Diary of Events

On the 2nd and 3rd of November, we are delighted that artist Lisa Takahashi will be returning to our studio, this time to run a two day printing workshop making multiblock linocut prints.  The workshop will run from 10am to 4pm on each day.  At this weekend workshop,...

Come and join Flora Gare at our studio for a day of fun and creativity, learning to make a wire sculpture using wire, pliers and cutters, which are all provided.  Flora  will teach you how to design and work in wire using the technique of hand weaving wire to create a...

The course will explore the capabilities of carving into thermalite blocks with hand tools (hand saws, chisels, rasps and files).  Thermalite blocks can be a cheap, quick and effective alternative to clay and plaster casting, when making maquettes for simplified or...

By popular demand, after a very successful workshop in 2019, Anne Herbert returns to our studio to instruct you in the art of willow weaving a large statement piece for the garden.  Anne says “Our day will be based on spherical forms using buff willow.  Fish, birds,...

On 4th May we are looking forward to a real treat.  Madeleine Page, a former Wessex Sculpto member who sadly moved away from the area some time ago, is returning to our studio to run a workshop showing us how she uses papier maché to realise her sculptural ideas. ...

Join us for a wire sculpture workshop on Saturday 24th February at our studio, at which invited artist Jane Clift will show you the necessary techniques of hand weaving wire to sculpt one of our most recognisable birds, the swallow.  You will be using wire, pliers and...

In November we were delighted to invite back to our studio Lisa Takahashi to show us how to make linocut prints using the reduction technique.  With Lisa's materials and excellent tuition, we were really pleased with the resulting prints. Didn't we do well?  ...