John Blakeley
Discussion and practical help to realise ideas is intgeral to my teaching.
What will students gain if they come on one of your courses?
Understanding the creative thought process with hands on practicality.
Are there any particular techniques/processes you use in your teaching?Teaching by demonstration of techniques and individual advice and participation.
What inspires your own work?The need to express personal feelings and ideas.
Where can students see examples of your work?My website.
Where did you gain your training? Experience?
Blackpool School of Art. (Technical illustration) City and Guilds Intermediate and Finals.
Licentiateship to the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers. Kennington School of Art.
Fine Art Diploma (Sculpture).
Travel scholarship to Italy and Greece.
Royal Academy and Charing Cross Medical School.
Anatomical study and dissection.
Visiting Lecturer at the Sir John Cass School of Art (Whitechapel).
Senior Lecturer at Blackpool School of Art.
Teaching Sculpture workshops at Digswell Arts Trust.
Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors