At various times of the year, guest sculptors will run workshops that may include stone carving, wax to bronze, sculptural ceramics, wire or found objects. This is your opportunity to learn from a master! The length of our Special Workshops vary from one day experiences, to weekend offerings or longer intensive offerings over several days or evenings.
Special Workshops are open to all levels of experience, unless otherwise stated.
Everyone is invited to explore sculpture in a welcoming, purpose-built studio — a unique artistic experience in the heart of the community.
Not Available
13 – 18 January 2026
You will learn to use traditional hand-tools and techniques for carving, including methods of transferring ideas onto a piece of marble and finding form within the stone. Participants will work directly on the famous White Statuario Marble from Carrara to acquire basic skills and to understand the nature of the material.
General A$1,360.30
Available
21 – 29 January 2026
You will learn to use traditional hand-tools and techniques for carving, including methods of transferring ideas onto a piece of marble and finding form within the stone. Participants will work directly on the famous White Statuario Marble from Carrara to acquire basic skills and to understand the nature of the material.
General A$1,760.30
Sundays: 8 Feb – 29 Mar (8 weeks)
This intensive life study class offers students the unique opportunity to make a study of the nude in a single extended pose. The human body is one of the most challenging, eloquent and time honoured subjects for the exploration of artistic expression. Jenny will be inviting students to think about how they might push their work towards a deeper expression of the human spirit, encouraging them to create work that goes beyond the anatomical representation of the body.
Early Bird A$740.30
General A$825.30
Sold Out
2 February – 2 March
6pm – 9pm
This brief course will help students undertake the basic techniques of carving. Learn how to remove step by step the material that is surrounding a sculpture, starting from unveiling the basic volumes connected together in harmonious composition and the beginnings of the finishing process where time permits.
General A$355.30
Sold Out
3 February – 3 March
10am – 2pm
This brief course will help students undertake the basic techniques of carving. Learn how to remove step by step the material that is surrounding a sculpture, starting from unveiling the basic volumes connected together in harmonious composition and the beginnings of the finishing process where time permits.
General A$435.30
Coming Soon
Sat 11 & Sun 12 April, 2026
Wax is a wonderful medium and has many unique properties that make it ideal for sculpting. Wax can be used as a liquid, as a paste, warm (like plasticine), or cold (carvable). During this workshop students will be shown various techniques to utilize these variable states of the medium. Students will be shown how to construct a wax armature, explore modelling techniques and the use of tools for smoothing and texturing.
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Coming Soon
Sat 18 & Sun 19 July, 2026
A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of alabaster carving and learn from popular guest teacher Carol Crawford. Carol is a specialist alabaster sculptor who interprets the raw stone to create soft, interlocking organic forms. For this weekend course Carol will guide you on the use of different hand tools, finishing/ polishing techniques, and how to realise a beautiful soft abstracted form out of the rough stone you have chosen.
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Fees include GST as well as all basic materials (except stone or otherwise stated). Classes are small – minimum 6 students, maximum 12. We reserve the right to cancel a class if student enrolments are below 6.
Once a student is enrolled, refunds will not be given under any circumstances. Enrolment Conditions specified in our info pack.
*If Early Bird rates are offered for Special Workshops they are available until three weeks before the start of each term.
A further 10% discount is available for local residents on low income.
A payment plan is available for the Life Study Course, please call the Studio for more information.
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. Please see our Refund Policy for further information.
