Scottish Sculpture Workshop

Scottish Sculpture Workshop SSW is an arts organisation based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

We are excited to announce SSW’s Open Weekend 2026Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September, 10am – 4pm.Come along to SSW and ...
05/09/2026

We are excited to announce SSW’s Open Weekend 2026

Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September, 10am – 4pm.

Come along to SSW and check out what some of our local artists and makers have been up to in the workshops. There will be an opportunity to meet a wide range of local artists, see some of our workshop spaces and take part in some relaxed making sessions in our Community Making Space.

Tea and coffee will be flowing from our recently renovated bothy kitchen – so you can help yourself to a cuppa, come and meet the artists and if the sun is shining relax in our Materials Garden.

You can also drop in to the Community Making Space to test out making paper and clay, incorporating locally grown materials. No need to sign up, these sessions are drop in and will run on the Saturday from 10am – 12 midday and 2pm – 4pm. No experience necessary, making sessions are free – donations for materials excepted.

Link in bio 🔗 to find out about the Open Weekend and the artists and makers you'll be able to meet or see work by.

SSW.ORG.UK/NEWS

Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Image description: A white building has the letters SSW in pale blue on the end wall. There are large trees behind the building and a field of long green grasses infront. The sky is a greyish blue and we can see part of a rainbow. Text is overlaid on the image in white capital letters, it reads 'SSW OPEN WEEKEND 2026, 12 & 13 SEPTEMBER'

Group Residency 2026: Artist AnnouncementWe are delighted to announce Bao-Yin Hall, Danielle Macleod, Jo Matthews, Rudy ...
27/08/2026

Group Residency 2026: Artist Announcement

We are delighted to announce Bao-Yin Hall, Danielle Macleod, Jo Matthews, Rudy Loewe and Tamsin MacArthur, as our second group of artists selected for Group Residency 2026.

The SSW team are supporting the artists in developing their practices over the course of their month-long residency this August. Alongside inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework, Group Residency includes a collective programme of sauna, local visits to Pictish stones, film nights, potluck meals, artist sharings and peer learning.

The Group Residency artists are joined by Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures artist Roy Boswell and their collaborator Vita Matiyas. Harriet Rose Morley also joins the SSW team as Summer Technician this August.

Link in bio 🔗 to find out more about the artists

SSW.ORG.UK/NEWS

Image credits:
1. Group Residents with SSW team members Ruaridh, Amy and Harriet, and Ecologies in the Making resident Roy and Vita, image credit: SSW
2. Creature, Bao-Yin Hall, image courtesy of the artist
3. Feamain, Danielle Macleod, image courtesy of the artist
4. Jo Matthews, performance at Art Walk Porty 2022, image credit: Ellie J McMaster
5. Rudy Loewe, image credit: Christa Holka
6. I have found what i looked for! / we are devout and holy and we believe in everything, the Saule, Mara, the Moon, and in our little wooden houses we’ll stay / No more smiles, no more tears, no more prayers, no more fears, Tamsin MacArthur, image credit: Andrew Adams

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📣 Open Call: Unlimited Partner Award 📣We are delighted to partner with Unlimited We Are Unlimited on the Partner Awards ...
10/08/2026

📣 Open Call: Unlimited Partner Award 📣

We are delighted to partner with Unlimited We Are Unlimited on the Partner Awards which are now open. Alongside other brilliant partners across Scotland, England and Wales the awards collectively offer £280k for disabled artists to make bold new work.

The Partner Awards will support projects at any stage of development and across art forms.

SSW Programme and Partnerships Director Sam Trotman says of the partnership - 'Workshops are places of transformation, where artists can rebuild the world anew. SSW is excited to partner with Unlimited to do just that - throwing open the workshop doors and rethinking what is possible to create together.”

Apply by Monday 28 September, midday
Link in bio 🔗

Application info available in audio, BSL, Easy Read, large print, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh.
Need access support? Get in touch.

Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Image Description: Three artists are working in the SSW ceramics studio, in the foreground, artist Kim West is handbuilding a large vessel in red clay. Text above the image reads ‘Partner Award backing work that shifts perspectives.’

Partner Awards are supported by Arts Council England, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru and the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
The SSW Partner Award is also made possible thanks to the generous support of the William Grant Foundation.

🔉 Caregivers Residency Blog: Shiori Usui Shiori Usui one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Festival Caregivers Residen...
05/08/2026

🔉 Caregivers Residency Blog: Shiori Usui

Shiori Usui one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Festival Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in April and May.

The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers.

Head over to the SSW website to read Shiori’s blog.

Link in bio 🔗
SSW.ORG.UK/NEWS

Image credits: SSW 1, Shiori Usui 2 - 5.

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📆 Open Access Residency: New Dates Spring 2027New dates this Spring are now available to book, along with some availabil...
24/07/2026

📆 Open Access Residency: New Dates Spring 2027

New dates this Spring are now available to book, along with some availability for this November.

Open Access Residency is here for any artist, maker or individual wishing to develop a project, fabricate work or spend time with their practice at SSW. We provide Open Access on either a ‘Production*’ or ‘Research**’ basis, with non-residential rates also available.

Open Access is available to book directly through SSW and does not have an open call or selection process.
Just send over a brief overview of what you are looking to explore or make while on residency at SSW and we will then book in a technical and access session together to make sure this is possible within your proposed timeframe.

*Production O/A can be based within our ceramics studio and metal workshop and supported by a technician who will offer bespoke guidance and training as required to enable you throughout your stay with us. Production O/A also provides a desk within our shared studio and library.

**Research O/A offers use of our bright and airy open plan studio, alongside our cosy library, for desk and studio based research and making. There is no workshop access through Research O/A.

Current availability for Open Access Residency at SSW are the weeks commencing:

9 November 2026
16 November 2026
23 November 2026
30 November 2026

1 March 2027
8 March 2027
15 March 2027
29 March 2027
5 April 2027
12 April 2027
19 April 2027
26 April 2027
3 May 2027
10 May 2027

Link in bio 🔗 to find out more and get in touch.
SSW.ORG.UK/OPEN-ACCESS

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1, 3 & 4. Felicity Crawshaw
2, 5 & 6. SSW

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Group Residency 2026: Artist AnnouncementWe are delighted to announce Alex Sarkisian, Breanne Johnson, Claye Bowler, Oce...
17/07/2026

Group Residency 2026: Artist Announcement

We are delighted to announce Alex Sarkisian, Breanne Johnson, Claye Bowler, Ocean Lorraine and Ruby Allen as our first group of artists selected for Group Residency 2026.

The SSW team are supporting the artists in developing their practices over the course of their month-long residency this July. Alongside inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework, Group Residency includes a collective programme of walks, sauna, film nights, potluck meals, artist sharings and peer learning.

Link in bio 🔗 to find out more about the artists

SSW.ORG.UK/NEWS

Image credits:
1. Group Residents with SSW team members Ruaridh and Amy, image credit: SSW
2. kar, installation, Alex Sarkisian, image credit: Gavin Macqueen
3. Breanne Johnson, image credit: Rafa Amezcua
4. Over My Dead Body, Claye Bowler, image credit: Owen Richards
5. Ocean Lorraine, image credit: Daniel Di Monte
6. nine verses, performance, Ruby Allen, image credit: Erika Stevenson

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🔉 Caregivers Residency Blog: Belladonna Paloma, one of the five 2025 SSW x  Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on he...
26/06/2026

🔉 Caregivers Residency Blog: Belladonna Paloma

, one of the five 2025 SSW x Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in April and May.

The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers.

Head over to the SSW website to read Belladonna’s blog.

Link in bio 🔗
SSW.ORG.UK/NEWS

Image credits: SSW 1, Belladonna Paloma 2 - 6.

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We are delighted to announce that Dylan Esposito has been selected by SSW for the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme...
19/06/2026

We are delighted to announce that Dylan Esposito has been selected by SSW for the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme. Through this Dylan will undertake a 4 week residency and our metal fabrication course.

RSA Residencies for Scotland is a scheme which provides valuable research and development opportunities for visual artists. It forges important networks with centres of artistic excellence across Scotland, ranging from traditional residency venues to specialised production facilities.

We look forward to welcoming Dylan to SSW - Congratulations Dylan!

Head over to the SSW website for the full anouncement.
Link in SSW bio 🔗
SSW.ORG.UK/NEWS




Funded by the Royal Scottish Academy W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Bequest

Image credits:
Image 1. Dylan Esposito, Without Words, 2024. Photo Credit: Finn Rabbitt Dove.
Image 2. Dylan Esposito, Without Words (Detail), 2024. Photo Credit: Finn Rabbitt Dove.
Image 3. Dylan Esposito, Touch Base, 2023. Photo Credit: Finn Rabbitt Dove.

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Introducing our new team member! ⚡We are excited to bring a new electric forklift to SSW replacing our old diesel one wh...
12/06/2026

Introducing our new team member! ⚡

We are excited to bring a new electric forklift to SSW replacing our old diesel one which had been at SSW since we began in 1979.
The new electric forklift is part of our Big Shift programme supporting SSW's work to reduce emissions and create a healthier workshop environment for everyone.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported us to achieve this and to the Unlock our Future Fund.

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🌱 Community Making Space Spring / Summer 2026 Programme 🌞This Spring and Summer, the Community Making Space programme br...
29/05/2026

🌱 Community Making Space Spring / Summer 2026 Programme 🌞

This Spring and Summer, the Community Making Space programme 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.

🧶 The Mid Week Make
Every Wednesday from 27 May until 8 July, 6pm – 8pm.
A chance to try out and develop new skills, led by a range of local artists and knowledge holders working with natural fibres, woodblock printing, wheel throwing and glass fusing.

🪱 Thursday Club
Every Thursday from 28 May until 9 July, 11/11.30am-1.30pm
A space where you can come along for shared making, conversation and learning connected to the SSW Materials Garden. Sessions will include plant dyeing, composting and worm farms, and working with cob and rammed earth.

🥬 The community fridge will be available to access every week from 11am, before and during Thursday Club.

🏺 Clay Socials
Friday 26 June & Friday 24 July, 6pm – 8pm
A chance to come together, socialise, have a blether and have free access to working with clay. These sessions will include press moulding, stamps and sprigs and making pots for the garden.

🎨 Summer Holiday Kids Club
Monday 27 July - Friday 31 July, 10am – 1:30pm
We round off our Spring/Summer Programme with our popular Summer Holiday Kids Club led by artist Josie KO.

The entire Community Making Space programme is free, with materials and food/ refreshments provided. No previous experience is needed, and everyone is welcome.

Head over to the Community Making Space section of the website for the full programme of what's on.

Link in bio 🔗
SSW.ORG.UK/COMMUNITY-MAKING-SPACE-SPRING-SUMMER-2026

Image credits: 1, SSW 2-5.

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1 Main Street
Huntly
AB544JN

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441464861372

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