Events - Workshops - Short Courses
Upcoming 12024
NEW: Planning for Long Term Creativity
responding to the needs of the creative thought the unfolding seasons, year on year.
These four sessions are devised to respond to the topic of the season. Exploring the customs, festivals and ceremony, myth & Legend of the British timeline, as inspiration and purpose for creative, lasting outcomes. Developing meaningful narratives that foster long tern, creative thinking. Creative and practical support, covering a divers range of R&D techniques to generate the work necessary to achieve well-explored and resolved outcomes.
PART 2: Summer
Time:
Planning for
Long term Creativity
Date: sat 22nd June 2024
Time: 6-8.30pm
£35.00
join me at my Bloomsbury studio, for the first in a series of 4 evening workshops, sharing ideas over a glass of wine with like-minded people.
explore ways to import long-term thinking and ‘purpose’ back into your creative process. add depth to your craft while exploring new pathways to discovering your works ‘grand narrative’ while unlocking truly purposeful, sustainable, planning systems!
Venue: Bloomsbury
THE CREATIVE DIMENSION TRUST
Pattern Making
/ Classic tailoring
Have you ever wondered what goes into the cutting and making of high fashion garments? This course will guide you through the techniques used by designers to make inspiring 3D details in cloth. Exploring experimental pattern cutting methods popularised by the Japanese designers of the late 20th century, classic tailoring methods mastered by Savile Row London and haute couture stitching methods used by the Paris houses, you will design, cut and make a "toile 'sampler'.
Venue: Cockpit Arts, Bloomsbury, London
29 Oct - 1 Nov 2024
Central Saint Martins
Introduction to Fashion Design
Have you ever wondered what a fashion designer actually does, whether it is the right career for you, or how designers come up with a fresh collection every season? This introductory course was specifically designed with the beginner in mind. It will guide you through the fashion design process. You will work from a set brief through an extensive research process to generate and develop ideas for
Venue: CSM Campus, Kings Cross, London
23 Apr - 28 June 2024
8 - 12 Jul (online)
5-16 Jul
3 Oct 21 Nov
Central Saint Martins
Building A fashion Collection
A collection can be any number of different garments, from a few exclusive pieces with different design elements to a large selection of varied styles. More important than the number of pieces is the point the collection is making its fashion statement.
Venue: CSM Campus, Kings Cross, London
19 - 23 Jun 2024
‘An inspiring and knowledgeable tutor. Organised and highly skilled. What Ian doest know about Fashion, isn't worth knowing!! Expert in portfolio building, advice and translating creative methodologies into practice..’
Jane Frances
Parsons New School
Professor of Design, fashion
Cockpit is home to over 175 independent creative businesses in London. Twice a year we open our doors to the public, for the opportunity to meet some of the world’s most celebrated craftspeople in their studios. Surrounded by their tools, materials and work-in-progress, this is a rare authentic glimpse behind the scenes and a chance to hear first-hand about their inspiration, process and the often meandering journeys they’ve been on to get here...
Venue: Bloomsbury
13-16 June
Ian graduated of Saint Martins and The Royal College of Art. A London-based artist and bespoke maker of mens accessories & fibre art hangings.
A well-respected and inspiring teacher, Ian has taught fashion design at Saint Martins for over twenty years, while lectures internationally, setting up and delivering courses & Seminars in Paris, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Riyadh and China.
PGCE Qualified
DBS: 2024