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Group Residency artists in the ceramics workshop with SSW technician Amy Benzie

2025 Group Residency 1: In Pictures

It was fantastic to welcome artists Alaya Ang (Scotland), Holly Bobisuthi (USA), Jonny Walker (Scotland) and Kishita Nayyar (England) to SSW in May, to take part in the first Group Residency of 2025.  The Group Residency artists were also joined by RSA Residencies for Scotland artist Jodi de Bigre and Open Access Residency artists Marianne Mulvey and Dinda Fass. Over the course of their month-long residency, the group had inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework. Alongside developing […]

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News 4:16 pm , August 7, 2025 Comments Off on 2025 Group Residency 1: In Pictures

Makers' Meal Underway!

On Friday the participants of our upcoming Makers’ Meal gathered together for the first time to discuss the outline of the project. Makers’ Meal will involve all of the artists’ collective efforts in creating a meal from the ground-up. In specialist groups they will produce everything from the table, ceramic plates, slumped glass drinking vessels, crockery, to home-brewed beverages and the meal itself! The collaborative project is an opportunity for the artists and facilitators involved to bring the communal and […]

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Discussion / Week in Pictures 1:29 pm , July 2, 2012 0

Coast Festival 2012

Ceramics by the Sea Shore – Paper Kiln Firing On the morning of the 26th of May we travelled up Banff Castle Grounds to set up for the paper kiln demonstration we would be doing that day. We began setting up at 10am and gathered interest from the public early on. We were joined by Phil from Gray’s School of Art, and began construction, by making two simple stick “teepees” on top of steel grates, which were tied at the […]

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Events / Week in Pictures 11:05 am , 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