We are really excited to be participating in COAST Festival 2012 this year!! Ceramics by the Seashore – Paper Kiln Firing Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) and Gray’s School of Art are coming together for COAST Festival 2012, in the first of a number of collaborative projects over the next year. Artists in Residence and staff [...]
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Catch us at Banff this weekend – 26 & 27 May
Posted by sswlumsden on May 23, 2012
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Art in Granite – Thursday 17 May, 2012, Aberdeen
Art in Granite Scottish Sculpture Workshop presents an art panel presentation and discussion during Aberdeen’s second Granite Festival. Aberdeen’s 2012 Granite Festival is back by popular demand! The new programme had been launched by Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums and Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is delighted to take part. On Thursday, 17 May, 6.30-8.30pm, at Cowdry [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on May 9, 2012
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Left Bank Gallery
Just a reminder that the preview of the first show of the year is this Friday. More information on the web page and on Facebook; please follow the links below. 4H+ An exhibition celebrating the creative output of the Henderson Family 20th April – 5th May Left Bank Gallery Preview Friday 20th April 6-8pm Afternoon [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on April 20, 2012
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Students galore!
SSW is very sad that students Lisa, Adriana, Teun, Sjors, Hannes and Daniel from AKI in Holland have left, they were a fantastic group and left some lovely messages on the back of the wax room door. Next up were some hellos and goodbyes to Morganne, Rose-Marie, Daniela and Marcia from Clermont Ferrand in France. [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on April 18, 2012
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Graeme Beagrie from RBS visits SSW for the day…
On Thursday 8 March, Graeme Beagrie, Relationship Manager for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Aberdeen, spent a day in the SSW foundry. Graeme spent the day getting to know some of the regional artists and international visitors at the workshops, learning about mould making and the foundry processes. The picture above shows him pulling [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on March 29, 2012
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SSW Technical Courses and Workshops
Accepting Spring/Summer registration for Technical Courses and Workshops – make sure you don’t miss out. This year we have the Stained Glass workshop with Gordon Watt, back by popular demand, along with 3D Working, offering an opportunity to explore sculptural techniques. For those budding metal artists, we have a Metal Casting in Bronze course that [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on March 16, 2012
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Firing the Anagama

Posted by sswlumsden on March 16, 2012
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Emerging Artist Series
Don’t forget about the Emerging Artist Series – Deadline March 16! This is a subsidized residency opportunity for emerging artists looking to complete a project or explore a new direction in their work. There are limited awards available, so make sure you get your application in. Dates are flexible, subject to availability. For more information [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on March 8, 2012
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15th Anniversary of USUK Symposium – taking place this summer at SSW and SAW
USUK Iron Symposium is celebrating 15 years and will take place this summer at Salem Art Works, New York, USA and Scottish Sculpture Workshop, UK. This is the 13th USUK Cast Iron Symposium, and for the first time will take place in both countries consecutively. US Component: Friday 15th June – Sunday 30th June 2012 [...]
Posted by sswlumsden on February 15, 2012
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The Right Angle
Sarah has been with us for the past month developing her work after spending a year traveling in Canada.
Posted by sswlumsden on February 7, 2012
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