Artwork by Simon Lee Dicker, which includes broken/fragmented ceramic pieces on the floor with yellow pigment.

Simon Lee Dicker: REACH Scotland Residency

Our first REACH Scotland Resident of 2026 will be here from 16 February – 15 March working on experiments with press moulded ceramics.

Glazed ceramic figurines, including a wide-eyed black dog on a green base, a dabbing figure in teal and orange, and other colorful sculptures with playful, abstract forms.

Clay Chronicles and Miniature Monuments: After School Viewings

Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 February 2026
3 – 5pm
ESW Research Space

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Members Soup Lunch and Open Studios Event: Tuesday 17 February 2026

Open to Members and Prospective Members
Tuesday 17 February 2026, 12.30pm
Please book online.

ESW/ECA Graduate Awardees 2025 – Eilidh McKeown & Libby Entwistle

Eilidh McKeown and Libby Entwistle are at ESW from February to April 2026 as ESW/ECA Graduate Awardees.

Textured pale surface by Jiyoon Lee in respect to work in progress event, 2025.

Ji Yoon Lee, Wenyi Pan: Time, Touch, Tactility

Works in progress sharing presentation and event.
TALK TODAY, 12.30pm
3 – 4 December 2025, 10am – 4pm

Performers pushing a scaffolding float within a courtyard, Ashanti Harris exhibition

Curator for Research – Call for Applications

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is seeking a new Curator for Research.
Deadline: Thursday 8 January 2026, 5pm.
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS PASSED.

Mai Nguyễn-Long working on a dark clay sculpture with another covered in plastic sheet alongside.

Mai Nguyễn-Long residency collaboration with Talbot Rice Gallery

In September and October 2025 we welcome Australian Vietnamese artist Mai Nguyễn-Long producing new clay and ceramic works for exhibition.

Pink and white artwork in three panels by Kialy Tihngang, 2025. Scotland's Workshops Award.

Scotland’s Workshops Award 2025: Kialy Tihngang

Kialy Tihngang will be working with Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow and Edinburgh Printmakers.

New Stone Carving Course Added! Book online now.

Responding to demand we are delighted to announce an additional course with Alejandro Lopez.
29 October – 3 December 2025.

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Members Lunch, 15 October 2025 + Option Visit to Uist Corrigan Exhibition

Open to Members and Prospective Members
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 12.30pm
Free, book online.

Member’s Opportunity: Call for Proposals for the Hawthornvale Mentorship Programme

Members are invited to apply to our Hawthornvale mentorship programme with the opportunity to exhibit in 2026.
Deadline: 5pm, Sunday 28 September 2025. THE DEADLINE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS NOW PASSED

Technical drawing for Alternative Foundry Practices blueprint.

Alternative Foundry Practices Collaborative Research Events

Public events Wednesday 27 – Friday 29 August 2025.