The UK is home to some of the world's most fashionable milliners. On this practical three-week course, our tutors will help you explore your creativity using traditional tools and contemporary techniques to make a series of hats. We'll introduce you to the craft and history of hat making and send you away with different styles of hat you've designed and made yourself.Our course tutors will give you an insight in to the history of hats and current fashions. Over the three weeks you'll use different materials to create a range of hats that you design, assemble, line, trim and finish. •In week one, you'll construct, size and shape a hat using a straw capeline. We'll show you techniques used to stiffen your hat and make the brim. •In week two, you'll choose felt for your hat and the select a hat block to shape your design. We'll even show you how to make your own hat blocks.•In week three, you'll use buckram which you wire and cover with scrim before covering and binding the edges.

Period
05-07-2014 - 25-07-2014 (3 weeks)

Target group
You dont need any millinery or specialist sewing experience, just an interest in hats and a desire to improve your practical skills and millinery knowledge.AUB Summer Courses are open to all those aged 17 or over at the time of taking the course. Our summer courses are attended by school leavers, university students and creative professionals wishing to up-skill or change careers.

Course aim
Learn traditional hat making skillsDesign your own hatsMaster a range of materials and trimsMake your own hat blockLearn from experienced millinersVisit a leading milliner



Credits
0.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
GBP 1500[Convert to USD]Course TuitionPlease note our tuition fee includes all materials used within the course, teaching costs, plus transport and admission fees for any day trips or study excursions that take place as part of your course.All fees must be paid no later than 1 month in advance of the course start dateGBP 120[Convert to USD]AUB AccommodationAccommodation is available to Summer students at 120.00 per week.These are 2 Halls of Residence on our University campus, just a 2 minute walk from our teaching areas. There are single study bedrooms with private en-suite shower rooms and toilets. Each floor has several large communal kitchens equipped with all appliances and equipment for you to use. There are laundry facilities within each building, payphones, lockable storage lockers and secure swipe key systems to enter the building. Our campus is patrolled 24 hours a day by our onsite security team.

Course leader
Rebecca Pride, Course LeaderBA Costume with Performance Design

Scholarships
Course TuitionPlease note our tuition fee includes all materials used within the course, teaching costs, plus transport and admission fees for any day trips or study excursions that take place as part of your course.

Arts University Bournemouth Creative Arts
Address: Wallisdown Poole, Dorset
Postal code: BH12 5HH
City: Bournemouth
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.aub.ac.uk/summer
E-mail: summercourses@aub.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1202 853604