A Hero
Sheet 01 / Two inks

Make The Thing You

Can’t Explain Yet
Next intake September 2027. Portfolios close 14 March.
Sheet 02 / Recent degree shows

Nine Things That
Should Not Have Worked

Print, clay, rope, concrete. A selection from the last three degree shows, every piece made in our studios by the people graduating that year.
A Work 9
A Work 5
A Work 3
A Work 2
A Work 6
A Work 4
A Work 1
A Work 7
A Work 8
Sheet 03 / One ink

If You Already Know How It Ends, Make Something Else.

Sheet 04 / Programmes

Eight Ways In

Four degrees, one foundation year and three short courses for when you have a day job.

Degrees

3 years, full time

OP-PR1BA Printmaking

Length : 3 years, full time
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OP-SC1BA Sculpture

Length : 3 years, full time
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OP-TX1BA Textiles

Length : 3 years, full time
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OP-IL1BA Illustration

Length : 3 years, full time
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Foundation + Short

1 evening to 1 year

OP-FY1Foundation Year

Length : 1 year, full time
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OP-SP1Evening Screen Print

Length : 10 Tuesday evenings
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OP-LD1Summer Life Drawing

Length : 2 weeks, July
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OP-PF1Portfolio Prep

Length : 6 Saturdays
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A Press
Sheet 05 / Press room
Studios

The Ink Stays On Your Hands

Four studios, one rule: book the bench, wash up, leave the next person a clean screen.
11
presses, kilns and looms you book yourself
24
hours a day the print room stays open
6
students to each technician, never more
Sheet 06 / Tutors

They Still Make Things

Every tutor keeps a practice outside the school. You will see their work go up on the same walls as yours.
A Tutor 1
Head of Printmaking
A Tutor 2
Head of Sculpture
A Tutor 3
Head of Textiles
A Tutor 4
Head of Drawing
Sheet 07 / Second ink
A Grad
I came in wanting to paint. I left weaving rope at three in the morning, and nobody once told me that was the wrong turn.
Ines Varga
BA Textiles, class of 2025
Left: Tide Line, rope and dyed wool, 2.4 m
Sheet 08 / Come and look

Open Studio Days

Walk in, touch the presses, bring a sketchbook. No booking for open days; portfolio evenings take 20 people.
Date
What
Time
Sat 21 Nov
Open studio: print room
Pull your own print
11:⁠00⁠–⁠16:⁠00
Thu 3 Dec
Portfolio evening
Bring 10 pieces, get honest notes
18:⁠00⁠–⁠20:⁠30
Sat 16 Jan
Open studio: clay + casting
Kilns open
11:⁠00⁠–⁠16:⁠00
Sat 6 Feb
Foundation taster day
For 17 and up
10:⁠00⁠–⁠15:⁠00
Sat 6 Mar
Last portfolio clinic
Eight days before the deadline
10:⁠00⁠–⁠14:⁠00

Studio Notes

A Post 1

What We Look For In A Portfolio (Not Polish)

Unfinished work tells us more than framed work. Mara Velt sat with the panel for...
A Post 2

A Week In The Casting Shed

Five days, forty moulds, three that worked. A second-year sculptor keeps a diary.
Sheet 09 / Last call

Portfolios Close
14 March

Send ten pieces, finished or not, and one paragraph on what you want to try next. We reply to every application within four weeks.