Saturday AM
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Date: 17th October 2026 - 19th December 2026
Teacher: Karen Alexander
For Term 4, 2026, this term workshop runs for 10 weeks and students attend a 3-hour workshop each week. These workshops are for all skill levels and aim to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of all aspects of creating sculpture in a range of media.
Students are encouraged to create works they want, with teachers providing guidance and advice when needed. Beginners are welcome and will be guided through the fundamentals of sculpture, starting with a relief sculpture project and developing their skills with support from their teacher.
Students can start in any term throughout the year.
What you will learn and create
- Beginners will learn how to create a relief sculpture in a style of their choosing over their 10-week term. You will model in clay, cast in plaster and then colour your finished relief sculpture.
- Continuing students and experienced sculptors can advance and refine their skills while working on their own personal projects. They can explore different sculptural mediums, techniques and styles, including sculpting in the round, making an armature and creating more complex moulds.
- Depending on the complexity of your sculpture, your work may be completed in a single term or developed over multiple terms. Your teacher will guide you through the process.
- Our atelier-style studio brings together students of all experience levels, creating a supportive environment for learning, observation and shared practice.
- All students, regardless of experience, develop confidence working independently across a range of sculptural media and gain practical knowledge of studio and sculpture processes.
Meet Your Teacher – Karen Alexander
Karen Alexander has been teaching at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School since 2015. Karen teaches the Saturday AM Workshop. Karen Alexander was deeply influenced by figurative studies at the original Broadway Studio under the mentorship of Tom Bass AM. She was part of a group of alumni led by Bass to create ‘The Rainbow Serpent’ a community sculpture project for Erskineville Public School. Karen’s sculptural forms embody a profound sense of humanity and community. She has been involved in numerous public sculpture commissions, including large-scale bronze works. Her most significant…
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Fees
Fees include GST as well as all basic materials (except stone) and model fees. Classes are small – minimum 6 students, maximum 12. We reserve the right to cancel a class if student enrolments are below 6.
Missed classes must be made up within the term. A cancellation fee will apply for cancelled classes.
Once a student is enrolled, refunds will not be given under any circumstances. Enrolment Conditions specified in our info pack.
Additional single casual workshop class: $75 per session for current students. Please call the Studio to book.
Age Restrictions
Students 18 years and older are eligible to enrol. We cannot accept enrolments for anyone under the age of 18.
Once a student is enrolled, refunds will not be given under any circumstances. Enrolment Conditions specified in our info pack.
Additional single casual workshop class: $75 per session for current students. Please call the Studio to book.
Discounts
*Early Bird rates are available until three weeks before the start of each term.
A further 10% discount is available for local residents on low income.
There is a 50% youth discount for students 25 years or younger with an keen interest in artistic practice. Click here for more info.
^A payment plan is available for the Life Study Course, please call the Studio for more information.
Cancellations & Refunds
Students 18 years and older are eligible to enrol. We cannot accept enrolments for anyone under the age of 18.
Once a student is enrolled, refunds will not be given under any circumstances. Enrolment Conditions specified in our info pack.
Additional single casual workshop class: $75 per session for current students. Please call the Studio to book.