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Students and technicians wearing blue aprons at a long table in the ceramics workshop working with materials and designs.
Ceramics workshop, Central Saint Martins, UAL. Photo: Ana Blumenkron

Ceramics

Dedicated workshops for high quality craft-based and  industrial production. Facilities include kilns, print, glaze and plaster areas, substantial bench space, a 3D printer and space for hand work, sketch modelling and 2D sketch development work.

Workshops/equipment

  • General workshop for hand-building techniques.
  • Plaster model and mold-making area.
  • Glaze mixing and application.
  • Screen-printing, digital ceramic decals,  and surface decoration techniques.
  • Kiln room for firing ceramics
Close-up on a student working with a pliers on a piece of gold-coloured jewellery at a jeweller's bench..
Jewellery workshops, Central Saint Martins, UAL. Photo: Ana Blumenkron

Jewellery

Workshops equipped for high quality craft and industrial jewellery production. Facilities include traditional and digital jewellery making equipment, substantial bench space and breakout space for hand work, sketch modelling and 2D sketch development work.

What can I do here?

  • Hammering, forging and forming of sheet metals.
  • Casting, mold making and general metal casting, wax injection, acrylic forming and wax soldering.
  • Laser cutting, laser welding and 3D printing.
  • Etching, patternation, lapping.
  • Enamelling.
  • Soldering, pickling and annealing.
  • Cleaning and polishing.
  • Milling, spinning, drilling, finishing and lathing.
A wide shot of the casting workshop with a central island storing white buckets and a long-tabletop. At the far end a student is working at a large machine. Toward the left of the image, a technician in white lab coat, blue gloves and safety goggles is walking toward the camera.
Casting workshop, Central Saint Martins, UAL. Photo: Ana Blumenkron

Casting workshop

Carry out a range of molding and casting activities, with substantial bench space and casting materials at wholesale prices for students.

Processes

  • Plaster casting and mold-making.
  • Resin casting.
  • Silicone casting and mold-making.
  • Jesmonite casting.
  • Wax casting.
  • Alginate mold-making.
A wide shot of tables in a workshop covered with paints and paint-related accessories. People are visible to the side working on projects.
Paint/surface Central Saint Martins, UAL.

Paint/surface

An open access workshop for developing mixed media painting processes and techniques, paint finishes and spray finishes. It has individual spray booths and a large table for stretching and priming canvases and preparing supports.

3D large spray booth facility

  • Conventional painting methods associated with oil, watercolour and acrylic paints.
  • Mixed media painting and processes including photo mounting and image transfer.
  • Paint making and mixing.
  • Canvas and paper stretching and preparation for painting supports and grounds.
  • Spray painting with aerosols, gravity guns and airbrushes
  • Wood, metal and plastics finishing and special effects processes.

Who can access these spaces?

View course and student access for each space.

Technicians

Explore more

  • A close-up landscape shot of a coral-coloured necklace made of bio-plastic worn on a body, with shoulders, top of chest, chin and mouth visible.
    'The Ocean Left Its Dead Alive', Lulu Tian, 2025 BA (Hons) Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins, UAL

    Courses

  • Two people at an exhibition interacting closely next to large-scale hanging Chinese calligraphy on white material
    Thousand-Character Text, ZHEN WU, BA Fine Art 2025

    Our Schools

  • Students standing at the tall tiled cafe counter in the CSM canteen. There is seating in the foreground and cafe menu and kit, paper coffee cups and coffee machines behind the counter..
    Central Saint Martins canteen. Photo: Ana Blumenkron

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Central Saint Martins

Contact

Telephone

+44 (0)20 7514 7444

Address

1 Granary Square
King's Cross
London
N1C 4AA