Skip to content
Home
School of Art and Design
Facilities

School of Art & Design Facilities

A student works on a large piece of red fabric in an art and design workshop A student works on a large piece of red fabric in an art and design workshop
01 - 02

Our purpose-built School of Art and Design building at Llandaff Campus offers a wide range of specialist facilities for our creative programmes.

A young woman works at a sewing machine A young woman works at a sewing machine

Our Facilities

Staffed by experts who can provide you with the training, advice and support you need, our extensive range of workshops, technical facilities and equipment will ensure you become a competent and skilled creative practitioner with a varied and dynamic skillset.  

 Our interdisciplinary curriculum encourages students to explore every workshop, ensuring you rise to the creative challenge with the most appropriate and innovative materials. 

01 - 04
Two students sit alongside each other at a table. They are filing and shaping grey blocks of material.
Soft Modelling Workshop

Our Soft Modelling Workshop facilitates modelmaking and prototyping through a range of hand, machine, and computer-controlled equipment such as 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC milling.

A group of students gather around a large table on which there are brushes and other painting materials. The students are wearing white coats spattered with paint.
Paint & Mixed Media Workshop

Our Painting & Mixed Media Workshop supports a range of practices including oil, encaustic and water-based painting, natural pigment production and printmaking, as well as materials and processes for sculpture.

A student leans on a workbench. Behind them are metal cabinets, shelves and a variety of tools, including screwdrivers and spirit levels.
Small Metals & 3D Workshop

The Small Metals & 3D Workshop is home to a range of equipment to support students in techniques like enamelling, casting, jewellery making, soldering and forging, pewter and silver metalwork, glass cutting (fusing and slumping), and silicone mould making.

Animation Studios

Our Animation Studios are equipped with high-end computers, digital drawing tablets, and industry-standard production software, as well as extensive stop-motion facilities.

Ceramics Workshop

Our Ceramics Workshop area houses well-equipped kiln, plaster, clay, glaze, and ceramic print facilities, as well as external soda kilns and Raku firing facilities.

Fabric Print Workshop

Our Fabric Print Workshop facilitates traditional and modern techniques, such as screen printing, chemical and natural dyeing, and digital sublimation printing.

Fashion Design Studios

Our spacious Fashion Design Studios are equipped with everything needed for garment construction and finishing, including industry-standard sewing machines and overlockers.

Graphic Design and Communication Studios

Our Graphic Design and Communication Studios offer collaborative working spaces and relaxed seating areas to encourage community, as well as individual workspaces and group teaching areas.

Metal Workshops

Our Metal Workshops offer equipment and support for a range of techniques, from lost wax bronze casting processes and welding to traditional forge and sheet metal work.

Photography Studios

Our photographic facilities include three lighting studios equipped with electronic flash, Tungsten and LED lighting, and a wet darkroom for traditional photographic processes.

Printmaking Workshops

Our Printmaking Workshops offer facilities for processes including Relief, Intaglio, Stone Lithography, Screenprinting, Letterpress, and Bookbinding, as well as modern Laser Cutting.

Wood Workshops

Our woodwork facilities offer a full range of equipment including bandsaws, sanders, wood lathes, circular and cross-cut saws, and planer thicknessers.

Undergraduate Courses Postgraduate Courses Cardiff Open Art School Advice for Applicants

Undergraduate Open Days

Want to take a tour of our facilities and building?
Come and see us at an Open Day.

Book your place