Summer School in Visual Art and Craft
21 July - 10 August 2012
West Dean’s Summer Schools are the creative and social highlight of the year.
Full course listing below, click on the Tutors name for more information and to book.
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.
Click on the Tutor's name for more information and to book.
WEEK 1 JULY 21–27
Printmaking with lino
SS2869 £628
Suitable for all
Subtraction – Erasure – Conjecture
SS2870 £633 NEW
Intermediate/advanced
Dancing with jewellery – working with unusual materials
SS2871 £617 NEW
Intermediate/Advanced
Stained glass unbound: using kiln-formed glass for panels
SS2872 £670
Suitable for all
Painting the human figure – clothed/unclothed
SS2873 £659
Intermediate/Advanced
The emotion of stitch – exploring hand embroidery
SS2874 £638
Suitable for all
Abstract values in landscape painting
SS2875 £602
Intermediate/Advanced
Exploration in stone – stone carving
SS2876 £602 NEW
Suitable for all
Garden sculpture in metals
SS2877 £654
Suitable for all
WEEK 2 JULY 28–AUGUST 3
Abstract dyed and sewn fabric collage
SS2879 £614 NEW
Intermediate/advanced
Willow basketmaking – functional baskets for the twenty-first century
SS2880 £633 NEW
Suitable for all
Enamel miscellany – combining traditional and contemporary techniques
SS2881 £602 NEW
Suitable for all
Make dazzling glass beads
SS2882 £759
Suitable for all
Exploring porcelain – form and surface
SS2883 £665 NEW
Intermediate/Advanced
Drawing with watercolours
SS2884 £607 NEW
Suitable for all
An exploration of tapestry weaving
SS2885 £602
Beginners/Intermediate
Painting in the landscape with unconventional and orthodox materials
SS2886 £607 NEW
Suitable for all
Photographing people and places
SS2887 £619 NEW
Intermediate
WEEK 3 AUGUST 4–10
Making automata and moving toys
SS2889 £614
Suitable for all
Exploring relief printmaking
SS2890 £623
Suitable for all
Designing and making mosaics
SS2891 £602 NEW
Suitable for all
Exploring metal – sculptural for silversmiths and jewellers
SS2892 £602 NEW
Suitable for all
Creative Photoshop – pattern for surface decoration
SS2893 £659 NEW
Intermediate
Human to Abstract: Painting feeling and experience
SS2894 £623 NEW
Intermediate/Advanced
Textile translations – nuno felt with stitch and mixed media
SS2895 £602
Suitable for all
Painting as poetry
SS2896 £602 NEW
Suitable for all
Developing ideas and techniques in blacksmithing
SS2897 £696
Suitable for all
