Short courses

Learn how to use the silkscreen process to create big, bold and colourful works using stencils and hand-drawn imagery, inspired by Henri Matisse.

At the end of the course, you’ll have produced a selection of prints to display, including your own design.

Learn how to cut and print your own lino-block, using specialist papers, excellent facilities and extensive equipment.

You'll discover different methods of printing, including using traditional tools and vintage presses, as well as printing by hand.

Learn about the key handbuilding techniques and how to decorate your ceramic pieces with coloured decorative slips and underglaze colours.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced a series of custom ceramic pieces.

Learn how to use heat press fabric printing technique and create bespoke fabric goods with the help of the sewing studio.

By the end of the course you'll have created a series of cushion covers or tote bags.

Learn how to tuft with an electric tufting gun and watch a demonstration to teach you the art of tufting.

You’ll come away from the day with your very own 60x60cm rug or wall hanging, and a new skillset to show the world.

Explore and play with making with clay, focusing on enjoying hand building processes rather than an end result.

You can photograph what you have made, and take away the clay to continue making.

Learn the art of tufting, including how to change between cut and loop on an electric tufting gun.

You’ll come away from the course with your very own 100x70cm rug or wall hanging, and a new skillset to show the world.

Learn a variety of techniques in both making and decoration, including wheel throwing and hand-building, over six weeks.

You’ll leave the course with a collection of personally crafted ceramic pieces.

Over six weeks, explore the screen-printing process from start to finish, including both traditional and modern techniques to create innovative textile prints that are perfect for fashion, interiors, and art.