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Emerging Artist Series: Jessica Smith

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 […]

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Visit from Pluscarden Monks

Yesterday we were delighted to have a visit from three of the monks from the Benedictine monastery at Pluscarden Abbey near Elgin. After a traditional meal of mince and tatties prepared by Meryln Riggs and our director Nuno Sacramento, the monks were led around the workshops by our senior technician Eden Jolly who provided an insight to the various mould-making, metal-pouring, metal casting and wax-working processes that our foundry offers. We hope to have them and others from Pluscarden Abbey […]

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News 1:23 pm , June 7, 2012 0

Catch us at Banff this weekend – 26 & 27 May

We are really excited to be participating in COAST Festival 2012 this year!! Ceramics by the Seashore – Paper Kiln Firing Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) and Gray’s School of Art are coming together for COAST Festival 2012, in the first of a number of collaborative projects over the next year. Artists in Residence and staff at SSW will be working with students and staff from Gray’s School of Art on the grounds of Banff Castle, building and firing a ceramic […]

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Events / News 2:37 pm , May 23, 2012 0

Art in Granite – Thursday 17 May, 2012, Aberdeen

Art in Granite Scottish Sculpture Workshop presents an art panel presentation and discussion during Aberdeen’s second Granite Festival. Aberdeen’s 2012 Granite Festival is back by popular demand! The new programme had been launched by Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums and Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is delighted to take part. On Thursday, 17 May, 6.30-8.30pm, at Cowdry Hall, SSW presents Art in Granite – a panel discussion and presentation about the medium of granite and the artists who work with it. Granite carving was […]

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Events / News 4:11 pm , May 9, 2012 0

Graeme Beagrie from RBS visits SSW for the day…

On Thursday 8 March, Graeme Beagrie, Relationship Manager for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Aberdeen, spent a day in the SSW foundry. Graeme spent the day getting to know some of the regional artists and international visitors at the workshops, learning about mould making and the foundry processes. The picture above shows him pulling the crucible out of the furnace, getting ready to pour the molten metal into an artists mould. Graeme did a fantastic job and we hope […]

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News 10:31 am , March 29, 2012 0

SSW 2011 Exhibition

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, […]

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Artists / News 2:49 pm , December 15, 2011 0

The end is near… or is it.

Well, it’s been a while since I posted on here, but there has been plenty of reasons. The main one is we have been on air! If you missed the broadcasts where have you been? We did 2 weeks of 2 hours a night 6 nights a week. The shows were so action packed we never stopped. A massive thanks to all the people who came in to be interviewed, who let us visit them and connect to us via the means […]

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News / Uncategorised 12:11 pm , November 4, 2011 0

Open Studio, 24-26 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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Artists / News 11:13 am , November 4, 2011 0