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Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
An artwork by Hans Clausen of a wall-mounted silver bull head bottle opener on a dark red shield-shaped wooden plaque, with "MARKER" embossed on the metal.

1 + 1 = 3 Explorations in Assemblage Sculpture with Hans K Clausen 2025

Dates Fridays, 9 May-30 May 2025
Times 10am – 12.30pm
Price £170 (£153)

This course explores the creation of sculptures using everyday materials and objects, encouraging participants to reflect on personal ideas and narratives. You’ll experiment with different ways of making and storytelling through object and material mash-ups—where there’s no such thing as getting it wrong! 

No prior knowledge or skills are required—just curiosity and a willingness to play. 

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Description

Perfect for beginners in contemporary sculpture or art-making, as well as artists looking to explore a new approach. This course begins with an introduction to artists who have transformed everyday materials into sculpture. From Marcel Duchamp and Arte Povera to Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas, we’ll explore how artists—past and present—use assemblage to create meaning. 

Through discussion, experimentation, and hands-on making, you’ll be encouraged to develop your own sculptural language. A simple range of materials will be made available as will the materials and tools required for manipulating and building. Participants will also be invited to bring their own materials and objects to build from. 

Course Structure 

Week 1 – Introduction to sculptural assemblage 

  • Manipulation of re-used materials, and appropriation of found objects. 
  • Exploring three-dimensional making. 

Week 2 – Working with wood and hard materials 

  • Developing narrative concepts in sculpture. 

Week 3 – Working with fabric and soft materials 

  • Considering context, environment, and exhibiting. 

Week 4 – Stretching ideas and adding ‘ingredients’. 

  • Working towards resolved sculptures or concepts. 

Sessions will take place in our Outdoor Learning Studio. 

About the tutor: Hans K Clausen  

Hans K Clausen is a graduate of Leith School of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. On graduating with BA (hons) in Sculpture in 2012 he received an Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop New Graduate award and won London’s Degree Art Prize for Sculpture. He has exhibited nationally and internationally with a reputation for co-created and socially engaged art. He has won sculpture commissions for NHS Lothian ‘The People’s Museum of Memory and Myth’, and for NHS Forth Valley ‘Everyone Everyday Evermore’. Hans is a studio holder at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, the creator of The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth, and the Hospital Exhibitions Manager for Tonic Arts – NHS Lothian Charity. 

Important Booking Information
Courses are subject to minimum enrolment, so please book as soon as possible to reduce the likelihood of course cancellation.

Read our Bookings and Cancellation Policy here.