The group of international artists all here for the USUK: International Cast Iron Symposium, have all gotten started in the workshops this week preparing a diverse range of casts for the production iron pour to be held this weekend! Geoff Hockley is busily constructing the internal mechanisms for a conceptual voting device in the studios. The piece, which is in the form of a surf board, is intended to be exhibited in a museum context, as an artefact which combined […]
Interactive Dundee and Glasgow-based artists Catrin Jeans and Fraser MacDonald organised a Wimbledon themed welcome BBQ for the artists involved in the USUK: International Cast Iron Symposium here at SSW to give them a taste of British culture. Our communities room was turned into a SSW tennis court complete with bunting and a projection of the live Wimbledon finals. The USUK artists were also treated to strawberries and cream to coincide with the theme of the match, with post-dinner tennis […]
So here it is – drop by and say hi or join us for the artist talks, Friday 13th Potluck, the production pour on Saturday 14th or the SSW Summer BBQ on Friday 20th… Sunday, July 8 7pm: Artists Presentations – SSW; Catrin Jeans & Fraser MacDonald, Ginny Hutchinson, George Beasley Tuesday, July 10 7pm: Artists Presentation – Kevin Dart Thursday, July 12 7pm: Artists Presentations – Jeff Crawford and Austin Sheppard Friday, July 13 7pm: Friday 13th Potluck with […]
Over the next week we will be welcoming all the artitsts who will be participating in the USUK Cast Iron Symposium here at SSW. Already with us are Austin Sheppard and Jeff Crawford from the US, as well as our new technical placement Nam Le, who has just joined us after working on the US portion of the symposium at Salem Art Works in NY, USA. Still to come are Kevin Dart, Geoff Hockley, Kelly Ludeking, Susanne Roewer, Kelly Wilton and […]
SSW Welcomes Sculptor and USUK Director Coral Lambert to the workshops this coming Friday for the start of the UK stretch of the USUK International Cast Iron Symposium. Coral Lambert, director of USUK which she founded 15 years ago, is originally from England and is currently the Associate Professor + Chair of Sculpture at Alfred University, New York. Lambert heads up the National Casting Center Foundry. Born in the UK, she studied at Central School of Art, London, Canterbury College […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.
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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