Category : Artists

Emerging Artist Series: Jessica Smith

SSW welcomes Jessica Smith, the first artist in residence of 2012 to visit as part of our Emerging Artist series. Jessica Smith is an American ceramic artist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and creates work that addresses humor and meticulousness through playful recontextualisation of the familiar consumer product, the gummy bear. The pieces she creates are intricate and architectural in nature; structural frameworks made out of a complex of stoneware and porcelain clay gummy bears. Gummy Bears are a candy I coveted as […]

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Firing the Anagama

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Artists 10:30 am , March 16, 2012 0

SSW 2011 Exhibition

SSW is pleased to present work by a selection of artists who have visited this year, as well as staff and associates. Works include metal and glass casting, video, photography and mixed media. Artists exhibiting are Brigid Vidler, Emily Wyndham Gray, Kate Hobby, Ross Robertson, Katya Izabel Filmus, Chloe Windsor, Clare Flately, Mary Bourne, Jeff van Weerald, Annie Campbell, Jason Nelson, Ben Belcher, Ginny Hutchison, Karen Akester, Ana Ladd, Ursula Boehmer, Ross Hamilton Frew, Gemma Graham, Samantha Donnelly, Emma Fitts, […]

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Artists / News 2:49 pm , December 15, 2011 0

Exhibition Oslo

Ross Robertson recently completed the Emerging Artist Residency at SSW and has gone on to exhibit new work inspired by his time here. The exhibition took place at Galleri 69 in Oslo, 17th-20th November.

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Artists 11:39 am , November 23, 2011 0

Open Studio, 24-26 November

SSW is presenting new work by artists Lisa Bate, Katya Izabel Filmus, Kate Hobby and Clare Flately, during an Open Studio event from 24-26 November, 10am to 5pm. Over the three days members of the public are welcome to come and view our unique facilities, meet the artists and view the works on display. The work presented is a culmination of a collaborative Metal and Glass Residency between North Lands Creative Glass in Caithness and SSW, completed over the last […]

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Artists / News 11:13 am , November 4, 2011 0