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. As of early May 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
I will be teaching this introduction to lettercarving in stone at a beautiful venue in the hills of Gabrovo province, central Bulgaria, in the historic village of Bozhentsi. The five-day course will cover carving technique and design for lettercarving. Accommodation available on site. For more information and booking click here. 

Other courses
Here are some other people or organisations who sometimes provide courses in letter carving. Click on their names to go to their websites.

Simon Langsdale & Tom Perkins (Essex).
Abraxas Academy (Charlotte Howarth & Nina Bilbey, Norfolk)
Pip Hall (Cumbria and elsewhere).
Cromarty Arts Trust (Cromarty, Scotland, Robbie Schneider).
Gary Breeze (Norfolk).
Lettering Arts Trust(info only: no longer run courses themselves).
West Dean College (Sussex, long diploma course with Lisi Ashbridge).
Highgrove (Gloucestershire, Lisi Ashbridge). 
ELI/Lieve Cornil (Bruges, Belgium, and online).
City & Guilds of London Art School (London, Tom Young). City & Guilds also provide degree courses in architectural stone or wood carving which include lettercarving. See here.