[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)…

[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=”6992″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How long have been at TBSSS?  I commenced Term 4 in 2016. Where do you travel from each week? From the inner west area of Sydney. What do you do when you’re not sculpting? I have worked for many years as a Studio/Operations Manager for a Brand Digital Design company and I have a side business that I am trying to grow which is Jewellery Design – I promote and sell my pieces at either artisan markets or online stores under the banner…

[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=”6969″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We first met Alnassar back in 2015, when he came by Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School to introduce himself and propose teaching marble workshops at the Studio. Since then, he has run sold-out intensive marble carving workshops each January and it has become a highlight on the TBSSS calendar. As you likely know, Alnassar couldn’t make it to Australia this January. We very much hope he will be able to come again in 2022! In the meantime, we thought it would be nice…

[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=”6920″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How long have been at TBSSS?  I have been coming regularly to TBSSS since 2011 after I came to a one-day workshop.  My preference has been for Wednesday evening as it’s about half way through the week and excellent for a ‘break’.  I have formed some great friendships over the time.  Looking back from 2021 I have no idea how I managed to have about 13 pieces for an exhibition at the TBSSS Clara St Gallery in 2015. Where do you travel from each week? 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=”6900″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Christine Crimmins, one of our teachers at TBSSS, was awarded Highly Commended for her limestone sculptural work Sential, at the Crookwell Art Gallery held last month.  The work was on show at exhibition Art on the Range which included the show and sale of contemporary and traditional artwork, including sculpture and photography. Art on the Range is featured every two years by the Crookwell Art Gallery.  The show attracts artists and visitors from around the Southern Tablelands, South Coast and regional NSW areas.  This year, the show was opened by Mr…

[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=”6881″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tom Bass’ iconic Canberra sculpture, Ethos (located outside the ACT Legislative Assembly), marked its 59th anniversary just before the new year, in December 2020. The sculpture, crafted to represent the ‘spirit of the community’, was built from copper and was unveiled in 1961. ABC News Canberra has put together a Classic Canberra video to mark the occasion, featuring footage of Tom working on the sculpture and its subsequent unveiling. You can view the view the video here. The cement plinth under the statue holds a time capsule with an…

[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=”6863″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the first weeks of the new year, TBSSS ran three summer workshops: a week-long life study with Wendy Black (and wonderful model Jaqi Pascoe); an open workshop with Monika Scarrabelotti; and a three-day alabaster carving workshop with Carol Crawford and Wendy Black. The workshops were a huge success – both the open workshop and alabaster carving courses sold out and it was wonderful to see students channelling their new year creative energy into some fabulous pieces! Carol has written some words about the alabaster…

[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=”6812″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How long have been at TBSSS?  I think since 2007. I was around with Tom in his latter days at the Studio and indeed worked with the TBSSS Board subsequent to his passing. I was pleased to have a role assisting on the management committee in earlier days, but eventually resigned to focus on my artistic output. Where do you travel from each week? I live in Kirribilli encouraged in my artistic endeavour by my beautiful partner Jilly Gibson the Mayor, of North Sydney so…