BA (Hons) Design Crafts

We will help you develop into a creative professional such as craftsperson, jeweller, ceramicist, textile artist, designer-maker, glass artist, designer, researcher, consultant, curator, buyer, stylist or educator. You will be encouraged to select a specialism, helping you establish your own personal creative voice and be capable of producing inspiring work. You will explore both traditional hand skills and emerging technologies while working with a wide range of materials such as hot glass, clay, paper, fine metals, plastics, resin, wood and textiles. Students produce a wide range of objects, including individual artefacts for galleries and to commission, small batches of similar items, limited editions, public installations and designs for industry. Bespoke objects are produced for domestic, interior spaces, exterior spaces, to be worn on the body, and can be hand-held or large-scale sculptural pieces. Professional practice is embedded throughout the course to grow your entrepreneurial and business skills, preparing you for your career. Graduates have gone on to set up their own craft workshops, secure roles in design studios with brands including Sainsbury’s, work in the craft industry with leading ceramicists, for example Sue Pryke and Hannah Tounsend, as well as to collaborate with the likes of the National Trust. **Key features:*** DMU is ranked in the top 15 for Art courses in the UK, according to the Guardian University Guide 2021. * Work on live projects with industry experts to gain valuable skills and experience. Recent briefs have been set by Wedgwood, Waterford and Sainsbury’s Home and Argos. * Establish yourself by entering national and international competitions. DMU graduates have won many accolades, including the Goldsmiths’ Precious Metal award, and have exhibited at prestigious events such as New Designers and One Year In. * Graduates have gone on to set up their own craft workshops, work in design studios with brands such as Sainsbury’s Argos, work in the craft industry with leading ceramicists such as Sue Pryke and Hannah Tounsend, as well as to collaborate with the likes of the National Trust. * Gain valuable international experience as part of your studies with our DMU Global programme. Previous trips have taken students to explore UrbanGlass in Brooklyn, experience a design-centred culture in Copenhagen, and understand how their art practice sits within an international context in Berlin. * The award-winning  Vijay Patel Building  provides both the space and the facilities to foster creative thinking, where ideas can develop and flourish for all of our art and design students. * We provide  core workshop materials  at no cost, and give cash awards – £150, £200 and £300 in years one, two and three respectively – to support personal materials/printing costs*.