赫里福德艺术学院

On Contemporary Design Crafts, our course ethos is to blend modern design principles and innovative new processes with hands-on making. We will help you to develop both specialist material knowledge and your own visual language as part of your journey to becoming a successful maker.

You will join a community of students who continuously engage in critical discussion about contemporary crafts. In this stimulating environment, your ideas will be challenged and developed through regular group feedback sessions and one-to-one tutorials. You will also have the opportunity to take these conversations into wider forums, engaging with others and discovering new perspectives.

As a student at Hereford College of Arts, you will learn to become a maker of opportunity, often working on projects within the booming crafts and design sector. Live briefs are available across all years, with particular focus on work placement activities in your second year.

Contemporary Design Crafts offer an amazing breadth of mediums and processes to explore: ceramics, print, textiles, small metals and many more. Your experience on the course will equip you with the knowledge and understanding to develop a fully structured professional portfolio. Additionally, the networks and partnerships you form will provide support and challenges both during the course and as a continuing legacy afterwards.

You will have the opportunity to collaborate across a range of disciplines, leading to deeper understanding and exciting innovations. As part of the process of defining your practice as a maker you will also be encouraged to develop your critical thinking skills and contextual knowledge, through thought-provoking critical studies sessions.

Graduate explore multiple destinations after this course, and we support students who may choose self-employment as makers and those who will continue their practice as part of a varied and rewarding portfolio career. In addition to employment within the creative sector, graduate destinations frequently include cultural sector employment, arts administration, curation, museum & heritage, postgraduate study, and teaching.