All courses at SSW are a unique opportunity to learn new skills in a welcoming, immersive and creative environment. Based in our rural workshops in Aberdeenshire, participants can get to grips with new materials and processes, learn the basics and receive comprehensive tuition throughout.

On the Large Sculptural Handbuilding couse, participants will be guided through a range of processes in hand-building with clay and encouraged to go big! Together we will explore traditional techniques including coiling, slab building, pinch pots and press moulding to create sculptural and functional ceramic objects, as well as identifying different clay bodies for these different processes. There will also be an opportunity to add colour to creations with guided slip decoration.

Dates: Friday 27 February – Sunday 1 March 2026

Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm.

Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, consumables, firings and 2 nights accommodation).

For more information and to book visit: www.ssw.org.uk/large-sculptural-handbuilding/