Session 1: Celia Wain-Heapy

Session 2:  John Booth

To meet the needs of our younger audience Central Saint Martins has created a range of short, residential courses, held in Buckinghamshire, England. Using the talents of our Foundation and Short course tutors the courses are all three weeks long and involve practical designing and making. The aim is to give you an experience of art school and help you to build skills and develop new work for your portfolio.

Central Saint Martins is internationally famous for fashion design. Ex-students include Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson and John Galliano, to name just four. On this fashion course you will explore the design process very much in the spirit of the college, where your own personal and explorative approach will be celebrated.

Subjects will include:

• Research and Idea Generation
• Fashion and Accessory Design
• Fashion Illustration and Presentation Skills
• Working in 3D - Silhouettes and Draping
• Fashion Styling and Marketing
• Textile Design for Fashion

This course is ideal if you are considering fashion or textiles as a future career, or if you wish to try something new and have a passion for fashion and the fashion industry. Upon completion you will have had an insight into fashion at Central Saint Martins and new skills to help you continue designing and styling your own collection.

This promises to be an exciting and unique experience for any 13-15 year-old who is:

• Interested in developing their own creativity
• Building a portfolio for future studies
• Confident in learning from their mistakes
• Keen to work with students of different nationalities
• Willing to work and collaborate with others during projects
• Wishing to develop their skills in communicating ideas

The School

All studies, accommodation and residential services take place at the International School for the Creative Arts (ISCA), Buckinghamshire - a short distance from Windsor and set in beautiful grounds. ISCA is affiliated to the University of the Arts London and has all the residential services and support that you will need, including shared-room en-suite accommodation, sports activities including tennis courts and an indoor swimming pool, internet access and catering for morning, lunch and evening meals.

Click here to download the ISCA Summer School Handbook 2012 [PDF, 448kb]

Click here to visit ther website: http://www.isca.uk.com/

Address: International School for the Creative Arts, Framewood Road, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4QS

Course Dates

• Session 1: 15 July - 4 August 2012 (3 weeks)
• Session 2: 5 August - 25 August 2012 (3 weeks)

10.30am - 4.30pm with optional evening and weekend activities. Examples of activities include organised trips to London, Windsor or Oxford, museum and gallery visits.

Estimated Group Size: 16 students per class

The course fee is inclusive of VAT and covers:

• Teaching including three course-based excursions
• Most course materials
• Shared accommodation
• Catering (breakfast, lunch and evening meal)
• Free access to launderette
• Communal kitchen
• Indoor swiming pool and gymnasium
• Sports ground and tennis courts
• Computer room
• Special evening activities and/or weekend excursions

Celia Wain-Heapy is a professional designer and pattern cutter for a womenswear brand. She gained her degree at Winchester School of Art and Design. Celia is an experienced short course tutor at Central Saint Martins teaching Fashion Design, Fashion Illustration and Fashon Summer School for 13 to 15 Year Olds.

John Booth graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA Honours in Fashion Print. Whilst studying he worked for John Galliano and Zandra Rhodes where he developed a passion for colour, pattern and line. He is currently working at a London based fashion studio and also teaches fashion illustration at Central Saint Martins.