Second Year MA Creative Writing & Publishing student Jim Green writes about his experience as an Open Day Student Ambassador, and why he chose to study at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.

In this blog post, FdA Historic Craft Practices – Musical Instruments student Evelien Heeres writes about her process of carving a Violin Scroll.

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.