Fashion & textiles
Are you looking to develop skills in fashion, either for your own personal interest or to help you progress onto further or higher education? Maybe you have aspirations of a new career or starting your own business in the fashion industry, or maybe you just want to design your own clothes or learn how to style yourself. Our range of fashion courses include: fashion illustration, styling, design, developing fashion drawing skills and creating fashion accessories. Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on 020 7492 2700 Monday - Friday between 10am - 5pm.
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Textile workshop: personal project, support and feedback
Course Date: Sun 3 Jun 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetUse the creative environment and equipment of our textile studio to drive your own textile projects forward. Individual tutorials, discussions and technical demonstrations provide constructive feedback and support throughout. Print, transfer dye, stitch and mixed media.Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £183.00Concession: £140.00 -
Introduction to the sewing machine
Course Date: Sat 14 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFull fee: £99.00Senior fee: £99.00Concession: £99.00 -
Textiles: manipulation, folding and fabric origami
Course Date: Mon 16 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetMake and use an origami mould to create abstract geometric form. Explore 3D structures working from paper into fabric using a range of folding, pleating and stitching techniques. You'll create intriguing sculptural forms and tactile surfaces.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £97.00 -
Embroidery patch workshop
Course Date: Thu 19 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetEmbroidery patches are everywhere! It’s the perfect way to make a subtle statement or instantly update an old jumper you’ve had hidden away for years. Patches become even more fun and intriguing when you have stitched them!Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £42.00 -
Textiles: indigo shibori dyeing
Course Date: Thu 19 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetProduce your own indigo hand-dyed fabrics using pleating, stitch and wrapping methods. Explore the magical combination of indigo dye and shibori resist techniques.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Textiles: constructing pattern, colouring cloth
Course Date: Sat 21 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExperiment with a range of heat transfer processes and hand painting methods. Develop initial ideas through mark-making and collage. Create fabrics or art works using a personal colour palette and embellish surface through foil print and simple stitch marks.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £119.00 -
Textile sketchbook: developing ideas and projects
Course Date: Mon 23 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDevelop a creative and experimental sketchbook. Explore the surface qualities of drawing and mark-making with the layered possibilities of mixed-media and hand stitch. You'll have the chance to generate visual research and ideas towards a personal project.Full fee: £209.00Senior fee: £167.00Concession: £127.00 -
Textiles: frame loom weaving
Course Date: Mon 30 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn the basics of handweaving on a frame loom. Explore traditional rug making techniques to create raised surface decoration and handweaving in plain weave pattern. Create a series of samples, and design and create your own contemporary weave-combining techniques.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £97.00 -
Felt making: colour, line, form
Course Date: Wed 1 Aug 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore contemporary felting processes such as the ‘seamless’ technique to create 3D structures and ‘nuno’, where fabrics are bonded to the surface to make dynamic textural effects. Create several samples or one resolved piece.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £97.00 -
Tambour bead embroidery
Course Date: Sat 4 Aug 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn the essential Tambour stitches and the knack of using a Tambour hook. Learn how to add beads and sequins to fabric to create personal work. You will also learn about specialist materials and tools.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £119.00 -
Fashion: leather bags and accessories
Course Date: Mon 6 Aug 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn the art of cutting and manipulating fine leather. Practise twin-needle saddle stitching to create a hand-stitched leather handbag adapted to your own design.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £97.00 -
Textile and surface pattern: from drawing to digital print
Course Date: Mon 6 Aug 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore drawing and printing in the studio, before digitising and manipulating your designs using Photoshop. Suitable for students with a creative background. Photoshop experience preferred but not essential.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £97.00 -
Fashion: embossed leather accessories
Course Date: Thu 9 Aug 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn how to make an embossed decorative leather panel to develop into a bespoke fashion accessory. Use stamps and foils and add initials to handmade leather accessories.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £95.00Concession: £73.00 -
Drawing for textiles: mark making and pattern design
Course Date: Sat 18 Aug 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDevelop your visual research with experimental approaches to mark making and drawing. Explore a range of drawing styles as well as approaches to line, colour, surface quality and repeat pattern methods for applications such as print, surface pattern, stitch and constructed textiles.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £99.00Concession: £99.00 -
Introduction to hand sewing
Course Date: Mon 17 Sep 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn the basics of hand sewing and build your confidence in using this skill to repair and adapt. Get to grips with a variety of simple stitches to make seams and hems, and attach buttons.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £73.00