For those who want to change their profession or start a new profitable hobby

They say that in the future people will be able to change two or three professions in a lifetime. Especially in the context of the new reality and the impending crisis. Already today it is considered normal to turn from a marketing director into a cook. Or from a lawyer to a jeweler. Maybe you have already thought about this possibility? Here are eight educational institutions for those who are thinking about changing careers or just looking for a hobby. Our selection includes blacksmithing, embroidery, carpentry, ceramics, stained glass windows and much more.

Russian Academy of Crafts

What they teach: Jewelry, ceramics, carpentry, furniture restoration, wood carving, stained glass, art forging, blacksmithing and more

Those adults who have decided to seriously master some craft and, perhaps, even change their profession, should first of all look at the Russian Academy of Crafts. There are very different courses in direction, duration and intensity. You can go to a weekend course, a short-term intensive or a more measured pace of training. Prices are also very affordable: for example, for 28,000 rubles you can become a carpenter, and for 65,000 rubles — a jeweler. It may be more expensive to take retraining courses to become a programmer.

Dymov Ceramics School

What they teach: According to the name — ceramics

Pottery is gaining popularity: firstly, it is one of the most soothing and meditative activities in the world; secondly, ceramics is gradually becoming a fashionable trend in modern art. At the school at the pottery studio «Dymov Ceramics», children and adults are taught to work with a potter’s wheel and sculpt from clay. Here you can make a mug to drink tea from it at work, or lay the foundation for your future new career.

Kim Malygin Shoe Workshop

What they teach: Making shoes

Shoe designer Kim Malygin is known among Moscow lovers of uniqueness — they buy original, custom-made pairs of shoes and shoes from Malygin. The designer does not skimp on sharing his skills and takes to himself for individual training in his workshop. If you don’t become a shoemaker yourself, then at least get a new pair of shoes. For 30,000 rubles, you will receive five classes on the very basics of shoe assembly, but then you can try to agree to continue working in the workshop — everything is in your hands.

Carpentry school «Da’bro»

What they teach: Carpentry and turning

The school of carpentry workshop «Da’bro» teaches children and adults. There are courses of different levels of complexity, as well as master classes. You can limit yourself to making a birdhouse or a cutting board, or seriously get down to business and make a chair or even a table.

Crafts Park: the course «Create your own piece of furniture»

What they teach: Making bedside tables and stools is no worse than in IKEA

Together with the designers of the studio, you will develop the idea and design of the product of your dreams, and you will also be able to produce it in our workshop. The course takes three days. Individual classes.

After completing the intensive, a project with drawings is formed and transferred to the course participant. Also, together with the participant, a prototype of the product is being made in the studio workshop.

Workshop and school of glass at VDNH

What they teach: To make stained glass windows, mosaics, ornaments, candlesticks, dishes and other things from glass

In the Workshop and school of glass at VDNH, they teach various techniques of working with glass. You can study individually or in mini-groups. There are long courses for beginners and continuing students, as well as separate master classes. Some techniques can also be studied by children from the age of six.

High Fashion Embroidery School E.Va

What they teach: Different types of embroidery, including interior

Full-time and online courses on several embroidery techniques are available at the embroidery school of Evgenia Vasilyeva and master classes are held periodically. Here you can learn how to decorate clothes or interior items with embroidery. You can follow the opening of the class entry on Instagram @eva_embroidery.

The first forge on the «Bottle»

What they teach:Blacksmithing craft

There is a blacksmith shop with group and individual master classes in blacksmithing on the territory of the design factory «Flacon». At the workshops in the First Forge, you can make a horseshoe, an arrowhead, a ring, a knife, a spoon and other useful or useless, but pleasant to the heart things.

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