Blogs and Articles

  • Short Courses Blog

    Meet the Maker: Jenney Kelly

    Posted on 19th August 2024

    In this instalment of Meet the Maker, we introduce Jenney Kelly, a new tutor running a short course in traditional Indian block printing. Here she shares where it all began, her inspirations and why we should have a go at block printing.

  • FdA Clocks: First year clockmaking project

    Posted on 16th August 2024

    A blog post by Foundation Degree in Clocks student, Yu Hsuan Chang, recently finished their final project which involved learning how a clock works and how to fabricate each component.

  • The Edward James Bookbinding Competition

    Posted on 2nd August 2024

    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. 

  • Metals Conservation: 16th century padlock

    Posted on 19th July 2024

    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.

  • Short Courses Blog

    Meet the maker: Rachel O’Connell

    Posted on 16th July 2024

    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.

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