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FROM TURF TO TOOLS – RHYNIE MAN AXE

From 11-23 August, the collaboration of Scottish Sculpture Workshop artist Eden Jolly and master blacksmith Darrell Markewitz, with Dr. Gordon Noble, archeologist at University of Aberdeen, will seek to recreate a ceremonial axe – as seen on the Rhynie Man standing stone – through smelting and forging locally sourced materials. Two writers, Maxime Hourani (Lebanon) and Deirdre O’Mahony (Ireland) will document the collaborative research process. From Turf to Tools is an ongoing investigation in to landscape, material and craft, inspired […]

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News 1:15 pm , July 17, 2014 Comments Off on FROM TURF TO TOOLS – RHYNIE MAN AXE
Looking down into the quarry

Kemnay Quarry

One of the advantages of being part of the Aberdeen Granite Panel is that occasionally we get invited to the most interesting places. Last week, SSW staff Silja and Emily visited the Kemnay Quarry and Brickworks. We were not quite sure what to expect and very much enjoyed the rich visual impact, from the old machinery and new robotics to the quarry itself.

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Community / News / Week in Pictures 1:25 pm , April 9, 2014 0

Introducing the participants of our Emerging Artist Residency

Week in Pictures… The March Emerging Artists Katie Anderson, Jen Bradley, Thomas Woodcock, Fiona McCubbin, Rachel Levine and Emily Iremonger, have been working in every workshop and almost every medium during their three week stay. Here is Katie Anderson showing us her copper cast horn that she is hoping to install during a hill walk over the next couple of weeks.                             Last week we held studio […]

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Artists / News / SSW Workshops / Week in Pictures 4:29 pm , March 27, 2014 0

Looking back at the Darkness and Isolation Residencies

Presentations and Workshops Artists Helle Bjerregaard, Jane Brucker, Catharina Golebowskie, Petra Vergunst, Jack Vickridge and Harriette Yarrington joined us for the Darkness and Isolation Residency, which ran from January to February this year.                         While Mars might seem literally light years away from us, Aberdeenshire is actually home to the only known source of Macaulayite in the world. Macaulayte is rich in iron, with a distinctive red colour, and is being […]

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Artists / News 6:13 pm , March 26, 2014 0

In the shadow of the breast

North East landmark in focus: international artists’ new work inspired by Bennachie on view in Aberdeen  Preview 6.30pm Friday 4 April 2014 Seventeen, 17 Belmont Street, Aberdeen Bennachie – hill of the breast – is an iconic landmark that has cast its shadow over the North East since it was formed 400 million years ago. This mass of rock was gradually worn away by glaciations, wind, rain and frost, revealing the familiar profile that stands dominating the horizon today. In the […]

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Artists / Events / News 2:49 pm , March 5, 2014 0

Where's Jolly? Win a Weeks Residency!

Happy 2014! To kick things off this new year, why not enter our Where’s Jolly competition, with a chance to win a weeks residency at SSW. The residency can be taken at any time during 2014, subject to availability. To enter, have a search of the picture below for our very own Senior Technician Eden Jolly, and email events@ssw.org.uk with your name, contact number and the winning grid reference, and submit the £1 entry fee via the Paypal link below. […]

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News / Opportunities 4:08 pm , January 24, 2014 0

a' the best fa' SSW

                      SSW has had a very busy year – from the opening of the Talking Wall in March, to the celebrating granite with Sean Lynch during the Granite Festival, and working with all the artists in the Natural Bennachie project as part of the Year of Natural Scotland 2013. Coming up in 2014 we have a packed year of projects, residencies and workshops. First up are Helle Bjerregaard, Jane Brucker, Catharina […]

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Community / News 12:48 pm , December 19, 2013 0

The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build yourself.

The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build yourself.

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Community / News 12:24 pm , December 2, 2013 0
Work created by Mary Freeman

Natural Bennachie, from Glasgow to Milan!

Henry Coombes film, “Two Discs and a Zed” (working title Between the Dog and the Wolf), made as part of the Natural Bennachie project, will show at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. Previewing Friday, 22 November, the exhibition “Man of the Year” will run until Sunday 26th January.  Further details of the event are available on the CCA website; http://www.cca-glasgow.com/ We are very pleased to announce that Natural Bennachie artists collective Casali+Roubini have had their short documentary film “Arrange […]

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Artists / Events / General / News 4:45 pm , November 18, 2013 0

New installation on Bennachie with Venice Biennale artist Elpida

This morning Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva led a group of volunteer artists to create a large scale temporary artwork/installation on Bennachie hill. Over the next few days Elpida will be working closely with students from Gray’s School of Art, as well as the Forestry Commission Scotland and the Bailies of Bennachie, and the artwork will emerge as a spectacular visual intervention spanning over 0.6 of a hectare, visible from the summit of Mither Tap and Mill Stone. Working collaboratively as part of […]

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Artists / Events / News 4:44 pm , November 4, 2013 0