Crafts
Come and experience the joy of learning and working with your hands!
In the craft courses, you learn to craft and to express yourself creatively. Problem-solving ability is also improved. You can study both traditional methods and new techniques and learn to use modern tools, methods and materials as well as to apply what has been learnt in many ways in different situations.
Alma offers both craft courses lasting throughout the year as well as shorter themed courses. Teaching is given in both Finnish and Swedish and bilingual courses are also included. Courses are arranged in Vaasa, Vähäkyrö, Isokyrö and Laihia.
Basic art education in textile arts for adults
Basic art education in textile arts for adults
Basic art education in textile arts is a long-term process of developing one’s own craft expression. It is a study programme aimed at adults, based on the national curriculum for visual arts education. The total scope of the curriculum is 500 teaching hours (th), of which 300 hours are dedicated to common studies and 200 hours to thematic studies.
Basic art education in textile arts for adults emphasises the awareness and expression of individually meaningful life content through visual means. The study approach is investigative, experiential, and experimental. The goal is to achieve individual expression in textile arts.
KO-KE-VA: KOkemusta, KOkeilua – KEhittävää, KEhitystä – VAlintoja, Vaasassa
(Experiences, Experimentation – Improvement, Development – Choices, in Vaasa)
- The new KO-KE-VA period begins in autumn 2023.
- KO-KE-VA means goal-oriented craft hobbies aimed at adults.
- KO-KE-VA is a three-year study programme.
- KO-KE-VA is based on the national curriculum for visual arts education.
- KO-KE-VA introduces students to various craft techniques.
- KO-KE-VA studies can be used as vocational continuing education, or when applying for studies in the craft field.
- Location: Alma Adult Education Centre, Raastuvankatu 31, 65100 Vaasa
- Room: Specialised classrooms suitable for crafts
- Period: 2023–2026
- Application period: 1 May – 30 August 2023
- Duration of studies: 3 years
- Form and content of studies: Classroom teaching and independent study
- Course fees: €133 for the autumn term and €133 for the spring term + materials used
- Course language: Finnish Supporting languages: Swedish and English
- Next course and application period: The next new course begins in August 2026, with applications opening on 1 May 2026.
Structure of the studies
I study year – Common studies 100 (teaching hours, th), thematic studies 40 th
- Orientation 1
- The possibilities of bookbinding
- Colour theory for textile design
- Dyeing
- Textile collage
- Felting
- Setting up an exhibition
II study year – Common studies 100 th, thematic studies 84 th
- Orientation 2
- Plant dyeing
- Knitted accessories
- From fabric to garment
- Embroidery by hand
- Weaving
III study year – Common studies 100 th, thematic studies 76 th
- Orientation 3
- The new life of handicrafts
- Creative embroidery
- Ceramics
- Woodworking
- Final project
- Portfolio
More information
- Lead teacher in Textile Arts Teija Ohvo, 040 536 0846
- teija.ohvo@edu.vaasa.fi
- Hellewi course management system https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/vaasa/fi/course/65271 and application form: Kokeva_haku_ 2023
- If places become available, we will admit new students from the waiting list in the first and second study years.