Woodblock Printing with Anupa Gardner, image credit: SSWWe’ve had a great time in the Community Making Space this Spring and Summer. From exploring clay, glass and plant materials to print, paper and soil. There’s been lots of making techniques to get stuck into, with plenty of opportunities for our local community to try something new and spend time together. As with each season, we started by talking with our Community Advisers about what people wanted to see in the programme and what we wanted to explore together. […]
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 […]
Foot wedging clay, 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 including making stamps and sprigs, press moulding and creating pots for the garden, while offering 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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