Future courses

Lettercarving in stone & lettering design: 5-day course
15-19 June 2026, Nant Hirwen, Powys, Wales
The ninth five-day design & carving course at this delightful venue in north-east Wales. The course is designed for those with some experience of lettering and/or carving, so will not suit complete beginners. It will include both design and carving, lunch is provided, and self-catering bunkhouse accommodation is available on site.
Cost: £420 including lunch.
Tutor: John Neilson.
Theme: A small inscriptional project which you will design and carve, addressing whatever issues arise in the process.
Stone & equipment:  I will order suitable stone and charge you at cost price. I recommend you bring your own chisels, dummies etc, but I can lend you them if necessary.
Booking: Maximum of 10 participants. Please contact me for more details or to book a place. A £60 deposit will be payable in due course. As of April 2026 there are still a few places left.

Here are some photos from previous years showing the yard area where we carve if the weather is fine, and the kitchen/dining/designing room.

Lettercarving in stone: 5-day course
21-25 July 2026, Bozhentsi, Bulgaria
An introduction to lettercarving in stone at a beautiful venue in the hills of Gabrovo province, central Bulgaria. This five-day course will cover carving technique and design for lettercarving. Accommodation available on site. For more information please contact boril@redesign.bg.

Other courses
Here are some other people or organisations who sometimes provide short courses in letter carving. Click on their names to go to their websites.
Abraxas Academy (Charlotte Howarth & Nina Bilbey, Norfolk)
Pip Hall (Cumbria).
Cromarty Arts Trust (Cromarty, Scotland, Robbie Schneider).
Lettering Arts Trust (info only: no longer run courses themselves).
West Dean College (Sussex, Tom Perkins, also long course with Lisi Ashbridge).
ELI/Lieve Cornil (Bruges, Belgium, and online).
City & Guilds of London Art School (London, Tom Young).
Gary Breeze (Norfolk)
Simon Langsdale & Tom Perkins (Essex)