104 Short courses in Art and Craft

What better time to let your imagination run wild than at Halloween? Be the ghostiest with the mostest with your head-turning homemade Halloween costumes and frightfully-fantastic decorations. All the trick-or-treaters will be knocking on your door for your yummy Halloween treats. International Open Academy offers the DIY Halloween Costumes and Decorations programme.

This Stone Setting in Silver Jewellery course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) provides the perfect introduction to basic stone setting techniques for students who have some experience of fabricating silver jewellery.

In America alone 6.5 billion greeting cards are sent every year, but how often do you find a card you really like? Do you find their messages to be too mushy? Why not make someone’s day by giving them a personalized card, handmade by you? International Open Academy offers the Creative Card Making for All Occasions programme.

This Designing for Surface Decoration short course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is an introduction to designing patterns and surface decoration for items in the home. You'll create your own designs through experimenting with print, layout and different surface textures.