Glass fusing with Hazel MacLennan, image credit: SSWFrom late January to April 2026, as winter settled in, the Community Making Space here at SSW continued to offer a place for people to gather, make, and spend time together. We worked closely with our Community Advisers to shape the programme, building on what we had learned in the previous season and introducing changes in response to this. These included longer two part sessions and a continued focus on outdoor, seasonal activity. Despite, or because of, the colder weather, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Image credit: SSWThis winter, in collaboration with our Community Advisers, we’re excited to welcome you to the Community Making Space for our Winter 2026 Programme. From February to April, you’ll find a great mix of free daytime, evening and school holiday sessions to brighten the winter season and offer space for warmth, making, and connection. Check out the full programme in the menu on the right and head to the bottom of this page for more info on booking. Join us for […]
Image Credit SSW; taken at the Clay Social Pot PartyThroughout October to December 2025, the Community Making Space at Scottish Sculpture Workshop continued to be a place for local residents to gather, make, and spend time together. The Autumn season was full of conversation and hands-on activity, with people taking part week after week, building confidence, friendships, and curiosity as they tried new processes or honed existing skills along the way. The Autumn season was shaped by listening to what our community wants – through conversations with Advisors, feedback, […]
Image credit: SSWJoin us every Wednesday evening from 6-8pm for The Mid Week Make — a new series of free creative sessions where we come together to explore materials, learn new skills, and connect with one another. Each week focuses on a different process or technique, led by artists, local makers and the SSW team. No experience is needed, and all materials, tools, snacks and refreshments are provided. These sessions are open to all — children and young people are welcome but […]
Image credit: Felicity CrawshawCome to SSW every Thursday from 11am–1pm for our Thursday Club — a relaxed space to explore materials, share skills, and enjoy making together. These weekly sessions invite you to try out different processes, learn from one another, and connect with local knowledge about the land and the materials around us. Together, we’ll learn and make things inspired by the changing seasons. Between October and December we will develop the SSW Materials Garden and work with a range of locally […]
Scottish Charity Number: SC003223