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Japanese Week: Ensuring the preservation of traditional papermaking
Akiko Fujikawa is a long time West Dean tutor in Japanese woodblock printing and has played a pivotal role in organising the unique papermaking and indigo dye courses taking place during Japanese week at the end of May. These courses see master craft...
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Meet the tutor: Claire Chandler
Introducing Claire Chandler, a new tutor at West Dean running short courses in acrylic painting. Claire Chandler is a professional artist and art tutor based in south London. In this interview we find out more about her practice, current work, i...
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Reflections of an emerging crime writer
By Pam Hamilton, MA Creative Writing & Publishing student On the first day of my MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at West Dean College I was terrified. It was two decades since I’d been in formal education, I was worried the tutors...
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Moji Salehi: 'Creating something with your hands is an act of selfcare'
Ahead of her upcoming short courses in lampshade making we sat down with Moji Salehi to discuss inspiration, creativity and why it is so essential for humans to engage with it. Could just start by introducing yourself and the course that...
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'I’m addicted to pattern' - tutor Sarah Burns on printmaking
We sat down with Sarah Burns after her 3 day course on block printing with natural dyes to her learn about her practice, her obsession with pattern and the importance of exploration. Can you introduce yourself? My name's Sarah Burns, I...
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Life After Graduation: Interior Design with Courtney Devine
- By Certificate in Residential Interior Design graduate, Courtney Devine I completed the Certificate in Residential Interior Design at KLC School of Design in 2023. Today, I run my own interior design studio, Room Service Interiors, cre...
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Stop and smell the roses: cleaning a 16th century German herbal
- By Megan an MA Book Conservation Student There is a box on my workbench that, when opened, displays four smaller boxes. If you open any of these smaller boxes, the contents look astonishingly like the inside of a box of After Eights, with...
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Press Release: Artists Meet their Makers: new exhibition on the art of woven tapestry
West Dean Tapestry Studio is delighted to announce a new exhibition. Artists Meet their Makers which will open at the Crafts Study Centre in Farnham on 4 April 2017 until 1 July. The Studio, established in 1976, has developed an outstanding portfolio...