Sculpture Courses and Workshops
Sussex Sculpture is pleased to be able to offer the following workshops and courses. Courses that are arranged around a life model run in consecutive six week blocks, where as all other courses are flexible and can be joined at any time of the year.
COURSES FROM SEPT 2010 - JUNE 2011
SCULPTURAL SHELLS
3 DAY WORKSHOP
Tutor: Janine Creaye
Cost: £160 + materials
Dates: Once per term:
Autumn Term – Sept 13 – 15
Spring Term – Jan 25 – 27
Time: 10am – 4pm
Class size: 8
Explore shell forms of spiral conches, scallop forms, and
slipper limpets in wire, plaster and cement. This can have
the practical outcome of making items to use in the
garden, or you can create pure sculptural forms with
surface texture and pattern. The course will teach
technical skills, but also allows time for each student to
experiment with the subject in their own way.
NATURE IN GOTHIC WOOD CARVING
4 DAY WORKSHOP
Tutor: Janine Creaye
Cost: £198 plus materials
Dates: Once per term:
Autumn Term – Sept 27 – 30,
Spring Term – Feb 7 – 10
Time: 10am – 4pm
Class size: 8
Look at how medieval wood carvers interpreted plant and
animal forms – the tool patterns, quirky but strong motifs
and the meaning behind them. You will then work out your
own design in this style and carve a small panel in fine
grained wood, taking the process through to stains and
finishes.
MODELLING FROM LIFE - FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE
Tutors: Andrew Brown/Marji Talbot
Cost: £300 (12 weeks) Autumn and Spring Terms
£250 (10 weeks) Summer Term
Includes model fees
Dates: 6 Weds or 6 Thurs each term
Autumn Term - Sept 8/9 to Dec 8/9
Spring Term - Jan 12/13 to Apr 6/7
Summer Term - May 4/5 to Jul 13/14
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Class Size: 7
Enjoy working from the life model to produce 1/3 size
figures or smaller. Work can be fired or cast. Cast work
requires a further booking on to a Casting course for a
further six weeks.
ANIMAL SCULPTURE - MODEL AN OTTER IN CLAY
Tutor: Andrew Brown
Cost: £145 plus material and firing
Dates: Autumn Term
Sat, 1 full day – Nov 6 (10am – 4pm)
5 half days – Nov 13 - Dec 11 (10am – 1pm)
Class Size: 7
Students will spend a full day at Woods Mill Wild life Trust
gathering information from a stuffed otter in the form of
photos, sketches and small maquettes, followed by 5
sessions at the studio working in clay to produce work
suitable for firing.
ANIMAL SCULPTURE
Tutor: Andrew Brown
Cost: £145 (plus materials and firing)
Dates: 6 Saturdays per term:
Spring Term - Mar 5 to Apr 9
Summer Term - May 7 to Jun 11
Time: 10am - 1pm
Class Size: 7
Students will work from photographs, drawings and
maquettes to produce an animal sculpture in clay suitable
for firing. When possible, stuffed animals will be available
for reference.
PORTRAIT HEAD IN CLAY
Tutor: Hazel Reeves SWA
Cost: £320 – includes model fees
Dates: 6 Saturdays per term:
Autumn Term - Oct 30, Nov 6, 20, 27, Dec 4, 11
Spring Term - Mar 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16
Summer Term - May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
Times: 10am – 4pm
Class Size: 7
Why not join us as we explore portrait sculpture over six
weeks? Work from life to create a lively portrait head.
Suitable for all levels of experience. Hazel Reeves
specialises in portrait sculpture. She is an elected
member of the Society of Women Artists and exhibits with
the Society of Portrait Sculptors.
GARDEN SCULPTURE
Tutor: Andrew Brown
Cost: £170
Duration: 1 full weekend to model the ciment
PLUS
2 x 3hr sessions to produce the steel armature
1⁄2 to 1 full day for finishing.
Dates: Modelling Weekends are as follows:
Autumn Term - Oct 16/17
Spring Term - Feb 19/20
Summer Term - Jun 24/25
PLEASE NOTE that students will need to book time
prior to the weekend to make the armature and then
book time after for finishing work.
Times: 10am – 5pm
Class Size: 4
Join this very popular course to produce an original
sculpture for your garden based on your own design.
Steel armatures will be produced using your drawings
and/or maquettes for reference. Enjoy two days of
modelling in ciment fondu to complete the form, then one
day finishing once the ciment is dry.
SOFT STONE CARVING
Tutor: Thea Taylor
Cost: £240 plus materials
Dates: 10/12 Wednesdays per term
Autumn - Sept 8 to Dec 8
Spring Term - Jan 12 to Apr 6
Summer Term - May 4 to Jul 13
Times: 10am – 1pm
Class Size: 8
Enjoy learning to work intuitively in soft stone to produce
imaginative work on a small scale. All practical aspects
will be covered from use of tools to polishing and finishing
work.
FREE FORM
Tutors: Andrew Brown/Marji Talbot
Cost: £120 per 6 x 3 hour session + materials
Dates: 6 sessions (free choice of dates)
Students must pre-book 6 sessions
with the studio at the beginning of
each half term.
Free Form is for those students with who would like
to work on individual project based work. Materials
and methods available are clay modelling for
casting or firing, wax modelling, and direct
modelling in plaster, ciment fondu.
CASTING
Tutor: Andrew Brown
Cost: £120 per 6 x 3 hour sessions + materials
Dates: 6 sessions (free choice of dates)
Students must pre-book 6 sessions
with the studio at the beginning of
each half term
Learn how to cast your work in a variety of materials from
plaster to resin and ciment fondu.
FINISHING DAYS
Tutor: Andrew Brown
Cost: £70 (includes materials)
Dates: One Saturday per term
Autumn Term - Nov 6
Spring Term - Mar 5
Summer Term - Jul 9
Times: 10am – 5pm
Class Size: 10
Learn how to finish work using a variety of methods and
materials. Students will need to bring their work along (up
to 4 pieces). Work should be either a fired piece, or
pieces made in plaster, ciment or resin.
TASTER WORKSHOPS
Tutor: Andrew Brown/Marji Talbot
Cost: £30 per 3 hour session
Dates: Students need to pre-book a time with the studio
Not sure if sculpture is for you? Try joining us for an
afternoon and have fun learning how to build forms in clay
ready for firing. Have fun exploring a variety of materials
and techniques that may lead you on to further sculptural
work. Contact us to arrange a time that suits you.
To book on to a taster workshop please send us your email address or contact us by phone so that we can send you a booking form.