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Caregivers Residency artist Morven Mulgrew, image credit: SSW

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency is now closed for applications. The deadline for applications was Wednesday 15th October 2025 at midday. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency is 5!  2025 marks the 5th year of our collaboration to offer vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. To celebrate this important milestone, and with the generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland, this year we are offering 5 Fully Funded Residencies. The SSW x Counterflows […]

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Residency / Residency Info 12:30 pm , September 11, 2025 Comments Off on SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
Artist Kane Stonestreet on group residency 2023. Photo by Felicity Crawshaw

Residencies in Clay

The deadline for applications has now passed. We will be in touch with applicants w/c 14 August. SSW is excited to announce a new funded residency programme set up to support artists exploring the transformational potential of clay within society and contemporary arts practice. The residency will provide 3 artists with time, space, funding, facilities and technical support to engage in their clay work within the mutually supportive and nurturing environment of SSW’s ceramics studio with no expectation for final […]

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Uncategorised 2:46 pm , June 8, 2023 Comments Off on Residencies in Clay
Photo by Sam Trotman. Smoke firing ceramics by Fionn Duffy on her RSA Residency at SSW

Wood firing kiln: Workshops Week at SSW

Friday 28 April10am – 5pm Starting on the new moon of Workshops Week ceramic artist Matthew Wilcock will be building a Bourry Box kiln to enable wood firings to take place at SSW. The first wood firing will then happen on Friday 28 April – when the moon reveals its first quarter and festivities start to ignite for the coming of Beltane. SSW invites you to bring your bisque fired work to SSW the day before (Thursday 27 April) where […]

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News 4:41 pm , April 6, 2023 Comments Off on Wood firing kiln: Workshops Week at SSW

Lumbungsden Eggs-Change at the Community Making Space

Tuesday 4 April 2023 10.30-13.00Wednesday 5 April 2023 10.30-13.00Thursday 6 April 2023 11.00-13.00 To celebrate the first week of the Easter holidays we are running three eggstra-ordinary activities. and invite you all to join in making edible dyed eggs, decorated eggs, and cooking up some Austrian pancakes. Can we also start a new tradition?We would like to decorate a branch with your egg creations to show in the window of our Community Making Space. During these fun and creative sessions […]

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BEPART / Community / News 9:30 am , April 1, 2023 Comments Off on Lumbungsden Eggs-Change at the Community Making Space

Caregivers residency blog: Hope is the thing with feathers by Norma D Hunter

In March 2023 Norma D Hunter completed her SSW X Counterflows Residency supported by Creative Scotland’s Radical Care project. The residency offered artists time, space, funding and support to develop artists practices alongside their caregiving responsibilities. Norma has written a beautiful, honest blog about her experience as a caregiver and how the residency helped her regain her identity as an artist. Please note this blog contents information about living with and supporting someone living with cancer. “When it comes back…and it will come […]

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Artists / News / Residency 9:56 am , March 28, 2023 Comments Off on Caregivers residency blog: Hope is the thing with feathers by Norma D Hunter

Take a look at the Lumbungsden taster programme

To kick off the Lumbungsden Taster Programme as part of MyVillages Rural School of Economics we hosted 6 weekends of free workshops in the Community Making Space at SSW. This programme of introductory making sessions was created from the suggestions and requests by local residents and featured workshops and activities ranging from knitting circles to sign writing all led by local artists and creatives.   If you missed it, you can view the programme on our website. This programme enabled us to better understand some […]

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BEPART / Community / News 12:37 pm , March 24, 2023 Comments Off on Take a look at the Lumbungsden taster programme
Photo by Sam Trotman. Image of Matt Wilcock and Fionn Duffy, whilst on RSA Residency

Job Opportunity: Ceramics Technician

The deadline has now passed.We’re recruiting a Ceramics Technician to lead our recently renovated studio, support artists and community in their learning, and grow the use of clay in both social and contemporary arts contexts. Job Title: Ceramics TechnicianSalary: £23,000 – £27,000 (pro-rata) depending on experience, valid certifications and training Pension: 5% pension contributionContract: 0.8 (4 days per week) fixed term for 2 years includes working some weekends and evenings as requiredReporting to: Director Holiday: 22 days + 10 bank holiday (10 […]

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News / Opportunities 4:29 pm , March 8, 2023 Comments Off on Job Opportunity: Ceramics Technician
Photo by Felicity Crawshaw

Our plans for 2023

Here at Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW), Lumsden, are pleased to share with you the first news of our 2023 plans and opportunities. SSW is an organisation committed to the transformational power of bringing people together through making and to opening up opportunities for artists and local people to access our facilities. Sam Trotman, Director, SSW, “We are excited to this year be focussing our programme on the recently developed areas of the SSW site and to see these brilliant new […]

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BEPART / Capital Development / Community / News 3:42 pm , March 8, 2023 Comments Off on Our plans for 2023
Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Closed facilities

SSW has recently completed Phase 1 of our site renovations including: Ceramics Studio, Community Making Space, artists acommodation and on-site bothy. We have also updated our Metal Fabrication Workshop, Forge and Stone Carving areas. Our Foundry and Wood Workshop are now currently closed.

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Uncategorised 4:17 pm , March 7, 2023 Comments Off on Closed facilities

Take part in the Community Making Space taster programme

We’re thrilled to share the first Lumbungsden taster programme taking place in the new Community Making Space here at SSW. This programme of introductory making sessions, which takes place across 6 weekends in February and March, is drawn from the suggestions and requests of local residents and features workshops and activities ranging from knitting circles to sign writing all led by local artists and creatives.  Find out more about the workshops here, we’re looking forward to welcoming you back in […]

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Uncategorised 6:38 pm , February 9, 2023 Comments Off on Take part in the Community Making Space taster programme