Dates 10-12 July 2024
Time 10am – 4pm
Price £245 (£220.50)
This three-day summer school will take an experimental approach to Clay Portraiture, inspired by the innovative and imaginative processes used by artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi who would have been 100 years old this year. You will start by working through different playful exercises with clay utilising your sense of touch to then produce a sculpture based on the head using collaging and carving techniques.
The emphasis of this course is on the process rather than a final outcome, in a supportive space for creative experimentation and development.
Dates Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 May 2024
Time 10am – 4pm
Price £220 (£198)
Over two days learn to model a clay head directly from life, develop observational skills and clay modelling techniques. Using air drying clay you will learn about anatomy, form and texture, and develop an understanding of portraiture through sculptural expression.
Suitable for beginners or those with some experience who wish to further develop their skills.
Dates Wednesdays, 2 October – 23 October 2024*
*1-week gap 16 October for drying and firing
Time 10am – 1pm
Price £145 (£130.50)
Over three sessions, this course will introduce you to hand building sculptural forms using coil building techniques.
Coiling involves creating long coils of clay that are used to create the bodies of unique sculptural forms and vessels. These coils are either left as is or smoothed for a more traditional surface. Both will be taught in this course. The pieces will be fired and glazed.
Suitable for beginners.
Dates Wednesdays, 16 October – 20 November 2024
Time 1.30pm-4.30pm
Price £245 (£220.50)
Learn to hand carve a relief panel in lime wood.
Over six weeks you will be introduced to the key techniques needed to add depth and shape to create a wood relief panel. You will be guided through the process from transferring your preparatory designs to completing the carving in relief.
Suitable for beginners and more experienced carvers as well.
Dates Wednesdays, 14 August – 18 September 2024
Time 1.30pm-4.30pm
Price £245 (£220.50)
Taking place in ESW’s outdoor courtyard, this afternoon class will introduce you to hand tools and basic stone carving techniques. The course will allow time for individual focussed attention from the tutor who will guide and advise you on technique and your piece as it develops.
Suitable for beginners.
Dates Wednesdays, 24 April – 22 May 2024*
*1 week gap 15 May for drying and firing
Time 10am – 1pm
Price £200 (£180)
Over four weeks, this course we will take an experimental approach to working with different clays and slips to encourage outcomes like cracks, warping and explosions- things we are often told to avoid when working with ceramics. Practising creative rule breaking we will get unexpected original results that can be manipulated into interesting shapes and textures. We will look deeply into the material itself and explore how we can take advantage of timings, mixing things up and pushing things to breaking point.
This course is suitable for both beginners and people who have worked with clay but perhaps not explored this side of it.
Dates Thursdays, 26 September – 21 November 2024
Time 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Prices
With Stone £347 (£317.30)
Without Stone £297 (£267.30)
This course is designed for those with some experience of stone carving who would like to continue working on a carving with tuition and guidance. The course will allow time for individual focussed attention from the tutor, who will guide and advise you on technique.
There are two price options for this course one: without stone (if you are already working on an existing piece); and an option to select a piece of stone if you would like to start a new piece.
Dates Thursdays, 18 April – 13 June 2024
Time 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Prices
With Stone £347 (£317.30)
Without Stone £297 (£267.30)
This course is designed for those with some experience of stone carving who would like to continue working on a carving with tuition and guidance. The course will allow time for individual focussed attention from the tutor, who will guide and advise you on technique.
There are two price options for this course one: without stone (if you are already working on an existing piece); and an option to select a piece of stone if you would like to start a new piece.
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is excited to reveal that the members selected for the Hawthornvale Mentorship Programme 2024 as Chris Coatham & Joel Davidson, Jan Pimblett and Jonny Walker.
We are delighted to announce that the four artists selected for this year’s ESW/ECA Graduate Residency Award are Imogen Lee Allen, Iona Peterson, Callum Watt and Molly Wickett.
The deadline for this opportunity has now passed
Deadline: 29 January 2024, 11.55pm
For artists who graduated in the last 3 years.
Uist Corrigan Technician 3 days per week Email Uist Corrigan
