[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=”4960″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the beginning of April, fifteen lucky students and TBSSS staff members had a wonderful opportunity to visit Crawford’s Casting for a guided tour and to watch the amazing process of bronze being poured into moulds. Crawford’s Casting has catered to both local and international artists since 1976 and had a long history working with our Founder Tom Bass AM and continues to work with sculptors and teachers from TBSSS today. Matt Crawford and other members of his team, kindly took the group through…

[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=”4953″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How long have you been at TBSSS?  This term at the Tom Bass School is my third, under the tutelage of Christine Crimmins. I have been creating art and works of design for the last five years, but the approach at TBSSS is unique and has provided me with a different set of skills. What have you gained from being a TBSSS scholar? I have been very fortunate to benefit from the generous Youth Scholarship the School and the City of Sydney sponsor….

[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=”4930″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Tom Bass Studio flung wide its doors on the first Saturday in February for an Open Studio afternoon.  Visitors arrived in their numbers to see inside a working sculpture school and to talk to students about learning sculpture and their experience of the wonderful studio environment.  Visitors watched as students worked on their clay modelling and marble carving and there was much chatting to staff and teachers about what the School has to offer. Potential new students saw for themselves what amazing things can be achieved…

[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=”4750″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During January the Studio was abuzz with the tapping of marble and the brewing of incredibly strong Italian coffee once again! TBSSS was thrilled to be able to welcome back Alnassar to run 3 weeks of marble courses in January. The work students created in the short space of time was amazing. You can have a look at some of the work created on the TBSSS Facebook. Each Friday we were treated to a discounted lunch by local Israeli cafe Shenkin Kitchen. We are…

[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=”4755″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Life Study Program for 2019 has got off to a roaring start. The 1-Day Life Study with Ingrid Morley was sold out and we’re pleased to announce we will be running a second workshop at the start of August. In addition, Ingrid’s Tuesday and Sunday Term 1 Life Study classes are underway. Students began their first week drawing with charcoal/pastel on butchers paper, and have now begun to model in clay. The armatures so far look amazing. Last week a film crew from…

[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=”4596″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Congratulations to Tuesday and Wednesday evening student Bree Cribbin who was recently awarded an Outstanding Achievement award from TAFE NSW, sponsored by Port Hacking Potters. Bree exhibited her work in November 2018 in an exhibition entitled With Space as her final body of work for her Diploma in Ceramics at Gymea TAFE (some examples below). Artist Statement This installation is a response to a personal experience of trauma and how an ineffable space is created when we feel disconnected. I use clay to…

[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=”4614″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When Sydney University commissioned The Student from Tom Bass in 1953, it became the university’s earliest modernist public artwork. Since then, students and visitors have been greeted by the cubist-style, figurative sculpture as they enter the university’s main gates off Parramatta Road. It stands in the sun, positioned amongst trees, lawns and tennis courts. Current Sydney Uni students may recently have noticed the work has been relocated to a new site on the university’s Botany Lawn. This is a temporary arrangement pending its…

[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=”4347″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How long have been at TBSSS?  I’ve been coming to Tom Bass since 2015. Where do you travel from each week? I’m a freelancer so I come after work from various places around Sydney. When coming from home, it’s Balmain. What do you do when you’re not sculpting? I work in film/TV as a producer and editor. I make little videos for fun on the side. I ride my bike (named Catalina) everywhere and walk my dog (named Aster) everywhere. Sometimes I do…

[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=”4244″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Congratulations to TBSSS teacher Wendy Black who recently unveiled a sculpture of Dr Margaret Mittleheuser AM – one of the first female stockbrokers in the world – at the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus. Some photos of the event, including Wendy with her work, can be be found here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]