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2024Academic Year Short Course Review「Design Principles Applied to Ceramic Tiles:The Marriage of Geometry and Biomorph」

The module “Design Principles Applied to Ceramic Tiles: The Marriage of Geometry and Biomorph”was delivered by Nooshin Shafiei from the King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts at Yuan Centre on 15 - 26 April.The main objective of the module was introducing students to experience the…

2024Academic Year Short Course Review「Alchemy of Colour: Methods & Materials」

From Jan 8 to 26 of 2024, 「Alchemy of Colour: Methods and Materials」was be delivered by David Cranswick (PFSTA) in Yuan Center, Suzhou.The Making of Western Traditional PigmentsThe first week, David illustrated the alchemy of color- making.Clay is the natural apothecary of art, and in its depths…

2023Academic Year Short Course Review「The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns」

From 11 to 24 October, the course "The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns" was delivered by Dr. Lisa DeLong from the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts at Yuan Centre.This practical course encouraged students to contemplate Geometry’s true inherent meaning in the realm of the order…

2023 Academic Year Short Course Review「The Language of Nature: Design Motifs」

From Nov 20 to Dec 1, "The Language of Nature: Design Motifs" short course was be delivered by tutor Mahmud Manning in Yuan Centre, with supporting and translating by Tutor Assistant.  In this course, students from different cities learned together about the art of creating traditional Islamic…

2021Academic Year Short Course Review「The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns」

From 11 to 22 January 2021, students from the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts China Centre completed a two-week course entitled "The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns” under the direction of PFSTA tutor Lisa DeLong and Tom Bree…

2021Academic Year Short Course Review「Give Form to Myriad Things: Calligraphy」

From 25 January to 5 February 2021, students from the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts China Centre completed a two-week course entitled "Give Form to Myriad Things: Calligraphy” under the direction of tutor Jia Qin…

2021Academic Year Short Course Review「The Constitution of Shanshui Landscape and Geomancy」

From 15 to 26 March, students from the China Centre of the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts completed a two-week course in Chinese traditional art, “The Constitution of Shanshui Landscape and Geomancy”. The course was taught by Prof. Ding Xiyuan, and Prof. Lin…

2021Academic Year Short Course Review「Design Principles Applied to ceramic Tiles」

From April 12th to April 23rd, 2021, the students of the China Center of the Academy of Traditional Arts of the British Crown Prince Foundation, under the guidance of Li Ran, the instructor of the Academy of Traditional Arts, completed the two-week traditional art course "Application of Design…

2021Academic Year Short Course Review「The Oder Of Nature Geometrical Design Principles」

From April 5th to April 9th, under the guidance of the instructor of the Academy of Traditional Arts, Ramiz Sabbagh, the students of the China Center of the Academy of Traditional Arts of the British Crown Prince Foundation completed the one-week traditional art course "Order of Nature in the…