Department Arts & Crafts

Donna is a passionate creative and the driving force behind Make Your Own Happy. With over 20 years of teaching experience as a primary school, Donna has always cherished the power of creativity in both her professional and personal life.…

Vanessa Stone is an artist and illustrator that celebrates the iconic buildings and the natural landscape around her using – collage, papercutting and en plein air drawing.Her work uses strong compositions and vibrant colour to really capture the essence of…

Callum Abbott works primarily in the field of abstract drawing but is not tied down to this medium exclusively. The artist frequently creates collages, performances and sculptures in addition to his drawing practice. Callum graduated from Camberwell College of Arts…

After studying applied arts, she has enjoyed introducing her love of colour, and themes of travel, landscape and the coast, to small groups and classes. Kate often uses an artists work for creative inspiration, so that we can explore a…

Collette is a professional artist and gallery proprietor. She was taught Fine Art to Foundation level and qualified from the Hertfordshire college of Art and Design in 1985. She later qualified as a Further Education Tutor at North Herts College.…

Jane’s passion for glass has been a lifelong one, having been surrounded by glass since birth. Both parents worked in the glass industry – her father as a master glass blower, her mother as a glass finisher. Having tried many…

Amy has over 25 years’ experience in fabric design and has been weaving for the past 16 years. After graduating from embroidered textiles for Fashion degree at the London College of Fashion in 2003, she went on to establish her…