Future courses

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. The course is now fully booked but there is a reserve list. For more information click here. 

Recent past 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. A good time was had by all! Next year’s plans will be posted here in due course, but don’t hesitate to contact me to register an interest.

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.

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.