Evening and weekend courses
Learn a trade properly, from someone who does it
Short courses in woodwork, letterpress, ceramics and bookbinding, taught in a Victorian school hall by people who make their living at it.
This term
Four courses, and a waiting list for two of them
Everything is capped at eight people, because that is how many benches there are.
Woodwork: the first joint
Hand tools only. You leave with a stool you made and did not glue in a panic.
6 evenings
£320
Letterpress
Setting metal type, mixing ink and printing a run of fifty cards to take home.
2 days
£210
Wheel-thrown ceramics
Throwing, trimming and glazing. Everything you make gets fired.
8 evenings
£420
Bookbinding
Two sewn bindings in a day, in the good cloth rather than the practice stuff.
1 day
£140
Who teaches
People who do it for a living
Rob Feeny
Woodwork
Furniture maker for twenty-two years. Teaches the way he was taught, minus the shouting.
Ivy Sandoval
Letterpress and bookbinding
Runs a two-person press in the same building. Owns more type than sense.
Kwame Boakye
Ceramics
Production potter. Fires the kiln on Wednesdays, which is why glazing is on Tuesday.
Before you book
The usual questions
Do I need to bring anything?
Only clothes you do not mind ruining. Tools, timber, clay, ink and paper are all included, and there is an apron on the back of every door.
I have never done this before.
Good — most people have not. Every course starts from nothing and the first evening is deliberately slow. If you have done some before, say so when you book and we will give you harder work.
What if I miss a week?
Tell us and we will run through what you missed at the start of the next one. Miss more than two of six and we will move you to the following term rather than have you fall behind.
Can I buy someone a place?
Yes — gift vouchers do not expire, and they are for a value rather than a specific course, so the recipient picks what and when.
The autumn term opens for booking on 1 September
Courses fill in about a fortnight. The mailing list gets a day's head start, which is the only perk it has.