Summer School in Visual Art and Craft
24 July - 13 August 2010
West Dean’s Summer Schools are the creative and social highlight of the year.
Full course listing below. Please click on the Tutor's name for more about them and their courses.
At the height of the summer West Dean’s location offers the perfect location to not only immerse yourself in a subject, but also to relax and to take advantage of the extra programmed activities that are part of the Summer Schools.
You have a chance to explore new ways of creating and working in your chosen subject whilst also enjoying the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with like-minded people on other courses. The low student numbers offers tutors time to give personal attention and support as well as the opportunity to work intensively on your own. A programmed swap-over session to another course allows you to sample another art or craft, and often inspires new ways of approaching your own area.
Yoga and Chi Kung sessions are programmed throughout each week.
The Summer School Programme
The special features of the programme include:
The Summer School courses begin at lunch-time on Saturday and end at 3pm the following Friday. Tuition and all meals, excluding breakfast, are covered in the non-residential course fee.
WEEK 1JULY 24–30
Build a tree house at West Dean
SS1311£566NEW
Intermediate/Advanced
Inspiring textiles – paper, cloth, paint and stitch
SS1312 £580
Suitable for all
Enamelled sculpture for the garden
SS1313£569NEW
Suitable for all
Making automata and moving toys
SS1314£578
Suitable for all
Throwing and hand-building, including a raku firing
SS1315£624
Suitable for all
Figurative transformations – life painting to abstraction
SS1316£587
Intermediate/Advanced
Composing pictures in camera
SS1317£572
Beginners/Intermediate
Painting on location using watercolours and acrylics
SS1318£566
Suitable for all
Garden sculpture in metals
SS1319£618NEW
Suitable for all
WEEK 2July 31–August 6
Printmaking with lino
SS1320£592
Suitable for all
Willow work – from the traditional to the fantastical
SS1321£597NEW
Suitable for all
Developing ideas for jewellery in precious metals
SS1322£566NEW
Suitable for all
Make dazzling glass beads
SS1323£724NEW
Suitable for all
Creating impact with wheel-thrown forms
SS1324£629
Intermediate/Advanced
Landscape and figure painting in oils – the British tradition
SS1325£576
Intermediate/Advanced
Book art – exploring the making of a unique artist's book
SS1326£575NEW
Beginners/Intermediate
Sussex Downs and coast – painting with pastels
SS1327£570NEW
Suitable for all
Stone carving – summer explosion of fruits and vegetables from West Dean
SS1328£570
Suitable for all
WEEK 3AUGUST 7–13
Collage and print with rust and Procion dyes
SS1331£568NEW
Intermediate/Advanced
Mosaic projects – a structured approach
SS1332£566
Intermediate/Advanced
Creative silversmithing for vessels and sculptural jewellery
SS1333£566NEW
Suitable for all
Stained glass unbound: using kiln-formed glass for panels
SS1334£624
Suitable for all
Summer flowers and fruits – creating vibrant realism with watercolours
SS1335£566 NEW
Intermediate
An exploration of tapestry weaving
SS1336£566
Beginners/Intermediate
Painting light – still-life and landscapes in oils
SS1337£570
Suitable for all
Blacksmithing – creating personal projects
SS1338£679
Suitable for all
Creative Photoshop for surface decoration and art projects
SS1339£602NEW
Intermediate
