MA Conservation Studies: Books and Library Materials student Emma Lau writes about learning the principles of sharpening and using basic machineries to produce an English paring knife, and how this lead her to modify a spokeshave for paring leather.

Setting Up My Own Business by Luisa Barnes

The Beauty of Small Spaces by Jason Brayshaw

Studying Online Certificate Residential Interior Design with KLC School of Design by Anne Roselt

We caught up with Deborah Weir, textiles artist, about her experiences on Caroline Bartlett's Manipulating Textiles short course at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, and how her learnings have been incorporated in her work in the United States.

As we reach the end of 2019, Alison Baxter, Head of School of Arts, reflects on some of the School's highlights from the year.

Some five years ago, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation took the decision to embark on a project to make recordings of memories of our founder Edward James, conscious that people who had known him were no longer youngsters. British Library trained Oral Historian, Jackie Herrington, has captured just under 30 hours of recordings from 24 different individuals, and there are more individuals to be interviewed. Find out what we have learnt about Edward James so far in this blog.

Earlier in 2019, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation were contacted about conserving a selection of painted plaster figures from a Nativity scene. Potentially dating from the Nineteenth Century, the figures had been residing in local church, St Mary The Virgin, Upwaltham (West Sussex).

Sharon Duggal tells us about her experience as Writer in Residence at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation during November 2019.