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: […]
Clay Social, 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. This autumn we’ll be celebrating the abundance of beautiful clay vessels made during our summer sessions, exploring different ways to decorate and glaze them and bringing them to life with colour and surface. We’ll also be getting into the festive spirit with plenty of clay Christmas decorations to make, […]
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 […]
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