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Harriet in the Metal Workshop with artist residents, image credit: SSW

SSW Summer Technicians 2026

This Summer (and into Autumn) we are delighted to have been joined by Camille Biddell, Harriet Rose Morely and Sam Dransfield as Technicians during our busy period. Camille, Harriet and Sam are all highly skilled and technically brilliant artists and makers as well as truly generous in their approach to working with others. They have brought huge enthusiasm and new insight to SSW and have thrown themselves into all aspects of living and working here onsite. Find out a bit more about Camille, […]

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'between a whisper and a cry', Alberta Whittle, 2026, IMMA installation, image credit: Mark Stedman

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 26-27: Artist Announcement

Following an open call earlier this year, SSW and Counterflows Festival are delighted to announce the selection of the following artists for the SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2026/27: Alberta WhittleMarie-Claire LaceyMaud HewlingsRosie Priest These four 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 Alicia Matthews and Shiori Usui, as well as Sam Trotman from SSW and Alasdair Campbell […]

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On the cliffs along the Moray Coast, image credit: Bao-Yin Hall

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Caregivers Residency artists Olive, Shiori, Alicia and Belladonna, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Olive Jones

Olive Jones, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in April and May 2026. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words below by Olive Jones, images by Olive Jones and SSW. – It feels difficult to make my experience of SSW into something linear. Looking back at my time on residency, there was […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 10:59 am , October 6, 2026 Comments Off

Group Residents with SSW team members Sam and Ruaridh, image credit: SSW

Group Residency 2026: Artist Announcment

We are delighted to announce Clay AD, Dylan Esposito, Emma Bentley-Fox, Jenő Davies, Josie KO and Rosie Vohra as our third and final group of artists selected for Group Residency 2026. The SSW team are supporting the artists in developing their practices over the course of their month-long residency this September and October. Alongside inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework, Group Residency includes a collective programme sauna, local visits to Pictish stones, film nights, potluck meals, artist […]

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Blacksmithing Induction with Technican Jimmy, image credit: SSW

News 11:41 am , August 31, 2026 Comments Off

Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Open Call: SSW x Unlimited Partner Award

SSW is excited to be partnering with Unlimited for this years Partner Awards. This Partner Award offers a £15,000 award to a Scotland based, disabled artist working in any discipline, to develop a new project and undertake a four-week residency here at SSW using our workshop spaces. Through the Partner Award the artist will receive: Cat Sheridan, Senior Producer, Unlimited, says of the Partner Awards: “These awards [with each partner across England, Scotland and Wales] mean 11 disabled artists can make ambitious new work with a partner invested in […]

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Artists / News 7:53 pm , August 30, 2026 Comments Off

Woodblock Printing with Anupa Gardner, image credit: SSW

Community Making Space Blog: Spring / Summer Programme Reflection

We’ve had a great time in the Community Making Space this Spring and Summer. From exploring clay, glass and plant materials to print, paper and soil. There’s been lots of making techniques to get stuck into, with plenty of opportunities for our local community to try something new and spend time together. As with each season, we started by talking with our Community Advisers about what people wanted to see in the programme and what we wanted to explore together. […]

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News 5:41 pm , August 28, 2026 Comments Off

Katie Schwab in the SSW Ceramics Studio, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Katie Schwab

Katie Schwab, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in February, April and May. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words and images below by Katie Schwab. Final image by Mike Bolam. — My caregiving experience has been characterised by family illness, birth and death in close succession. This residency opened up a […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:33 pm , August 28, 2026 Comments Off

Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

SSW Open Weekend 2026

We are excited to announce SSW’s Open Weekend 2026. Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 10am – 4pmDrop in making sessions: Saturday, 10am – 12 midday and 2pm – 4pm Come along to SSW and check out what some of our local artists and makers have been up to in the workshops. There will be an opportunity to meet a wide range of local artists, see some of our workshop spaces and take part in some relaxed making sessions in […]

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