. Using basic equipment, May 19–21 Weekend £225 you will learn techniques for creative mount Beginners/Intermediate WE6991 WYCLIFFE STUTCHBURY artist various shapes and sizes. Explore bowl design and be encouraged to tackle new forms and An introduction to picture framing cutting, mitre cutting, joining mouldings, June 26–28 Two Days £225 ideas. Complete a salad bowl, a textured Learn basic skills to mount and frame works choosing colour, proportion and glass cutting. Woodturning – hollow vessels with Suitable for all 2D7067 platter, an incurved bowl and a wet-turned of art to a high standard. Using quality JOHN HILL teacher, picture framer and surface embellisment bowl with a natural edge. materials and minimum equipment at each framing consultant Learn the skills required for turning hollow Sculptural woodcarving DAVE REGESTER professional woodturner stage, you will leave with the knowledge to September 17–21 Four Days £426 work independently. forms, beginning with the log and converting Please see page 39 for further information. September 19–22 Three Days £359 Suitable for all 4D7245 it into a finished piece. Unleash your JOHN HILL teacher, picture framer and ALEX JONES fine woodcarver, sculptor Suitable for all 3D7251 imagination to create your own vessel and framing consultant decorate it with techniques such as incising, July 29–August 4 Summer School £696 June 8–11 Long Weekend £329 texturing, gilding and colouring. Suitable for all SS7280 Sculptural woodcarving Beginners LW7033 MARK HANCOCK designer-maker, Please see page 39 for further information. woodturner PETER CLOTHIER woodcarver, sculptor June 5–8 Three Days £344 and author Intermediate/Advanced 3D7031 September 29–October 1 Weekend £236 Suitable for all WE7274
Tutor profile: Many of his most powerful sculptures are on a full size bust of the 13th century Abbot large-scale pieces, such as an 8ft Golden Aston of Hyde Abbey. Haired Long Horn Beetle in oak and lime Alex has recently appeared on the BBC’s Alex Jones wood inlay, and a 15ft-wing span Swallowtail Spring Watch and Flog it! Alex is a traditionally trained wood sculptor Butterfly carved in lime wood and oak inlay who uses time-honoured skills to create with wings covered in maple and oak veneer. powerful, original contemporary sculptures. Jones draws his inspiration from many After graduating from City & Guilds Art sources, from the kitsch quirkiness of Jeff College in London, in 1991 Jones spent a year Koons to the figurative beauty of Grinling as apprentice to Peter Turing, a wood carver Gibbons (Dutch-British, 1648 – 1721). in West Sussex. Current projects Inspirations and influences Alex is exploring bringing even more life Alex sets out to use his to his wooden insects by using automata mechanisms. A commissioned 8ft x 8ft Crane carved sculptures to Fly with moving wings is already in situ in a challenge people’s modern hallway. perceptions about the He is also turning his attention to the human form and the ability to depict life and natural world. character in wood; at present he is working
57 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 58 VISIT US – TALKS, B eCOME a Friend of COncerts AND West Dean EVENTS College Chilingirian Quartet CONCERTS 2017
Visit the Gardens Concert by the Chilingirian Quartet International Guitar Festival West Dean Arts & Craft Festival The Old Library, West Dean College The Old Library, West Dean College. 2–4 June 2017 West Dean Gardens is one of the greatest Mozart ‘ The Hunt’, K 458 The Auditorium at the Edward James Studios restored gardens open to the public in England. Elgar Quartet and St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean. The 300ft Edwardian Pergola, Walled Gardens, Beethoven Op 18 No 6 Sponsored by the Ramiréz Guitars, Classical An outstanding showcase of arts and craft activities, taking our former Design and Victorian Glasshouses, Spring Garden and Saturday 15 July, 8pm QT7256 £15 Guitar Centre Birmingham, Classical Guitar Craft Fair (which attracted 5,000 visitors last year) to an exciting new level. St. Roche’s Arboretum are yours to explore Magazine and the D’Addario Foundation. This year we are opening the doors to the historic West Dean House, to inspire you throughout the seasons. Recital of Music for Violin and Piano Special Offer: Season Ticket £45 with works from the Edward James Collection, house tours and the chance to dip into Garden events include Chilli Fiesta (11-13 August For all of the Guitar Festival concerts and Join our creative community the college’s rich history of arts and craft. 2017) one of the UK’s largest chilli festivals as The Old Library, West Dean College and support the artists and Performed by Roy Stratford (piano) and Open Day From the theatre of live arts and craft demonstrations, to hands-on taster workshops well as, Mother’s Day, Easter, Halloween and conservators of the future. Christmas family events. Oliver Nelson (violin) Concert by Pavel Steidl and shopping from 120 quality makers and designers, there is plenty to see and do. Music from Haydn and the Viennese Classics Our Friends are passionate about the St. Andrew’s Church Music, local food and drink, and free entry to award-winning West Dean Gardens Visit www.westdeangardens.org.uk Saturday 23 September, 8pm EC7267 £10 creative arts and conservation. As a complete this unique event. Saturday 19 August, 8pm GC7276 £15 College Friend you will join our vibrant www.westdean.org.uk community and be able to visit this GARDEN LECTURES Guitar Festival Open Day wonderful place of inspiration, peace and creative energy whenever you choose. 2017 Including exhibitions of music and instruments, a guitar makers’ showcase, In addition, you can enjoy exclusive These take place at the Auditorium at the member benefits. masterclass with Pavel Steidl and recital by Edward James Studios, West Dean Gardens Vincent Lindsey-Clark • A bespoke programme of College events entrance Sunday 20 August,12.30pm–7pm GC7277 • Complimentary year round entry to the £12 Gardens including all public event days Lessons from the landscape NEW • Regular updates through ‘Discover more’ Please see page 14 for further information Recital by Vincent Lindsey-Clark newsletters and enews bulletins JAMES and HELEN BASSON award-winning, • Access to the Craft Shop, College bar St. Andrew’s Church and dining room landscape designers Sunday 20 August, 6pm GC7173 £5 Sunday 23 July, 9.30am–3.00pm West Dean College is part of The Edward James Foundation, a charity established to GL7282 £73 Concert by Gaëlle Solal inspire learning in the creative and applied St. Andrew’s Church arts. When you become a Friend you Some like it hot and some don’t – Monday 21 August, 8pm GC7176 £12 support the development of this world- class education establishment and help selecting the right plants for your many more people develop and nurture garden NEW Concert by the Katona Twins their creative talent. Please see page 14 for further information The Auditorium To find out more, please ROSY HARDY plantswoman, nursery owner, Tuesday 22 August, 8pm GC7181 £12 21 RHS Gold Medals visit westdean.org.uk/friends Saturday 19 August, 9.30am–3.00pm or call us on 01243 818256 GL7171 £73 and begin your journey of creative discovery today! Gaëlle Solal
59 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 60 DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS WITH FURTHER STUDY FOUNDATION DIPLOMA CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL IN ART AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT (CPD) Under the guidance and instruction of highly qualified, specialist tutors, you will develop a rich portfolio of work, ensure your portfolio reflects your areas of interest and talents, and focus IN CONSERVATION on your career aspirations. Building Conservation Masterclasses (BCMs), provide training in technical and practical skills in Achieve your diploma at a pace to suit you upon successful completion of the introductory the repair and maintenance of historic structures. These intensive short courses are the result weekend course, nine short courses, two tutorials, submission of a portfolio, research and a of an ongoing collaboration with Historic England. A Professional Development Diploma can be final 2,000 word essay. The introductory course - Exploring approaches to creative journeys, achieved through the successful completion of 10 BCMs and the submission of a 3,000-word focuses on building and developing skills in drawing and exploration. Skills are further portfolio. Relevant to conservators, conservation officers, architects, surveyors, specifiers and developed by attending nine short courses chosen to fit your individual aspirations. You are specialist contractors, the courses are delivered by leading practitioners. supported in development through feedback from tutors on these nine courses, feedback Object and Materials Conservation courses (OMCs) are designed for professional whilst attending the Drawing Days programmed each month and two individual tutorials. Your conservators keen to refresh their skills and knowledge of developments in materials and selected courses must normally be completed within two years. techniques. Collaboration with relevant organisations and specialists delivers an outstanding Bursary range of expertise on each course. Some courses are workshop-based while others are conference-style events. Thanks to the support of an individual donor, a bursary is available for anyone aged 18 to 30 who would like to complete the FDAD, but can’t afford the full fee. British Library courses: We have collaborated with the British Library to deliver courses in preservation and collection care for libraries. Courses are aimed at professionals, conservation students and others interested in furthering their skills in this area. We can also create bespoke conservation courses, so whether you are a contractor who wants some training for your employees, or an organisation wanting to learn the basics, we can help. When I started the FDAD, I might have considered myself as someone who did a bit of drawing as a hobby. After two years of challenging, fascinating and deeply fulfilling study, For further information contact [email protected], 01243 818219 or visit www.westdean.org.uk I am proud to say that I consider myself as an artist.
FDAD Student DIPLOMA IN FOUNDATION, ART AND DIPLOMA, MA AND MFA Advance your study to gain an accredited qualification on our specialist Conservation CONTEMPORARY and Creative Arts programmes, validated by the University of Sussex: CRAFTS NEW • Foundation Degree (FdA) Historic Craft Practices specialising in Clocks, Furniture, This two year part-time programme provides further Metals or Musical Instruments development for students who have completed the • Visual Arts, with specialisms in Painting and Drawing, Sculpture, or Tapestry and Textile Foundation Diploma, for artists and makers wishing to Art, from diploma to MA and MFA progress their professional practice, and to develop a • MA Creative Writing and Publishing (p/t) portfolio to apply for the Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts • MA Collections Care and Conservation Management (p/t) at West Dean College. • Conservation of Clocks, Furniture, Books, Ceramics or Metalwork, from diploma to You will develop the skills essential to a successful, MA Conservation Studies sustainable studio practice, both practical and contextual. You can work across disciplines or choose to specialise in Gain advanced levels of practical skills and enjoy a low student-to-staff ratio. areas such as Painting and Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Enjoy a flexible interdisciplinary approach and an open exchange of ideas and Textiles, Ceramics, Wood, Metal and Jewellery. The information. Many graduates go on to become leading practitioners in their field. curriculum is delivered through eight three-day intensive study blocks over two years, attendance of short courses, Resources include large studios, dedicated workshops, open from 7am to 10pm seven further self-directed study blocks in the dedicated studio days a week, a specialist Art and Conservation Library and Analytical Laboratory. space, written assignments and monthly tutorials with In a 2016 student survey 92% of students said studying at West Dean College has specialist tutors. enhanced their skills and abilities. An affiliated Funding opportunities available for full time study. partner of Please visit www.westdean.org.uk for entry requirements and fees. Find out more +44 (0)1243 818291, For further information on the diplomas and the FDAD bursary contact Alison Baxter, Head of [email protected] Creative Enterprise. Email [email protected] or call 01243 818262. prospectus online www.westdean.org.uk.
61 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 62 Level of experience needed for each course BEG: Beginners iNT: Intermediate CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ADV: Advanced ALL: Suitable for all COURSES AND EVENTS Dates when courses run over the weekend are in bold. APR 1 Hand tied bouquets BEG/INT 14 MAY 7–10 Silk painting – Japanese techniques INT/ADV 51 JUNE 5 Mosaics taster BEG 44 JULY 6 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 23 APR 3–6 Stone setting INT/ADV 3 MAY 7–10 Greenwood carving ALL 56 JUNE 5 Make a silver spoon – a taster day ALL 45 JULY 6–9 Lino block printed textiles ALL 51 APR 3–7 Drawing for textiles ADV 50 MAY 7–10 Jewellery – re-cycle, re-craft ALL 20 JUNE 5–7 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 34 JULY 6–9 Make simple furniture BEG 55 APR 6–9 Text in woven tapestry INT/ADV 53 MAY 7–10 Modelling ceramic animals ALL 33 JUNE 5–8 Hand knitting – nature INT 54 JULY 7–9 Drawing from observation BEG/INT 12 APR 7–9 Drawing for beginners BEG 11 MAY 9–12 Create a unique book ALL 7 JUNE 5–8 Woodturning INT/ADV 57 JULY 7–9 Watercolour painting – loosening up ALL 30 APR 7–9 Stone carving BEG 38 MAY 10–12 Making marbled papers BEG/INT 7 JUNE 5–8 Willow bark basketry ALL 5 JULY 7–9 Textile basketry BEG/INT 5 APR 7–9 Watercolour painting BEG 29 MAY 10–12 Willow sculpture on a small scale ALL 5 JUNE 6–9 Make leather summer moccasins ALL 50 JULY 7–9 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 34 APR 7–9 Throwing and turning BEG 33 MAY 10–12 Black and white digital photography INT 31 JUNE 8–11 Picture framing BEG 58 JULY 7–10 Small stone carvings ALL 39 APR 7–9 Jewellery in wood with inlay ALL 20 MAY 11 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 23 JUNE 8–11 Silversmithing – engraving and carving ALL 23 JULY 8 Needlelace embroidery brooch BEG/INT 49 APR 8 Creative writing skills ADV 10 MAY 12 Reflective practice – peer to peer INT/ADV 9 JUNE 9–11 Drawing for beginners BEG 12 JULY 9 Garden photography – taster BEG 46 APR 9 Ukulele playing INT 24 MAY 12–14 Abstract painting ALL 26 JUNE 9–11 Tapestry weaving BEG 54 JULY 9–12 Calligraphy BEG 8 APR 9 Gardening – the small garden ALL 14 MAY 12–14 Willow basketmaking BEG 5 JUNE 9–11 Woodturning BEG 57 JULY 9–13 Botanical painting – summer colours ALL 25 APR 9–11 Experimental collage ALL 25 MAY 12–14 Marbling on paper and fabric INT 7 JUNE 9–11 Woodcarving in relief – wildlife BEG/INT 57 JULY 9–14 Drawing – mark-making ALL 26 APR 9–12 Digitally printed textile design BEG/INT 50 MAY 12–14 Contemporary decorative embroidery ALL 48 JUNE 10 Garden design ALL 15 JULY 9–14 Advanced furniture making ADV 55 APR 9–12 Machine embroidered jewellery BEG/INT 48 MAY 12–14 Making glass beads BEG 16 JUNE 11 Carving in stone taster BEG 46 JULY 9–14 General silversmithing ALL 23 APR 9–13 Pastel painting INT/ADV 26 MAY 12–14 Exploring form in ceramics INT 33 JUNE 11–14 Printing with light – photograms ALL 51 JULY 9–14 Sculpture from nature – paper clay INT/ADV 34 APR 12 Sculpting hands in clay – a taster day ALL 46 MAY 13 Blacksmithing – taster day BEG 45 JUNE 11–15 Bookbinding – making containers ALL 7 JULY 10 Willow basketmaking taster BEG 44 APR 13–16 Imaginative drawing – illustration ALL 11 MAY 14 Blacksmithing – taster day BEG 45 JUNE 11–15 Jewellery boxes INT/ADV 20 JULY 10–13 Basketmaking and chair seating ALL 6 APR 13–17 Pottery – a throwers’ workshop INT/ADV 33 MAY 14–17 Three-dimensional tapestry weaving INT/ADV 53 JUNE 11–16 Colourful woodcut printmaking ALL 36 JULY 12–16 The Chilingirian Quartet course INT/ADV 24 APR 14–16 Portrait painting in oil BEG 28 MAY 14–18 Sculpting the female torso ALL 40 JUNE 12–16 Stitched textiles INT/ADV 51 JULY 13–16 Making through drawing and sculpture ALL 40 APR 14–16 Japanese calligraphy BEG/INT 8 MAY 14–19 Stone carving in the landscape ALL 38 JUNE 14–16 Psycho-geography drawing INT 12 JULY 13–16 Narrative textiles ALL 51 APR 14–16 Macro photography ALL 31 MAY 14–19 Watercolours – light and texture INT/ADV 29 JUNE 15–18 Making kilnformed relief glass ALL 16 JULY 14–16 Paper drypoint printmaking ALL 36 APR 16–20 Make creatures to illustrate a tale ALL 50 MAY 14–19 Making jewellery in silver ALL 20 JUNE 15–18 Enamelling on silver ALL 19 JULY 14–16 Glass engraving ALL 17 APR 16–21 Composition in painting INT/ADV 26 MAY 14–19 Pottery – firing pots with wood INT/ADV 33 JUNE 16–18 Portrait in oils ALL 28 JULY 14–16 Hand built ceramics ALL 34 APR 17–21 Creative blacksmithing projects ALL 22 MAY 15 Lino printmaking – a taster day BEG 46 JUNE 16–18 Digital photography in the garden BEG/INT 32 JULY 14–16 Jewellery – colourful beads BEG/INT 21 APR 18 Pottery – throwing pots taster BEG 46 MAY 16–19 Painting and screen printing on cloth ALL 51 JUNE 16–18 Furniture upcycling workshop BEG 55 JULY 14–16 Painting still life in oils BEG 28 APR 18 Day jewellery workshop ALL 20 MAY 17–19 Natural dyeing ALL 53 JUNE 16–18 Blacksmithing BEG 22 JULY 14–17 Expressive watercolours INT 30 APR 20 Pebble mosaics – a taster day BEG 44 MAY 19–21 Portrait painting in oils INT/ADV 28 JUNE 16–18 Experimental drawing – pastels BEG/INT 12 JULY 15 Metalwork sculpture taster BEG 15 APR 20 Sculpting animals with clay – taster BEG 46 MAY 19–21 Sculpture – modelling and carving BEG 40 JUNE 16–19 Painted lettering – various surfaces ALL 8 JULY 15 Concert by the Chilingirian Quartet 60 APR 20–23 The visual language of paint INT/ADV 26 MAY 19–21 Painting tulips in watercolours ALL 25 JUNE 18 Growing fruit and vegetables BEG/INT 15 JULY 16–18 intuitive drawing INT 13 APR 20–23 Purses and containers – silk and silver ALL 48 MAY 19–21 Netsuke carving BEG/INT 57 JUNE 18–21 Drawing in the gardens INT 12 JULY 16–19 Colourful contrast in felt making BEG/INT 51 APR 21 Woodturning taster – a small bowl BEG 47 MAY 19–21 Mosaics BEG/INT 18 JUNE 18–21 Confident watercolour painting ALL 30 JULY 16–19 Make a leather day bag INT 50 APR 21–23 Drawing process and methodology INT 11 MAY 19–21 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 34 JUNE 18–21 Photoshop for screenprinting INT/ADV 36 JULY 17 Making fabric pictures taster BEG 47 APR 21–23 Turning greenwood INT/ADV 56 MAY 19–22 Millinery – making silk roses ALL 48 JUNE 18–21 Experimental drawing for textiles INT/ADV 51 JULY 18–21 Quilting – appliqué and stitching BEG/INT 49 APR 21–23 Dichroic glass jewellery ALL 16 MAY 20 Printing colour on fabric – taster BEG 46 JUNE 20 Day jewellery workshop ALL 20 JULY 18–21 Bookbinding – decorated bindings ALL 7 APR 23–25 Wood engraving ALL 36 MAY 21–26 Landscape painting – abstract INT/ADV 27 JUNE 23 Creative development – a focus map INT 9 JULY 18–23 Greenwood Windsor chairmaking ALL 55 APR 23–27 Enamelling on copper ALL 19 MAY 22–25 Hand embroidery – techniques BEG/INT 48 JUNE 23 Perspective – drawing and painting ALL 12 JULY 20 Felt making – a taster day BEG 47 APR 23–28 Chinese brush painting – flowers ALL 29 MAY 22–25 Textiles – developing ideas INT/ADV 51 JUNE 23–25 Bead threading ALL 21 JULY 20–23 Hand painted silk scarves INT/ADV 52 APR 23–28 The creative self – finding your power ALL 9 MAY 26 The instant sketchbook ALL 25 JUNE 24 Silver and gold earrings – taster BEG 45 JULY 20–23 Digital portrait photography INT 32 APR 24–27 Silk painted scarves BEG 50 MAY 26 Free machine quilting INT 48 JUNE 24 Botanical drawing – taster day BEG 45 JULY 20–23 Fusing glass BEG 17 APR 25–MAY 2 Bronze casting ALL 39 MAY 26–28 Poetry – form and expression ALL 10 JUNE 24 The blacksmith’s craft – taster BEG 45 JULY 21–23 Iridescence in watercolour painting INT 30 APR 28–30 Life drawing BEG 11 MAY 26–28 Drawing for design INT 11 JUNE 25 Make a silver box or bowl – taster BEG 45 JULY 21–23 Cartoon drawing INT 13 APR 28–30 Taxidermy BEG 39 MAY 26–29 Adventurous drawing INT/ADV 12 JUNE 25 Woodcarving taster BEG 47 JULY 21–23 Bobbin lacemaking ALL 54 APR 28–30 Landscape drawing with charcoal ALL 11 MAY 26–29 Acrylic ink painting ALL 30 JUNE 25 The blacksmith’s craft – taster BEG 44 JULY 23 Lessons from the landscape – garden lecture ALL 14 APR 28–30 Shaker box making ALL 56 MAY 26–29 Japanese woodcut printmaking ALL 36 JUNE 26–28 Botanical painting – vegetables ALL 25 JULY 23–27 Stitch-based creative practice INT/ADV 52 APR 28–30 Tile making ALL 33 MAY 26–29 Shibori dyeing for textiles ALL 51 JUNE 26–28 Collage animation BEG/INT 32 JULY 23–28 Painting – colour, tone and division INT/ADV 27 APR 28–30 Enamelling BEG 19 MAY 26–29 Exploring Japanese pottery BEG/INT 34 JUNE 26–28 Sculptural carving in wood ALL 39 JULY 23–28 Landscape drawing INT/ADV 13 APR 28–MAY 1 Stained glass BEG 16 MAY 28–30 A passion for song INT/ADV 24 JUNE 26–29 Sculptural textile forms INT/ADV 51 JULY 23–28 Mosaic intensive INT/ADV 18 APR 29 Create your own topiary BEG/INT 15 MAY 29–JUNE 1 Mixed media images BEG/INT 26 JUNE 26–29 Exploring porcelain INT/ADV 34 JULY 23–28 Mosaics – the principles of making INT/ADV 18 APR 30 Gardening – working with colour ALL 15 MAY 29–JUNE 1 Rag rug techniques ALL 53 JUNE 26–29 Argentium silver INT/ADV 21 JULY 24–27 Creative papermaking ALL 8 APR 30–MAY 3 flame and fused glass BEG 16 MAY 29–JUNE 1 Photography – making room for creativity ALL 31 JUNE 29 Millinery taster – make a silk daisy chain ALL 47 JULY 25 Day jewellery workshop ALL 21 APR 30–MAY 5 Experimental drawing ALL 11 MAY 29–JUNE 2 Painting townscapes in oils INT/ADV 28 JUNE 29 Life drawing – a taster day BEG 44 JULY 25–28 Photoshop for textile design BEG/INT 52 MAY 1 Enamel silver earrings – taster BEG 45 MAY 30 Pottery taster – throwing pots BEG 46 JUNE 30 Watercolour painting taster BEG 45 JULY 28 Machine embroidered landscapes BEG 47 MAY 1–5 Shoe making in fabric INT 48 MAY 30–JUNE 2 Metalwork for the garden ALL 22 JUNE 30 Leatherwork in suede – a taster BEG 47 JULY 29–AUG 4 The Summer School in Visual Art & Craft Week 1 41 MAY 2–5 Making automata ALL 38 MAY 31 Stained glass taster BEG 44 JULY 1 Travel writing BEG 10 JULY 29–AUG 4 Printmaking with lino ALL 37 MAY 2–5 Digital seascape photography BEG/INT 31 MAY 31 Pottery – a practical glazing day ALL 34 JULY 1 Abstract painting INT/ADV 27 JULY 29–AUG 4 Memoir writing ALL 10 MAY 3–5 Willow work for the garden BEG/INT 5 JUNE 1 Stained glass taster BEG 44 JULY 1 Painting with acrylics taster BEG 45 JULY 29–AUG 4 Painting trees and woods in oils ALL 28 MAY 4–7 Pottery – wheel thrown porcelain INT/ADV 33 JUNE 1 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 23 JULY 2 Oil painting taster BEG 46 JULY 29–AUG 4 Comprehensive drawing course ALL 13 MAY 4–7 Making armour BEG/INT 22 JUNE 2–4 West Dean Arts and Craft Festival 59 JULY 2 Bookbinding – create a unique journal BEG 45 JULY 29–AUG 4 Woven tapestry – manipulating weft ALL 54 MAY 5–7 freedom in watercolours BEG 29 JUNE 2–4 Crime writing ALL 10 JULY 2 Dynamic life drawing ALL 12 JULY 29–AUG 4 Creative digital photography ALL 32 MAY 5–7 introduction to screenprinting BEG 36 JUNE 2–4 Life drawing – composition INT 12 JULY 3 Embroider a colourful brooch – taster ALL 47 JULY 29–AUG 4 Create your own jewellery ALL 21 MAY 5–7 Writing a short story BEG 10 JUNE 2–4 Gain control of your DSLR camera BEG/INT 32 JULY 3 Botanical painting – a taster day BEG 46 JULY 29–AUG 4 Throwing and raku firing INT/ADV 34 MAY 5–7 Drawing and mapping the landscape INT 11 JUNE 2–4 Painting heraldry BEG/INT 8 JULY 3 Composition ALL 12 JULY 29–AUG 4 Design and make mosaics ALL 18 MAY 5–7 italic handwriting ALL 8 JUNE 3 Mould making and casting ALL 40 JULY 5 Make a tapestry brooch – taster BEG 47 JULY 29–AUG 4 Sculptural woodcarving ALL 39 MAY 5–7 General silversmithing ALL 23 JUNE 4–9 Sketching across the South Downs ALL 12 JULY 5–7 Making a pop-up paper treehouse ALL 7 AUG 5 Church and event flowers BEG/INT 15 MAY 7–10 Overlays – creative textiles INT/ADV 50 JUNE 4–9 Life painting INT/ADV 27 JULY 5–7 Hand embroidery – vintage style BEG/INT 49 AUG 5–11 The Summer School in Visual Art & Craft Week 2 42
63 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk Book by phone for a 10% new student discount 64 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF USEFUL INFORMATION COURSES AND EVENTS CONTINUED AUG 5–11 Creative dyeing for fabrics ALL 52 SEPT 3–6 Machine embroidery ALL 49 AUG 5–11 Exploring sculptural themes ALL 40 SEPT 3–7 Painting – Fauvist colour INT/ADV 28 Course fees listed by each course do not include accommodation. Courses lasting more than one day start early evening. Dinner AUG 5–11 Hybrid printmaking ALL 37 SEPT 3–8 Make a small blanket chest BEG 56 on the first evening is included along with lunch, tea and coffee throughout your stay. Students enjoy use of all the College facilities, AUG 5–11 Painting in egg tempera ALL 27 SEPT 3–8 Gold keum-boo on silver jewellery INT 21 including the Computer Suite and Library as well as access to West Dean Gardens. To book accommodation with evening meals and AUG 5–11 Experimental watercolours INT 26 SEPT 6 Weaving, pure and simple – taster BEG 47 breakfast, please refer to the fees on page 70. AUG 5–11 Contemporary hand felting techniques ALL 52 SEPT 8–10 The black and white sketchbook – line ALL 13 AUG 5–11 Enamel – altered surfaces INT/ADV 19 SEPT 8–10 Portrait painting in oils INT 29 AUG 5–11 34 SEPT 8–11 40 Ceramics – exploring throwing INT/ADV Portrait heads in terracotta ALL ACCOMMODATION The college has two mobility scooters; please MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AUG 11–13 Chilli Fiesta SEPT 8–11 Printing with dyes ALL 53 book these in advance. If you are deaf or hard AUG 12–18 The Summer School in Visual Art & Craft Week 3 43 SEPT 9 Glass fusing – coloured strands ALL 17 All guest rooms are provided with of hearing we can supply a Deafgard vibrating Our workshops and studios are all well AUG 12–18 Abstract painting ALL 27 SEPT 9 Silver jewellery taster BEG 45 complimentary tea, coffee and toiletries as equipped with relevant tools and equipment. . AUG 12–18 Experimental landscape drawing INT/ADV 13 SEPT 10 Glass fusing – metal inclusions ALL 18 well as towels, hair dryer, clock radio, iron and pad to place under your pillow to alert you AUG 12–18 Cotemporary basketmaking ALL 6 SEPT 10 Stone carving taster BEG 46 ironing board. Most rooms are ensuite or if the fire alarm is sounded. If you require On some courses, material costs, or part AUG 12–18 Making automata ALL 38 SEPT 10–14 Enamelling copper bowls ALL 19 with adjacent private facilities. Ten rooms are this facility please indicate this on your postal of these costs, are included in the fees. The AUG 12–18 Landscapes – cloth, paper and stitch ALL 52 SEPT 10–14 Pastel painting INT/ADV 28 located in the Vicarage just behind the college booking form or in ‘special requirements’ if course details list the materials and equipment AUG 12–18 The wonders of warm glass ALL 17 SEPT 10–15 Carving English soapstone ALL 39 and annexes in the grounds are used in the booking online. Pets, other than assistance required for each course and those that will AUG 12–18 Sculpting in metals ALL 22 SEPT 10–15 Painting still life – towards abstraction INT/ADV 26 Easter and academic summer holidays, subject dogs, cannot be accommodated at the college. be stocked in our Craft Shop. However, it is 23 AUG 12–18 Creative silversmithing ALL SEPT 11–13 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 35 to availability. Please don’t leave dogs in vehicles in the best to wait and discuss requirements with AUG 18–20 13 8 Creative ink drawing ALL SEPT 11–14 Calligraphy – italics ALL college car park at any time. the tutor before purchasing specific items. AUG 18–20 Botanical drawing INT 25 SEPT 11–15 Sculpture from scrap ALL 22 ACCESSIBILITY Any items that you need to bring are listed AUG 18–20 Stained glass – garden art ALL 17 SEPT 12–15 Textiles – dyes, piecing and hand stitching ALL 53 DINING separately. Please remember that on practical AUG 18–20 Enamelling BEG 19 SEPT 13–15 Linocut printmaking ALL 37 The main house is a large historic building AUG 18–21 Woodturning BEG 57 SEPT 14–17 Moving metal – press forming ALL 23 with several changes in floor level. It has been The dining room is a self-service restaurant courses you will often need to purchase AUG 19 Selecting the right garden plants – garden lecture ALL 14 SEPT 15–17 Writing poetry ALL 10 adapted to help people with a disability attend which provides an extensive range of materials throughout the course to complete AUG 19–24 Classical Guitar Summer School ALL 24 SEPT 15–17 Finding your creative voice ALL 9 courses. Please contact the Bookings Office salads, hot dishes, and a vegetarian option projects – e.g. jewellery materials and paints AUG 19 Guitar concert with Pavel Steidl 60 SEPT 15–17 Woodcarving BEG 57 to discuss access or any other concerns and at every service. If you have specific dietary etc. All personal protection equipment is AUG 20 Guitar Festival Open Day with recital 60 SEPT 15–17 Creative crochet BEG/INT 54 indicate these on your postal booking form requirements please indicate these on supplied by the college except footwear – AUG 20–23 fill your sketchbook with life ALL 13 SEPT 15–17 Woodworking – a portable bookcase BEG 56 or in ‘special requirements’ if booking online. your postal booking form or in ‘dietary steel toe capped safety boots are required for AUG 20–24 Coastal painting INT/ADV 29 SEPT 15–17 Mosaics – material exploration ALL 18 There is a twin ensuite guest room in the requirements’ if booking online. If you would courses held in the Forge. AUG 21 Stained glass taster BEG 44 SEPT 16 Blacksmithing taster BEG 45 house adapted for wheelchair users which is like to discuss your needs please contact the 45 AUG 21 Enamel silver earrings – taster BEG SEPT 17–20 Jewellery – chain-making ALL 21 accessible by lift. The lift also gives access to Head Chef on 01243 818268. OVERSEAS STUDENTS AUG 21 Guitar concert with Gaëlle Solal 60 SEPT 17–21 Etching workshop ALL 37 some guest rooms on the second floor which UK immigration rules state that if you plan to AUG 21–24 Stop frame animation BEG/INT 32 SEPT 17–21 Picture framing ALL 58 are suitable for visitors with limited mobility IMPORTANT INFORMATION AUG 21–25 Pattern cutting and sewing a coat INT/ADV 49 SEPT 17–22 Expressive painting from nature INT/ADV 28 study while you are in this country you should but not for wheelchair users. AUG 22 Inlaid coloured clay – taster ALL 46 SEPT 17–22 Pottery – glazes, glazing and firing INT/ADV 35 Mobile phone reception for most networks enter the UK as a student, not as a tourist. You is limited both in and around the college. may apply for a Student Visitor Visa in advance, AUG 22 Guitar concert with the Katona Twins 60 SEPT 18 Woodturning taster – a small bowl BEG 47 The two first-floor Art Studios in the house Free Wi-Fi is available in most public areas or apply for entry clearance as a Student AUG 22–28 Silversmithing Summer School ALL 23 SEPT 19 Woodturning taster – a small bowl BEG 47 are reached by a single flight of stairs or a of the college. A payphone is situated near Visitor when you arrive at a UK airport. Please AUG 24 Painting – make and prepare materials ALL 27 SEPT 19–22 Watercolours – texture and pattern INT 30 stair-lift. The Forge, Old Dairy, Orangery, 46 the reception desk in the college. Drinking check which applies before you travel. Find AUG 24 Japanese pottery taster BEG SEPT 19–22 Woodturning bowls ALL 57 Auditorium and Sculpture Courtyard are not AUG 24–27 30 SEPT 21–24 40 water can only be taken into workshops and out more at ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk Watercolour painting – the nude INT/ADV Life modelling BEG/INT in the house. The Orangery Studio is situated AUG 24–27 Blocked hats in straw and felt BEG/INT 49 SEPT 21–24 Photography and walking INT 32 studios in sports-top bottles. Bottled water in the gardens, 25 metres from the house; the AUG 25 Drawing – a taster day BEG 44 SEPT 21–24 Traditional upholstery BEG 58 is available from the bar. Smoking is not Auditorium, Forge, Old Dairy and Sculpture AUG 25–27 Drawing for improvers BEG/INT 13 SEPT 21–24 Making decorative silver beads INT/ADV 21 permitted anywhere in West Dean College or Courtyard are part of The Edward James AUG 25–28 Blacksmithing BEG 22 SEPT 22–24 Oil painting BEG 29 its associated outbuildings. AUG 25–28 Mosaics for the garden ALL 18 SEPT 22–24 Music appreciation – Haydn ALL 24 Studios approximately eight minutes’ walk from AUG 25–28 Pottery – throwing and turning BEG 34 SEPT 22–24 Fine furniture – an inlaid tray ALL 56 the house. AUG 26 Propagation – plants for free BEG/INT 15 SEPT 22–25 Ceramic animal sculpture ALL 35 AUG 27–SEPT 1 Mixed media, collage and process ALL 26 SEPT 23 Recital of Music for Violin and Piano 60 AUG 27–SEPT 1 Woodcut printmaking ALL 37 SEPT 24–27 Talkative colour ALL 28 AUG 27–SEPT 1 Tapestry weaving BEG/INT 54 SEPT 24–27 Sculptural willow for the garden BEG/INT 6 AUG 28–31 Gain control of your DSLR camera BEG/INT 32 SEPT 24–28 Photo screenprinting INT 37 AUG 28–31 Textiles using felt making processes ALL 53 SEPT 24–29 Bookbinding ALL 8 AUG 28–31 Glass beadmaking – developing skills INT 17 SEPT 24–29 Enamel – exploring process INT/ADV 19 AUG 28–SEPT 1 Botanical painting – berries ALL 25 SEPT 25–28 fused glass – land and sea ALL 18 AUG 29 Day silversmithing workshop ALL 23 SEPT 27–29 Chinese braiding and embroidery ALL 54 AUG 30 Day jewellery workshop ALL 21 SEPT 28–Oct 1 Sculpting with steel ALL 40 AUG 31–SEPT 3 Machine embroidery ALL 49 SEPT 28–Oct 1 Stained glass – an introduction BEG/INT 18 AUG 31–SEPT 3 Jewellery – mixed metals and stones INT 21 SEPT 29–Oct 1 Relief printmaking ALL 37 AUG 31–SEPT 3 Throwing and turning porcelain INT 35 SEPT 29–Oct 1 Oil painting – the nude INT/ADV 29 SEPT 1 Glass beadmaking – taster BEG 45 SEPT 29–Oct 1 Tapestry weaving BEG 54 SEPT 1–3 Watercolour painting BEG 30 SEPT 29–Oct 1 Sculptural woodcarving ALL 39 SEPT 1–3 Hand knitting BEG 54 SEPT 30–Oct 3 Stone carving – angels and demons ALL 39 SEPT 1–3 Paper, text and image – textiles ALL 53 SEPT 1–4 Portrait painting – all media ALL 27 SEPT 3–6 Willow basketmaking – British INT/ADV 6 SEPT 3–6 Lettercutting in stone and slate ALL 8
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Classes finish made. In the unlikely event that the course is full, There is convenient road access from London we will contact you within three working days (65 miles) and from Gatwick, Southampton and Twin occupancy (see below) From 6.30pm Dinner to suggest alternative courses or to arrange a Heathrow airports. (for residential students only) Superior room with ensuite bathroom (*Main house/Vicarage) Single occupancy full refund. Rail: the nearest railway station is Chichester 8pm Call 01243 818300 (from London Victoria) from where the college Twin occupancy (see below) Evening working – students may have minibus collects students at certain times. It evening access to certain workshops Between 7.30am and 8pm, seven days a week. is within reach of Eurotunnel connections as *Please select one Main house (bath or shower or bath /shower) in the absence of their tutor, but only The full fee is payable when booking by phone. well as cross channel ferries from Portsmouth, with their tutor’s permission and We will send you confirmation, course details and Dover and Newhaven. Further travel details will Vicarage (bath/shower) provided it is safe to do so. arrival information. If this is your first course you be sent with your booking confirmation letter. Is twin occupancy required? Yes No will receive a 10% discount. Sub-total 1st course Some courses and lectures follow If yes, please state the name of the person you will be sharing with (incl. accommodation) EQUAL OPPORTUNITY different timetables. Details are By post, fax or email As part of The Edward James Foundation, sent with your booking confirmation. Simply complete a booking form per person. Sub-total 2nd course West Dean College is committed to equality If they are attending a course, please state the code (a separate booking form must be completed if they’re attending a course) If you need additional forms please photocopy (incl. accommodation) Departure – last day of opportunity for its staff and students. It the form or download one from our website, www.westdean.org.uk. A deposit of £125 per values diversity and strives to create a positive Morning tea/coffee break is taken to and inclusive atmosphere based on respect for If they are attending on a resident only basis (non-student) please add £72 per night (dinner, bed and breakfast) Sub-total 3rd course suit the flow of teaching. person, per course is payable, or the full cost of if sharing a Standard room and £84 per night (dinner, bed and breakfast) if sharing a Superior room. (incl. accommodation) the course if £125 or less. The final payment is others in which people are actively encouraged 9.15am to reach their full potential. due six weeks before the start of the course. TOTAL Morning classes Full payment is therefore required if you make PAYMENT your booking within six weeks of the course. 10am CARD DETAILS Card number Residential students are asked to If paying by credit or debit card final payment Please charge my card below with:
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Signature Date PLEASE RETURN TO West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ 67 Booking is easy +44 (0)1243 818300 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk 10% DISCOUNT FOR NEW STUDENTS 68 10.3 The College shall not be liable to you for any of to the extent required, be deemed not to form part 17.1.2 pets, other than assistance dogs (and such the following losses or damage (whether or not of these Terms, and the validity and enforceability must not be left in vehicles in the College’s car park WEST DEAN COLLEGE TERMS AND losses or damage were foreseen, direct, foreseeable, of the other provisions of these Terms shall not be at any time). known or otherwise): loss of revenue; loss of actual affected. 17.2 The College will endeavour to cater for special CONDITIONS AND ACCOMMODATION FEES or anticipated profits (including without limitation 13.2 If a provision of these Terms (or part of any diets required for medical reasons. You must provide loss of profits on contracts); loss of the use of provision) is found illegal, invalid or unenforceable, details on your booking form if you have any special 1 Booking a Course due six (6) weeks prior to the Course start date. If Course start date, the College will refund all sums money; loss of business; loss of opportunity; loss the provision shall apply with the minimum dietary requirements. If you wish to discuss your 1.1 Courses are open to anyone aged sixteen (16) the Course Fee is less than or equal to the Deposit paid except the Deposit. of goodwill; loss of reputation; loss of, damage to modification necessary to make it legal, valid and requirements in detail, contact the Head Chef on and over. value stated in the Brochure, or if booking online or 6.3 The College will refund neither the Course Fee or corruption of data; or any indirect, special or enforceable. telephone number 01243 818268. consequential loss or damage howsoever. 1.2 To book a place please complete the Booking by telephone, you must pay the full Course Fee at nor your Deposit if you: 14 Entire Agreement 17.3 A copy of our current Student Complaints and Form and return it to the Booking Office with the time of booking. 6.3.1 cancel your booking within six (6) weeks of 10.4 Subject to clauses 10.2 and 10.3 above, the 14.1 These Terms and its Schedule constitute the Appeals Policy is available on our website or on the appropriate Deposit, or book online at 4.2 If you fail to pay the full Course Fee when it is the Course start date; or total aggregate liability of the College arising out entire agreement and understanding between the request from the College. of, or in connection with these Terms whether www.westdean.org.uk. due the College reserves the right to cancel your 6.3.2 fail to attend all or any part of the Course for parties and supersedes any previous agreement 18 Definitions for negligence or breach of contract or any case 1.3 Your place on the Course will be subject to place on the Course and to keep any Deposit that any reason including (without limitation) ill health. between the parties relating to the subject matter 18.1 In these Terms the following words shall have whatsoever shall be capped at the total amount of availability and will be confirmed once we send you you may have paid. 6.4 Save as provided for in clauses 6.1 and 5.3, the of this Agreement. the following meanings: sums paid to the College by you. the Course joining instructions. 4.3 The Course Fee and Accommodation Fee are College will be under no obligation to refund your 14.2 You acknowledge and agree that in accepting 18.1.1 “Brochure” means the current Course 10.5 The terms of this clause 10 shall survive the 1.4 If the College is unable to offer you a place on as stated in the Brochure. The Course Fee includes Deposit. these Terms you do not rely on, and shall have no brochure in which the Course was advertised; termination of these Terms. the Course of your choice, it will notify you and use of the facilities and refreshments as further 6.5 Subject to clause 6.1, you will not be entitled remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, 18.1.2 “Booking Form” means the form contained 11 Notices your name will be added to a Course waiting list. described in the full course description. to a Refund of any Course Fee (or other fees) if warranty, or understanding (whether negligently or within the Brochure; Any sums you have already paid for this Course will 4.4 You may pay (or part-pay) the Course Fee for the College terminates this Agreement due to your 11.1 Any notice or other communication required innocently made) of any person (whether party to 18.1.3 “College” means West Dean College, part of be refunded. short courses (including any accommodation breach of any of these Terms. to be given by you to the College under these these Terms or not) other than as expressly set out The Edward James Foundation Ltd (charity number Terms, shall be in writing and shall be delivered 2 The College’s Rights and Obligations charges) using gift vouchers (which are available 7 Accommodation in these Terms. Nothing in this clause shall operate 1126084, company number 6689362); personally, or sent by pre-paid first-class post or 2.1 We make every effort to run courses as from the College in the values of £5, £10, £25, £50 7.1 Accommodation is allocated on a first-come, to limit or exclude any liability for fraud. 18.1.4 “Cooling Off Period” means the period after recorded delivery or by courier, to the Group Head advertised. However, The College reserves the right and £100). first-served basis. If the College cannot offer you 14.3 Unless otherwise expressly provided elsewhere your booking is confirmed by the College and of Finance at the address set out on the back cover to change the venue, time, date, content or Tutor your preferred choice, then the College will use in these Terms, the Agreement may be varied only ending upon the expiry of the following fourteen 4.5 You must pay all charges in connection with any of this Brochure or as otherwise specified by the of any Course where such change is necessary to reasonable endeavours to allocate you alternative by a document signed by both parties. (14) day period; payments made by bank transfer. College in writing to you. facilitate the delivery or better delivery of such 4.6 Any damage caused by you (other than fair wear accommodation and your fees will be adjusted 15 Exclusion of third party rights 18.1.5 “Consumer Protection Regulations” means Course. 12 Waiver and tear) to the College, its facilities, equipment or accordingly. 15.1 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation 12.1 A waiver of any term, provision or condition of 2.3 The College reserves the right to withdraw from resources will be separately invoiced by the College 7.2 The College will use reasonable endeavours to 1999 shall not apply to these Terms and no person and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013; these Terms shall be effective only if given in writing any accreditation scheme at any time or to cancel and such amounts shall be payable by you on demand. ensure that your room is available from 4.00pm on other than the parties to the Agreement shall have 18.1.6 “Course” means the course of study run by and signed by both parties and then only in the any Course if in the College’s opinion it is no longer the day you are due to arrive and you must vacate any rights under it, nor shall it be enforceable under the College; 5 Course Transfer/Cancellation instance and for the purpose for which it is given. viable. rooms by 10.00am (both times GMT) on the last that Act by any person other than the parties to it. 18.1.7 “Course Fee” means all the fees to be paid by 5.1 You may transfer your booking to an alternative 2.4 The College reserves the right to give your day of your Course. 12.2 No failure or delay on the part of the College you or on your behalf to the College under these published course, providing there is a place available 16 Governing law and jurisdiction contact details to your Course Tutors unless you in exercising any right, power or privilege under Terms, as stipulated in the Brochure; on that course, however your request must be 7.3 Please ensure that the accommodation, its 16.1 These Terms, and any dispute, controversy, contact our Bookings Office to opt out. these Terms shall operate as a waiver of such right, 18.1.8 “Deposit” means the deposit to be paid to received at least six (6) weeks prior to the Course furnishings and effects are kept as clean and tidy proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out 3 Your Rights and Obligations power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial the College to reserve your place on the Course start date for the original Course. An administration as is consistent with its proper use and is in no of or in any way relating to them or their formation, exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude (as set out in the Brochure); 3.1 Please bring your joining instructions with you to fee of twenty-five pounds (£25) is payable in worse a condition (fair wear and tear excepted) any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of shall be governed by and construed in accordance the start of the Course. order to transfer courses. If the Course Fee for upon the end of your stay. 18.1.9 “Refund” means a refund of the Course Fee any other right, power or privilege. with the laws of England and the parties submit to 3.2 You must notify the College, in writing, if any of the alternative Course is more expensive than 7.4 You will notify the College immediately of any the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. following cancellation under clause 5 of these 13 Invalidity your registration details change including but not the original Course you must pay any additional damage to the accommodation, its furnishings or 17 Enquiries and other important information Terms such refund to be made within fourteen (14) 13.1 If any provision of these Terms (or part of any days beginning with the date on which notice of limited to your name, address, telephone number Course Fee immediately upon making the request effects (whether caused by you or otherwise) on 17.1 The following are not permitted on the and/or e-mail address. to transfer. The College will reimburse the difference vacating your room. You are not permitted to share provision) is found by any court or other authority cancellation was sent; of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or College’s premises (or in the courtyard eating area): 3.3 You agree to comply with all of the College’s in Course Fees to you (less the £25 admin charge) your room with anyone else unless arranged in 18.1.10 “Terms” means these standard terms and unenforceable, that provision or part-provision shall, 17.1.1 Smoking; or policies and procedures applicable to you and to act if the original Course Fee was more expensive than advance with the College and any additional fees conditions. with courtesy, consideration and integrity at all times the Course Fee for the alternative Course. have been paid. towards the College, its staff and other students at 5.2 The College reserves the right to cancel this 8 Accessibility ACCOMMODATION FEES SUMMER 2017 Annexe Rooms STANDARD ROOMS SUPERIOR ROOMS the College. The College reserves the right, in its agreement with you if it is prevented from or 8.1 The College’s premises comprise a large historic Price per person. with ensuite shower with private bath/shower, ensuite or with ensuite bath/shower delayed in the carrying on of its business due to Accommodation includes dinner and breakfast. (Easter and Summer adjacent (Main House/Vicarage) (Main House/Vicarage) absolute discretion, to terminate this agreement building with several changes in floor level. The (See course entries for course fees.) Holidays only) and to remove you from the Course and/or to circumstances beyond its reasonable control. College has made adaptations to its premises in an Single occupancy Single occupancy Twin occupancy Single occupancy Twin occupancy exclude you from the College in circumstances 5.3 Every effort is made to run courses as attempt to enable those with disabilities to attend WE Weekend (Fri eve to Sun pm) £122 £162 £112 £202 £132 where your conduct is deemed by the College to advertised. However, The College reserves the right Courses. You must indicate any concerns you may be unfit or unsuitable or damaging to the College or to cancel the Course at any time and, in this event, have in relation to access (or any other concerns) 2D 2 day course £122 £162 £112 £202 £132 its reputation. If you are removed from the Course you will be notified as soon as possible. on your booking form. You can give specific details LW Long weekend (Thu/Fri eve to Sun/Mon pm) £187 £247 £172 £307 £202 in accordance with this clause, the College will not on a separate, confidential, sheet of paper. You will 5.4 If your booking and/or Course is cancelled by 3D 3 day course £187 £247 £172 £307 £202 refund any sums paid by you to the College. the College you can: then be contacted by a member of the College’s 3.4 The College may take and use images of 5.4.1 transfer to another Course (you will have to staff who will discuss your individual requirements. 4D 4 day course £252 £332 £232 £412 £272 you and/or your work (including any videos or pay any additional Course Fee); or 9 Materials and Equipment 5D 5 day course £317 £417 £292 £517 £342 photographs or sound recordings) (“Images”) to 5.4.2 receive a full Refund for any Course Fee or 9.1 Prior to the start of your Course you will be 6D 6 day course £382 £502 £352 £622 £412 promote the College and its activities. Wherever Deposit you have paid. given a detailed list of materials and/or equipment possible permission from you will be requested at 7D 7 day course £447 £587 £412 £727 £482 5.5 Cancellation of bookings by you: needed for the Course. The cost of materials and/or the time the images are taken. Images of your work equipment is not always included in the Course Fee, CQ 4½ days Chilingirian Quartet course *£228 *£308 *£208 *£388 *£248 5.5.1 if you wish to cancel your booking, please may appear without a credit. You must notify the thus you may have to pay for such materials and/or notify the Bookings Office as soon as possible by CG 5 days Classical Guitar Festival *£285 *£385 *£260 *£485 *£310 College in writing prior to the Course start date if equipment in addition. telephone and then confirm in writing. you do not agree to any such Images being used. 10 Limitation of liability SS 6 days Summer School *£342 *£462 *£312 *£582 *£372 6 Refund Policy 3.5 Should you have any cause for complaint during 10.1 This clause 10 sets out the entire liability of the *The course fees shown against the course entries for CG, CQ and SS include all dinners as evening sessions are planned – the room rates have therefore been reduced accordingly. your Course, please talk to your Tutor in the first 6.1 If you cancel your booking within the Cooling College in respect of any breach of these Terms; and RESIDENT ONLY NON-STUDENTS instance, or ask at Reception to speak with a Short Off Period (as defined in clause 18.1.4), you will be any tortious act or omission including negligence A rate of £72 per night dinner, bed and breakfast is payable by a guest sharing a Standard room with a paying student and £84 per night dinner, bed and Course organiser. entitled to a full Refund (including your Deposit), arising under or in connection with these Terms. breakfast if sharing a Superior room with a paying student. Lunch, if required, can be booked in advance or at Reception on arrival. pursuant to the Consumer Protection 4 Payment and Charges 10.2 Notwithstanding any other provision in these COURSE DEPOSITS (POSTAL BOOKINGS ONLY) 4.1 You must pay the Deposit at the same time as Regulations. Terms, neither party’s liability to the other for death 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). you send the College the Booking Form. Payment 6.2 Subject to clause 6.1, provided you cancel your or personal injury resulting from its own negligence Any balance is payable six weeks prior to the start of the course. of the Course Fee (less any Deposit paid) will be booking no later than six (6) weeks prior to the shall be limited.
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