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Gray’s MA Art & Design Blog: SSW Visit

In February 2026, students from the MA Art & Design programme at Gray’s School of Art visited Scottish Sculpture Workshop as part of the Critical and Contextual Studies module, led by Dr Jennifer Clarke. The visit formed part of the programme’s research-led approach to practice, which explores how knowledge is generated through material engagement, site-responsiveness, and interdisciplinary making environments. Rather than a standalone workshop, the session was embedded within the curriculum as a way of examining relationships between theory, field-based […]

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News 9:52 pm , February 26, 2026 Comments Off on Gray’s MA Art & Design Blog: SSW Visit
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Community Making Space Winter Programme 2026

This winter, in collaboration with our Community Advisers, we’re excited to welcome you to the Community Making Space for our Winter 2026 Programme. From February to April, you’ll find a great mix of free daytime, evening and school holiday sessions to brighten the winter season and offer space for warmth, making, and connection. Check out the full programme in the menu on the right and head to the bottom of this page for more info on booking. Join us for […]

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Community Making Space 12:27 pm , February 6, 2026 Comments Off on Community Making Space Winter Programme 2026
Image Credit: Stacy Makishi’s Walking Each Other Home, Giddy Up Hastings (2025) photo Alice Denny

Do It Together (DIT):  Artist Announcement and Open Call

We are excited to announce that Stacy Makishi will be leading the SSW x TMS DIT here in September and we are currently calling out for participants to join the Camp Fire Disco! Camp Fire Disco! is a 3 day residential led by Stacy Makishi at Scottish Sculpture Workshop. It offers people interested in Live Art and performance time to connect, with themselves and with each other. In Stacy’s words: Doom & despair is everywhere. The question isn’t whether we’re facing […]

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News 1:19 pm , January 23, 2026 Comments Off on Do It Together (DIT):  Artist Announcement and Open Call
Image Credit SSW; taken at the Clay Social Pot Party

Community Making Space Blog: Autumn Programme Reflection & Pictures

Throughout October to December 2025, the Community Making Space at Scottish Sculpture Workshop continued to be a place for local residents to gather, make, and spend time together. The Autumn season was full of conversation and hands-on activity, with people taking part week after week, building confidence, friendships, and curiosity as they tried new processes or honed existing skills along the way. The Autumn season was shaped by listening to what our community wants – through conversations with Advisors, feedback, […]

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News 12:04 pm , January 22, 2026 Comments Off on Community Making Space Blog: Autumn Programme Reflection & Pictures

Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency: Artist Announcement 

SSW is excited to announce that Ellie Ballantine has been selected to undertake the SGSAH Artist Residency at SSW. Ellie will be working over 3 months to explore Regenerative Materials and Community Knowledge within Arts Practice. Working alongside our Community Making Space Ellie will explore the potential of working with locally grown, regenerative materials and how these materials positively impact community regeneration, empowerment, wellbeing and economies. Ellie says:‘I am delighted to contribute to SSW’s Regenerative Materials and Community Knowledge within […]

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News 3:17 pm , January 16, 2026 Comments Off on Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency: Artist Announcement 
Artist Jodi Le Bigre is wearing a welding mask and joining metal spheres together in the SSW Metal Fabrication workshop. Her hair is in a plait and there is a red welding screen in the background. To the left of the image there is a welder and welding extraction.Image Credit - Felicity Crawshaw

Introduction to Metal Fabrication 2026

Dates: Wednesday 27 – Friday 29 May 2026 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. The shared artist studio and library is available 24/7 for use after teaching finishes. Cost: £400 (includes tuition, materials, PPE and accommodation). Places: 4 (Beginner + no experience required.) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. In this course, participants will learn how to start working with, or develop their skills in metal. Through the course participants will learn: These […]

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Uncategorised 2:46 pm , January 9, 2026 Comments Off on Introduction to Metal Fabrication 2026
Image Description: Artist Dani Andres Ordoñez Muñoz working in the SSW Metal Fabrication workshop grinding a circular metal object with a red welding screen the the left of the image. Technical Director Ruaridh Allen is plasma cutting in the background to the right of the image.Image Credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Metal Fabrication Intensive

Dates: Monday 14 – Friday 18 September 2026 *We can offer accommodation on the Sunday evening for people travelling from further afield for an additional £36. Please email accounts@ssw.org.uk if this is required, following booking online. Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. The optional evening programme will start from 5pm. Cost: £665 (includes tuition, materials, consumables, PPE and accommodation). Places: 4 Level: Some knowledge or experience of using metal required. Information on access is at the bottom […]

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Uncategorised 2:36 pm , January 9, 2026 Comments Off on Metal Fabrication Intensive

Glaze Intensive

Dates: Mon 23 March – Fri 27 March 2026  Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Dinner is served at 7pm Cost: £800 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, consumables, firings, PPE, 4 nights accommodation and evening meals). Catering: An evening meal is provided as part of the course Monday – Thursday. Places: 6 (Intermediate+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. *We can offer accommodation on the Sunday evening for people travelling from further afield […]

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Uncategorised 2:20 pm , January 9, 2026 Comments Off on Glaze Intensive
Alicia Matthews, image courtesy of the artist

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 25-26: Artist Announcement

Following our recent open call, SSW and Counterflows Festival are delighted to be supporting the following artists to undertake the SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency in 2026: Alicia Matthews Belladonna PalomaKatie SchwabOlive Jones Shiori Usui These 5 fully funded residencies are made possible with the generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland. The selection panel included previous SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists Juliana Capes, Keng Keng Tang, Oren Shoesmith & Rabindranath X Bhose, as well as […]

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News 4:48 pm , November 28, 2025 Comments Off on SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 25-26: Artist Announcement

Group Residency 2025: Artist Announcment

We are delighted to announce Hannah Ekuwa Buckman, Hannah Leighton-Boyce, Jessica Crisp, Lily Lavorato, Maïa Taïeb, Molly M. Whawell and Nicky May Bolland as our third and final cohort of artists selected for Group Residency 2025. The SSW team are excited to be supporting the artists to develop their practices over the course of their month-long residency. Alongside inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework, Group Residency includes a collective programme of walks, sauna, film nights, potluck meals, […]

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News 2:10 pm , October 31, 2025 Comments Off on Group Residency 2025: Artist Announcment