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TCDT 2020-2021 Annual Review

The 2020-2021 Creative Dimension Trust review is now available. The Creative Dimension Trust is now celebrating its sixth year! Through hard work and creativity we have continued our forward progress - without interruption - throughout the pandemic. In fact, since the first lockdown in March 2020 we have delivered 62 workshops with 1,485 hours of tuition. Click below to find out more about the exciting opportunities offered to students in 2021!     Read The Creative Dimension Trust 2020-2021 Workshops Review...

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TCDT Transferable Skills – Science

In the final episode of our transferable skills series, we spoke to Carol Gamble, Head of Science at Maria Fidelis FCJ Catholic School in London, about how the skills students learn during a wide variety of The Creative Dimension Trust (TCDT) workshops can be applied to the field of science.   We put a lot of emphasis on practical work and developing students' practical skills...

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TCDT Transferable Skills – Medicine

In this second instalment of our transferable skills blog series, we spoke to Dr Roger Kneebone to hear more about how the skills learned by students who participate in The Creative Dimension Trust (TCDT) workshops can be applied to further studies and careers in medicine. After many years as a trauma surgeon and later as a GP, Dr Kneebone is now a professor of Surgical Education and Engagement Science at Imperial College, London. While researching how people teach and learn practical skills, Dr Kneebone has observed young people sometimes struggling...

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TCDT Transferable Skills – Architecture

In this exciting new blog series, we hear from experts about how many of the skills learned by students who participate in The Creative Dimension Trust (TCDT) workshops are applicable to their area of work. In the first episode of the series, we spoke to Peter Morris, co-founder of architecture firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, about how the skills students learn during a wide variety of TCDT workshops can be applied to the field of architecture.   Being an architect requires a broad range of skills, bringing together creative design at...

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Alumni Newsletter (Summer 2021)

Edition 2 (Summer 2021)   Over the past few months we have all seen a shift in changes with the gradual opening of facilities. This has also led to the successful re-introduction of face-to-face workshops. Some amazing workshops have taken place this summer, including From Dream to Product, Marbling, Casting & Gilding and Silhouette decoration. The alumni have been busy this summer, working hard at university and even graduating and receiving job offers! As usual, we encourage TCDT students to stay inspired, keep working hard and push...

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2021: Stone Carving and Wood Turning

In 2021, two exciting workshops were held at the Building Crafts College in London. Some students worked with renowned stone carver, Nancy Peskett, to produce wonderful stone carved pieces while others learned the craft of wood turning. [embed]https://youtu.be/SHeRmjBbJlE[/embed] See photos from the Wood Turning workshop here, and from the the Stone Carving workshop here....

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2021: Enamelling and Flower Making with Metal

In this workshop, students were taught techniques including shaping, bending, hammering, sawing, soldering, texturing and enamelling. Materials used included silver, copper and brass. Enamel is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C. The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating. The word comes from the Latin vitreum, meaning “glass”.   [embed]https://youtu.be/AbVg24XUdhc[/embed]   See photos from the workshop here....

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2021: From Dream to Product

During this multidisciplinary, four day workshop at Zone Creations in London, students designed and made perspex candlesticks which were used as part of the window display at Fortnum & Mason in September 2021. [embed]https://youtu.be/mqnsqRYw5XY[/embed] See photos from the workshop here....

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2021: Architectural Model Making

In summer 2021, three lucky students had the opportunity to learn the art of Architectural modelling in an exciting and creative environment, with uninterrupted guidance from one of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ senior in-house model makers. [embed]https://youtu.be/d8ymhWdSfFA[/embed]   See photos from the workshops here....

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