Workshop with Deeside Willow in the Materials Garden, image credit: SSWThis Autumn we will be building on the abundance of Lumsden and all that has grown and prospered within the local area throughout the summer months. Combining locally grown materials with photography, print, ceramics and mouldmaking processes this season you will have a chance to get your hands dirty and your minds engaged as you work with artists to explore what is possible in the Community Making Space at SSW. Each free session of the Autumn season will explore how […]
Making natural dyes and pigments, image credit: SSWMid Week Makes is an evening programme that takes place on Wednesdays from 6-8pm and brings people together to experiment with creative materials, try new processes and spend time making alongside one another. This autumn’s sessions explore photography, plant-based pigments and printmaking, and willow making, with a focus on natural and locally grown materials and inspiration from the environment around us. No experience is needed and all materials, food and refreshments are provided. Sessions Wednesday 28 October – Seeing Differently: […]
Image credit: SSWMonday 19 – Wednesday 21 October 202610am-1.30pmFreeBooking essentialKids club is only open to people living in Lumsden, Honeybarrel, Mossat, Towie and Kildrummy. Come along to the Community Making Space this October and explore local legends and otherworlds with artist Danielle Macleod. Danielle is an artist from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland who takes inspiration from people, landscape, nature and traditional stories and myths. She creates otherworldly photographs and sculptures using natural materials gathered from land and sea. Over three days you’ll work […]
SSW Materials Garden, image credit: Felicity CrawshawIn Spring and Summer 2026, the Community Making Space programme at Scottish Sculpture Workshop brings together a new series of creative sessions shaped around making, growing, gathering and spending time together. Responding to the changing seasons, the programme explores a range of materials, processes and creative approaches inspired by the landscape around us and the rhythms of the year, with opportunities to experiment, learn new skills and make alongside others within the warmth and light of the new season. The […]
Image courtesy of the artist, Josie KOMonday 27 July – Friday 31 July 202610am-1.30pmFreeBooking essentialKids club is only open to people living in Lumsden, Honeybarrel, Mossat, Towie and Kildrummy. We round off our Spring/Summer Programme with our popular Summer Holiday Kids Club led by artist Josie KO. Josie has spent time in Lumsden on Residency and is back to work on some monumental ideas and objects with us. Over 5 days young people will work with Josie and the SSW team to build a number of monumental […]
Dead Hedging with Jimmy from Cults Croft, image credit: SSWJoin us every Thursday from 11/11.30am-1.30pm for a daytime programme of shared making, conversation and learning connected to the SSW Materials Garden. Working with the changing season, the programme uses the garden as an ongoing space for learning through growing, gathering and making with natural materials. This summer, sessions will focus on planting and caring for the garden while also using materials grown and gathered over previous seasons to explore processes such as plant dyeing and working with natural fibres. […]
Glass fusing with Hazel MacLennan, image credit: SSWThe Mid Week Make is an evening programme that takes place on Wednesdays from 6-8pm and brings people together to experiment with creative materials, try new processes and spend time making alongside one another. This season’s sessions explore a range of processes including making cordage using natural fibres and plant materials to woodblock printing, wheel throwing and glass fusing through relaxed, hands-on sessions led by artists and local makers. No experience is needed and all materials, food and refreshments are […]
Image credit: SSWWednesday 8 – Friday 10 April 202610 am – 1:30 pmFreeBooking essential Join us for our annual Easter Holiday Kids Art Club where we will be working with wood! Join us to work alongside artists in making useful objects for upcoming events. The club will end with our annual scavenger hunt, collecting answers to riddles which will lead us to Easter prizes! How to take part:To book your place on the Easter Kids Holiday Club please email communities@ssw.org.uk with the […]
Image credit: SSWCome to SSW every Thursday from 11.30am–1.30pm for our Thursday Club, a relaxed space to explore some of the skills needed to nurture the world around us, and enjoy making together. These weekly sessions invite you to try out different processes, learn from one another, and connect with the land in Lumsden as well as skills and making processes used to nurture it. The focus of our Thursday Club will be rooted in the SSW Materials Garden where we will […]
Image credit: SSWJoin us every Wednesday evening from 6-8pm for The Mid Week Make where we come together to explore materials, learn new skills, and connect with one another. This season we will be running a number of two part sessions in order to explore longer processes such as glass fusing, throwing clay pots on the wheel and drawing and mark making. Sessions are led by artists, local makers and the SSW team No experience is needed, and all materials, tools, snacks […]
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