Be part of a tradition
Find the training that's right for you
The Lettering Arts Trust is an advocate for fine lettering. Through apprenticeships and training schemes the charity ensures the handed-down craft of stone letter carving will survive. We offer a range of opportunities for people interested in exploring letter design and letter carving more intensely.
Please contact Education if you are interested in our workshops or journeyman training.
Apprenticeships
Our two-year apprenticeships offer people the rare opportunity to work and learn alongside acknowledged masters of letter carving. This is real life experience in a working studio.
Journeyman
Our Journeyman scheme gives experienced students who want to focus on improving a specific area of their craft, training for six to eight weeks under the guidance of a master letter carver.
The harriet frazer bursary
Our bursary provides funds for training, tools or equipment to help people taking their first steps in a letter carving career. It also helps established letter carvers further their careers.
“The apprenticeship scheme is a wonderful thing and I was so lucky to be the eighth apprentice. I believe it has made the world of difference to me personally and I am very grateful.”
Apprentice & Journeyman
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APPRENTICE DIARY 2023
MAIA GAFFNEY-HYDE
Maia’s apprenticeship started January 2023. She is training with master carver CHARLOTTE HOWARTH, in West Norfolk. She is the 10th LCAT apprentice.
Journeyman Diary June 2021
George Edwards
George has recently started his Journeyman placement with Richard Kindersley and Phil Surey in London. George will be working with both master carvers for several months. When George began his journey, the Lettering Arts Trust asked him if he would collaborate with the Suffolk Poetry Society to create work for the On A Knife Edge exhibition which opens on 9th July. You can see George’s work online and at the Snape gallery when the exhibition opens. Follow George on his journey as he learns from master designers and carvers.
Journeyman Diary June 2021
Toby Newton
Toby is currently under the expert tutalege of master lettering artist Robyn Golden Hann,working from Robyn’s studio in Hampshire. Follow his journey learning the heritage craft of letter carving on stone.
Jouneyman Diary June 2021
Matthew Kopinski
Matthew begins his journeyman placement with lettering artist Bernard Johnson at his studio in Kiddington, West Oxfordshire. Matthew will be exhibiting in in our summer exhibition On A Knife Edge which opens on 9th July
Journeyman Diary november 2020 / 2021
Heather Griffiths
Heather began her journeyman placement in November 2020 with CHARLOTTE HOWARTH and Louise Tiplady - over video link! Heather will visit Charlotte and Louise’s studios in the New Year, she will continue with online learning. Charlotte and Louise will set Heather projects to complete, the first of which can be seen at The Lettering Arts Centre, Snape Maltings. You can also follow Heather on her journey through her Journeyman blog.
Journeyman diary
Josephine Crossland
Josephine previously worked as a stone conservator in Edinburgh until she became an apprentice to sculptor and letter carver Michelle de Bruin through the Historic Environment Scotland Craft Bursary. The Lettering Arts Trust has awarded Josephine a placement with Master lettercarver John Neilson, made possible with a grant from The Masons’ Company Charitable Trust and a donation from Christine van Melzen.
Journeyman diary
FERGUS DAVIDSON
Fergus started his three month placement with lettercarver Chris Elsey on 1st May. Follow his journey as he acquires new skills and experiences.
Support us
Show your love of the lettering arts by becoming a Friend, or making a donation. We rely on the support of donors and Friends to keep the centuries-old tradition of letter carving alive by funding our apprenticeships.
