This annual competition aims to acknowledge, support, and promote emerging bookbinders within West Dean's Books and Binding programme. It takes its inspiration from Edward James (1907-1984) who established West Dean College as an educational community for artists and makers. 

In this latest instalment of Meet the Maker, Ceramic Artist and new short course tutor Sarah Villeneau shares where it all began, the joys of working with clay and why it's so important to experiment and play in the creative process.

Student life at our London Campus, exploring the best student spots in Bloomsbury! 

We caught up with Amy Tsao and Manisha Agarwal, three years on from completing the Diploma HE in Applied Interior Design. Here they tell us about founding their interior design business, Studio AM, in West London.

A blog post by Metals Conservation student, Katherine Hernon-Johnson, recently took part in a project which invloved making a 16th/17th century padlock, artificially corroding the lock and finally practicing conservation by bringing the lock back to it's original state.

In this instalment of Meet the maker we catch up with new tutor Rachel O'Connell who will be teaching courses on marbling at our West Sussex campus this winter. We wanted to find out a little more about her road to marbling and what influences her work.

On Thursday 11 July, just a quick walk from our new London campus in Bloomsbury, we sat down for a conversation with jeweller Emily Bedford at her Cockpit studio. In this broad discussion we talk about her craft, her experience of West Dean short courses and how she met her future intern in the hallowed workshops of West Dean.

In this instalment of Meet the Maker we introduce Judy Simmonds, a new tutor running short courses in perigord spiral basket and celtic knot platter.