Image credit: SSWA place where pottery meets the pub!Come and join us once a month from 6-8pm for an evening of getting together with neighbours and having fun with all things clay. These relaxed creative sessions will introduce different clay techniques such as hand building and applying glazes and offer you plenty of time to work on your own creations. If you haven’t used clay before don’t worry, no experience is required. Snacks and refreshments are provided and all materials, consumables and […]
Group Residents in the Materials Garden, image credit: SSW
Group Residency artists in the ceramics workshop with SSW technician Amy BenzieOn 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 […]
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 […]
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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