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Top courses
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- 8 Weeks
...structure is created have a vocabulary of weaving terminology understand how different yarns react to one another know how to dress a loom know how... Learn about: Loom dressing, Weave structures, Weaving terminology... More
£ 465
...structure is created have a vocabulary of weaving terminology understand how different yarns react to one another know how to dress a loom know how... Learn about: Loom dressing, Weave structures, Weaving terminology... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- February
- 1 Day
...at London Met's renowned art school, The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design. During the course, the areas we'll be covering include... Learn about: Photographic skills, Colour casts, Test strips... More
£ 185
...at London Met's renowned art school, The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design. During the course, the areas we'll be covering include... Learn about: Photographic skills, Colour casts, Test strips... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- 10 Weeks
...This short course introduces you to the restoration and repair of wooden objects and furniture. It is taught at London Met's art school The... Learn about: Furniture restoration, Materials construction... More
£ 460
...This short course introduces you to the restoration and repair of wooden objects and furniture. It is taught at London Met's art school The... Learn about: Furniture restoration, Materials construction... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- October
- 6 Weeks
...collage processes that are used today how different materials can be used and how to experiment with them how to get started, including fast output... Learn about: Photoshop skills... More
£ 265
...collage processes that are used today how different materials can be used and how to experiment with them how to get started, including fast output... Learn about: Photoshop skills... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- October
- 4 Weeks
...an introduction to how mark making and experimental drawing is essential practice and its relevance to past and present illustrators and designers drawing... Learn about: Zine-making techniques, Collage techniques... More
£ 375
...an introduction to how mark making and experimental drawing is essential practice and its relevance to past and present illustrators and designers drawing... Learn about: Zine-making techniques, Collage techniques... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- 4 Days
...once you have sent your information through the form. Course structure: stripping away the old cane and conducting repairs to the frame start caning stages... Learn about: Placing settings, Caning stages, Equipment safely... More
£ 525
...once you have sent your information through the form. Course structure: stripping away the old cane and conducting repairs to the frame start caning stages... Learn about: Placing settings, Caning stages, Equipment safely... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- 6 Weeks
...in criminal and family law, for social services and the Crown Prosecution Service. She is a founding member of Leather Lane Writers and Oxford Narrative... Learn about: Short Story, Family history, Irish theatre... More
£ 175
...in criminal and family law, for social services and the Crown Prosecution Service. She is a founding member of Leather Lane Writers and Oxford Narrative... Learn about: Short Story, Family history, Irish theatre... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- October
- 5 Weeks
...prior to course in order to make best use of workshops and location visits. The center will contact you once you have sent your information through the... Learn about: Visual language, Personal Communication, Drawing media... More
£ 405
...prior to course in order to make best use of workshops and location visits. The center will contact you once you have sent your information through the... Learn about: Visual language, Personal Communication, Drawing media... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- July
- 3 Days
...to those with little or no experience and for those with an interest in working with leather. This is a practical course so requires a degree of manual dexterity... Learn about: Skiving leather, Hand stitching, Machine sewing... More
£ 375
...to those with little or no experience and for those with an interest in working with leather. This is a practical course so requires a degree of manual dexterity... Learn about: Skiving leather, Hand stitching, Machine sewing... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- October
- 8 Weeks
...By the end of the course, you will be able to: identify and choose appropriate leaf metal for the gilding of surfaces prepare a suitable ground for... Learn about: Heritage organisations, Metal leaf, Dutch metal... More
£ 375
...By the end of the course, you will be able to: identify and choose appropriate leaf metal for the gilding of surfaces prepare a suitable ground for... Learn about: Heritage organisations, Metal leaf, Dutch metal... More
Upcoming courses
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- February
- 1 Day
...heath and safety in the darkroom an introduction to colour printing experimenting making contact prints understanding your own negatives making a print... Learn about: Colour casts, Photographic skills, Contact prints... More
£ 185
...heath and safety in the darkroom an introduction to colour printing experimenting making contact prints understanding your own negatives making a print... Learn about: Colour casts, Photographic skills, Contact prints... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- Sep-2021
- 35 Weeks
...Furniture has been designed, made, upholstered and restored at The Cass, London Metropolitan University (formerly the London College of Furniture)... Learn about: Soft Furnishers... More
£ 3,150
...Furniture has been designed, made, upholstered and restored at The Cass, London Metropolitan University (formerly the London College of Furniture)... Learn about: Soft Furnishers... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- Feb-2021
- 15 Weeks
...You'll be taught at The Cass with its long history of teaching furniture and upholstery courses, where you'll explore the safe and correct use of a range of hand tools... Learn about: Furniture forms, Construction Training, Basic furniture forms... More
£ 935
...You'll be taught at The Cass with its long history of teaching furniture and upholstery courses, where you'll explore the safe and correct use of a range of hand tools... Learn about: Furniture forms, Construction Training, Basic furniture forms... More
- Short course
- London
- Beginner
- Oct-2021
- 2h - 10 Weeks
...start develop writing confidence in a supportive, encouraging environment... Learn about: Starting to Write, Evening course, Creative Writing... More
£ 250
...start develop writing confidence in a supportive, encouraging environment... Learn about: Starting to Write, Evening course, Creative Writing... More
Teachers and trainers (30)
Claire is a technician at the CASS London Metropolitan University, working at the Textiles and Fashion department. Claire Whelan is a weaver that works under the name ‘WhelansWeaving’. She currently has her studio at Cockpit Arts.
Emma started out studying textiles at Goldsmiths, going on to produce screen-printed fabrics for use in upholstery and soft furnishings. Since studying upholstery under the AMUSF scheme at the Cass, Emma works on commissions from her studio in Peckham. As the technician, Emma is responsible for the day to day running of the upholstery workshops here at The Cass, any questions about tools and materials, just ask!
Kate is the short course co-ordinator and tutor on furniture-making professional courses at The Cass. A cabinet-maker, furniture-maker and teacher with 30 years of experience following fine art training, theatre carpentry and set-building, Kate loves wood and beautiful objects with wheels, restoring and recycling interesting materials and using her rather calloused hands to create.
Nick Pyall builds guitars using hand tools. He specializes in instruments inspired by Viennese guitars of the early and mid-nineteenth century, including those with extra bass strings, and the mid-twentieth-century guitars of the North American 'golden era' of acoustic guitar making. Nick is also a player and teacher of the guitar. In recent years his passion for the instrument has led to him studying its development and societal history. His previous teaching posts include being a senior lecturer in guitar making and the course leader for the Musical Instruments BSc at The Cass.
Shaun's background is in cabinet making, carpentry and joinery, and the conservation and restoration of furniture and works of art. Shaun trained for six years full-time, five of those at The London College of Furniture (now The Cass). Shaun has been working as Senior Furniture Conservator for 'The Royal Collection Trust' for over 27 years. His role covers all aspects of decorative furniture and wooden artefacts for The Royal Residences including Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral, Sandringham, Kensington Palace and Osborne House.
Dr Tony Murray is the Director of the Irish Writers in London Summer School and Curator of the Archive of the Irish in Britain. Tony graduated in Irish Studies in 1992 and, after running an Irish community bookshop and literary festival for a number of years, joined the Irish Studies Centre at London Metropolitan University in 1995, eventually becoming its Director from 2012-17. Tony has taught Irish Studies and English Literature for over twenty years, and has run the annual Irish Writers in London Summer School since its inception in 1996.
