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22–23
Digital
Courses &
Workshops
Try out the latest digital design software
and learn new skills in our state-of-the-art
Digital Studio
Chinoiserie
Chic: The Art of
Millinery
Wednesday 16 –
Friday 18 February
10.30–16.30
Design and create a beautiful
headpiece under the guidance
of master milliner Caroline
Morris, inspired by Chinese
styles and Chinoiserie at the
V&A. Learn new techniques
for embellishing and trimming,
practise using specialist
equipment and experiment
with a range of materials.
£180, £144 concessions
(includes all materials)
Cracking
Ceramics 1:
From Surface to
Shape
Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 February
10.30–16.30
Part one of four workshops
with ceramicist Rosa Nguyen,
using ideas taken from the
V&A's Ceramics Study Galleries.
Learn how to manipulate the
surface of clay using techniques
such as scraffito, plaster intaglio
impressions and card/sponge
stencilling, before transforming
the flat clay into simple
3-D forms.
£164, £132 concessions
(includes all materials)
Mastering
Manuscripts:
The Art of Jain
Manuscript
Painting
Saturday 26 – Monday 28 March
10.30–16.30
Learn how to create an exquisite
illuminated manuscript in the
Jain Indian miniature tradition
in this workshop led by artist
Hayley Brown. Get inspired by
a curator-led tour of the Jain
Manuscripts display at the
V&A, before discovering how
to draw and paint using
specialist miniature brushes
and techniques including
burnishing, colour filling,
outlining and calligraphy.
£180, £144 concessions
(includes all materials)
Japanese
Graphic Paper
Friday 21 January
10.30–17.00
Work with digital artist
Norihide Mizuguch to create
a Japanese decorated paper
based on your photographs
of objects in the Japan gallery.
Learn how to manipulate your
images using Photoshop and
print your finished design
on Japanese Washi paper.
Suitable for beginners
£60, £48 concessions
Manuscript page, Rajasthan, c.1630 Design on Washi paper by a V&A student, 2009
Photoshop
Skills
Mondays, 31 January – 14 March
(excluding 21 February)
10.30–13.00 & 14.30–17.00
Learn essential Photoshop
techniques and experiment
with creative effects to
turn your photographs
into artworks!
Suitable for beginners
£156, £126 concessions
Creative Art
Photography
Tuesdays, 8 February – 5 April
(excluding 22 February)
10.30–13.00
Join artist Chino Otsuka to
learn how to capture and create
expressive photographs in the
spectacular surroundings of the
V&A. This practical course will
cover staging photographs, selfportraiture
and creative image
manipulation using Photoshop.
Suitable for those with a good
understanding of manual camera control
DSLR camera required
£240, £192 concessions