The Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts Courses

Illuminating Stained Glass - Craft and Creation

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Explore the traditional art of stained glass with Helen Whittaker, from ancient techniques to modern applications. Discover materials, methods, designs, and how light transforms this timeless medium through historical and contemporary examples.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Canticle of the Birds - Ancient Origins and Sufi Poetry

Explore the mystical journey of the Simurgh bird across Persian, Indian, and Chinese cultures, discovering its profound symbolism in Sufi poetry and medieval artistic traditions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Illuminating Stained Glass - Craft and Creation

Explore the traditional art of stained glass with Helen Whittaker, from ancient Roman techniques to modern applications. Discover materials, methods, designs, and how light transforms this timeless medium.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beauty Prepares Us for Eternity

Explore the profound connection between beauty, sacred ground, and myth through storytelling and poetry, while discovering how to cultivate beauty-making as a transformative life skill.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Art and Enchantment - How Wonder Works in Painting, Music and Fiction

Explore the nature of enchantment and its manifestation in painting, music, and fiction through wonder, relationality, and concrete magic.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Years of the Western Alphabet

A live demonstration traces the Latin alphabet from Egyptian hieroglyphs and cuneiform through Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and later calligraphic scripts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Tradition of Woodblock Printing - Two Accomplished Makers in Conversation

Two woodblock printmakers trace the living tradition of this craft through historical and contemporary prints, techniques, tools, and materials.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Composing in the Round - Polygons in Traditional Art

Explore how regular polygons and concentric circles create harmony and symbolic meaning in traditional art and architecture.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video