PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

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PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

Autumn 2023: Miniature Painting in Watercolour

The Leathersellers Hall, London, EC3A, This workshop ran for five days from Monday 23rd October 2023 until Friday 27th  October 2023.
Using the surroundings of Leathersellers’ hall for inspiration, as well as some of the wonderful objects in the Leathersellers’ Company Archive, students learned to use watercolours and miniature paint brushes to paint a selection of small motifs that relate to the Leathersellers’ Company.

Autumn 2023: Leatherwork

Cockpit, Deptford, This workshop ran for five days from Monday 23rd October 2023 until Friday 27th October 2023.
Students began the first half of the week making small leather goods, including cardholders, keychain lanyards or A5 pouches. They learned basic leather-working techniques such as cutting from a pattern, saddle stitching, cutting, glueing, attaching hardware and various kinds of edge finishings. All the while practising and perfecting the techniques before moving onto a larger item such as a bag by midweek.

Autumn 2023: Hand & Lock – 3D Beading

Hand & Lock, London, W1W 8TE, This workshop ran for one day on Friday 27th October 2023.
Combining traditional and cutting edge couture hand embroidery techniques, this Artistic Embellishment course was designed to give students a truly unique experience of a number of stitching processes. The techniques taught in this class are used regularly in London, Paris and New York couture houses and are often seen on the catwalk.

Autumn 2023: V&A Stone Carving

Bow Road Studios, London E3, This workshop ran for three days from Tuesday 24th October 2023 until Thursday 26th October 2023.
V&A East project in collaboration with the Art of Islamic Pattern and The Creative Dimension Trust, supported by the Nunnery Cafe & Bow Arts. Open to students living, working or studying in the boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Redbridge or Barking & Dagenham, this three-day workshop gave students the opportunity to learn to draw, carve, and inlay precious stones into arches inspired by the Agra Colonnade. The work of students will form part of a semi-permanent display at V&A Storehouse in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London.

Summer 2023: Plaster Carving

Bow Road Studios, London E3, This workshop ran for five days from Monday 21st August 2023 until Friday 25th August 2023.
This was a unique opportunity for students to experience plaster carving with a practicing sculptor in his studio. Students practiced relief and piercing carving techniques and received an introduction to plaster casting and mould making. The patterns used for the intro exercises focused on the geometric and biomorphic patterns and techniques of the Islamic lands, but students were able to draw on a multitude of traditional designs for their final projects.

Summer 2023: Embroidery

Online, This workshop ran for five days from Monday 21st August 2023 until Friday 25th August 2023.
During this online workshop, students used a variety of embroidery threads and techniques to create beautiful embroidered pieces.

Summer 2023: Woodcarving

Artists Studio Co., Brixton, London, This workshop ran for five days from Monday 21st August 2023 until Friday 25th August 2023.
In this intensive five day course, students learned the basics of woodcarving using traditional hand tools in a professional woodcarver’s workshop. They learned how to use a set of chisels and a mallet to carve wood using various different techniques that have been used by woodcarvers for centuries. 

Summer 2023: Enamelling

The Goldsmiths’ Centre, London, This workshop ran for five days from Monday 21st August 2023 until Friday 25th  August 2023.
In this workshop, students were taught techniques including shaping, bending, hammering, sawing, soldering, texturing and enamelling, using materials such as silver, copper and brass.

Summer 2023: Fortnums x TCDT Employment Programme: Human Resources & Visual Merchandising

Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, London, This workshop ran for one day on Tuesday 22nd August 2023.
During the final in a series of employment programme workshops, run in collaboration with Fortnum & Mason, students explored what it is like to work within the store’s Human Resources and Visual Merchandising departments.  Each Fortnums x TCDT Employment Programme workshop allows students to meet with at least two different departments to learn about their role and growth in the business, what they love doing and some of the challenges. Speakers will also offer career advice should the students wish to grow their career in the visited departments.

Summer 2023: Sign Writing on Skateboards

Bow Road Studios, London E3, This workshop ran for four days from Tuesday 15th August 2023 until Friday 18th August 2023.
In this workshop, students learned how to paint a box or skate board using traditional, timeless brushwork and pinstriping techniques. Practicing with a mahl stick (a stick with a soft leather or padded head used by painters) and enamel paints, students acquired new design, shading and lining talents and learned to master some serious brushwork skills!