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Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2026

2026 is the 6th year of the SSW and Counterflows collaboration, offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. We are delighted to offer 4 Fully Funded Residencies in 2026, thanks to generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency offers: This residency recognises that the care of others is central to the collective survival of our world yet is deeply undervalued within our society. This is often […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:57 pm , April 30, 2026 Comments Off on Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2026
Alicia handbuilding in the Ceramics Studio, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Alicia Matthews

Alicia Matthews, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here in March and April with a recorded spoken excerpt of writing and images of work made on residency below. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. The 2026 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency Open Call is live from 30 April and the deadline for applications is Friday […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:17 pm , April 30, 2026 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Alicia Matthews
Glass fusing with Hazel MacLennan, image credit: SSW

Community Making Space Blog: Winter Programme Reflection & Pictures

From late January to April 2026, as winter settled in, the Community Making Space here at SSW continued to offer a place for people to gather, make, and spend time together. We worked closely with our Community Advisers to shape the programme, building on what we had learned in the previous season and introducing changes in response to this. These included longer two part sessions and a continued focus on outdoor, seasonal activity. Despite, or because of, the colder weather, […]

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News 5:10 pm , April 30, 2026 Comments Off on Community Making Space Blog: Winter Programme Reflection & Pictures
Donnah and Ceramics Technican Amy at a pit firing, image credit: SSW

Ceramics Subscribers blog: Donnah Murray / Roots and Cadence

Each month we are sharing more about our Ceramic Subscribers who join us year round in the Ceramics Studio at SSW.  Ceramics Subscription enables users to have regular, independent access to SSW’s Ceramics Studio along with some technical guidance. It is aimed at supporting a broad range of people both artists and makers with existing skills and experience working in ceramics as well as those who are beginners, and are keen to develop their ceramics skills and knowledge with regular […]

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Artists / Ceramics / News 5:07 pm , April 30, 2026 Comments Off on Ceramics Subscribers blog: Donnah Murray / Roots and Cadence
Glaze Intensive, image credit: SSW

Recent SSW Courses (part 2): In Pictures

As our 2025/26 Courses programme wrapped up with the completion of our ever popular Glaze Intensive course this month, we take a look back at the second half of the programme. Back in October we held two brand new courses at SSW, our Introduction to Metal Fabrication course taking place over 3 days and our 5 day Wild Clay Intensive. Into 2026, our 3 day Large Sculptural Handbuilding course returned in February and Glaze Intensive this March. Participants immersed themselves […]

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News / SSW Courses 2:00 pm , March 30, 2026 Comments Off on Recent SSW Courses (part 2): In Pictures
Co-Director Sam returns from delivering Community Fridge items out in Lumsden, image credit: SSW

18 months with the SCAN e-cargo bike

It has been 18 months since Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN) provided us with one of their e-cargo bikes, giving our staff team, artists, and local community an easy, emission-free way to travel and transport items around the village. Over the past year and a half, the bike has become a well-used part of life at SSW and a shared resource in and around Lumsden. It has supported everything from practical site tasks to community activities and village events. The […]

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News 1:51 pm , March 30, 2026 Comments Off on 18 months with the SCAN e-cargo bike
Thrawn Pots pit firing at SSW, image credit: SSW

Ceramics Subscribers blog: Thrawn Pots

Over the next few months we will be sharing more about our Ceramic Subscribers who join us year round in the Ceramics Studio at SSW.  Ceramics Subscription enables users to have regular, independent access to SSW’s Ceramics Studio along with some technical guidance. It is aimed at supporting a broad range of people both artists and makers with existing skills and experience working in ceramics as well as those who are beginners, and are keen to develop their ceramics skills […]

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News 5:40 pm , March 26, 2026 Comments Off on Ceramics Subscribers blog: Thrawn Pots

Work Experience at SSW blog: Rita MacDonald

In February, we welcomed Gray’s School of Art third year student Rita to Lumsden to undertake work experience at SSW as part of her Fine Art course. It was fantastic to have Rita join the SSW team over 10 days. Rita supported the delivery of our Community Making Space Programme, assisted with SSW marketing and communications, and took part and supported our Large Sculptural Handbuilding course. Rita reflects on her time at SSW below. Words and images by Rita MacDonald. […]

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News 5:22 pm , March 26, 2026 Comments Off on Work Experience at SSW blog: Rita MacDonald
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Job Opportunity: SSW Summer Technician

The deadline for applications has now passed. We’re currently recruiting a Summer Technician, to join SSW’s technical team during our busy 2026 Summer programme. The deadline for applications is Friday 27 March 2026, 12 midday. Interviews will be held on Friday 3 April 2026. Apply online here. Job Title: Summer Technician Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 (pro-rata) depending on experience, valid certifications and training. Pension: 5% pension contribution Hours:  0.6 (3 days/ 22.5 hrs per week) fixed term for 4 months, may […]

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News / Opportunities 2:27 pm , February 27, 2026 Comments Off on Job Opportunity: SSW Summer Technician
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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