[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”7336″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Clara Street has a new exhibition! Stones and Bones is a group sculpture exhibition that celebrates subtle forms and the natural world. Artists (both students and teachers from TBSSS) were asked to submit sculpture that resonates with the phrase ”stones and bones” aesthetically, conceptually and poetically. The exhibition features carved alabaster, limestone, soapstone, sandstone, beautiful plaster and ceramic forms, and a some found-objects. Congratulations to all, especially students, who are taking part in the exhibition. Please feel free to come and visit the Gallery during office opening…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”7286″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How long have been at TBSSS?  I joined Monday and Tuesday evening classes in October 2020. Where do you travel from each week? Woolloomooloo. What do you do when you’re not sculpting? Professionally, I am a hairstylist and have been for four decades. What made you take up sculpting? As a kid I loved making things, especially working out logical steps to achieve a 3-D structure. After enrolling for evening classes in sculpture at my local Art Academy in Belgium in 1993, I…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”7334″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Its that time of year again!! Our founder, Tom Bass, used to say ‘I love the sound of people at work.’ And last month, when Paul Hopmeier ran his very popular limestone carving masterclass at TBSSS, the sound of mallets, chisels and saws rang out through the studio. Over three days in April, veteran limestone-whisperer Paul Hopemeier returned to TBSSS to run his yearly masterclass. Each student begins with a large 290 x 660 x 660mm limestone block (from the Mt Gambier quarry)…