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  • 3 Week Stone Carving with Elena Murgia – Monday EVE (April / May)

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    Mondays: 28 April - 12 May (3 weeks)
    6pm - 9pm

    $215.30 (Earlybird)
    $240.30 (General)

    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.

    Carving is a magical process that pursues the soothing of the soul and detaches ourselves from the modern chaotic life. It’s a way to connect to nature and it informs a sense of space, training the eye and the mind to see in depth!

    Alabaster stone will be available to purchase at an additional cost to the course fee. Elena will have a good selection of stones to choose from which are best suited for this 3 week course.

    Students are also welcome to bring work in progress stone sculptures, including marble works you may be currently working on. Elena can guide you in the next steps of your stone carvings.

    This workshop is now fully booked. Please email admin@tbsss.org.au, if you would like to be added to the waitlist.

    $215.3 – $240.3

  • ¾ Life-size Torso Sculpture Workshop with Georgina Mills – AM Workshop

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    Monday 7 July - Friday 11 July
    Mon - Thu:10am - 2pm, Fri: 10am - 3pm

    Fees: $790.30

    This is an intensive workshop that aims at improving student’s observational skills, sculpture techniques and knowledge of human anatomy and form. This course is specifically designed to introduce students to sculptural methods that help simplify the complexities of the human figure.

    Over the course students will sculpt from life a ¾ life-size torso with water-based clay. Group lessons and daily individual critiques will help to guide them through this process. Students will then prepare their sculpture to be kiln fired locally at their convenience. Students are to be aware that the kiln firing process can be unpredictable in results and the main goal of the workshop is learning how to improve their sculpting from life skills.

    This workshop is now fully booked. Please email admin@tbsss.org.au, if you would like to be added to the waitlist.

    A$790.3

  • ¾ Life-size Torso Sculpture Workshop with Georgina Mills – PM Workshop

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    Monday 7 July - Friday 11 July
    Mon - Thu: 4 - 8pm, Fri: 4 - 9pm

    Fees: $790.30

    This is an intensive workshop that aims at improving student’s observational skills, sculpture techniques and knowledge of human anatomy and form. This course is specifically designed to introduce students to sculptural methods that help simplify the complexities of the human figure.

    Over the course students will sculpt from life a ¾ life-size torso with water-based clay. Group lessons and daily individual critiques will help to guide them through this process. Students will then prepare their sculpture to be kiln fired locally at their convenience. Students are to be aware that the kiln firing process can be unpredictable in results and the main goal of the workshop is learning how to improve their sculpting from life skills.

    ONE PLACE LEFT for this Special Workshop.

    A$790.3

  • 3 Day Limestone Carving Workshop with Paul Hopmeier

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    Fri 10 Oct - Sun 12 Oct, 2025

    Fees: $570.30

    Over three days, learn the skills needed to carve your own unique sculpture in limestone. Guest teacher Paul Hopmeier is an established sculptor and artist and brings his wealth of knowledge to this popular workshop. Enjoy carving in a group atmosphere, beginners to advanced welcome. Fee will include stone.

    This workshop is now fully booked. Please email admin@tbsss.org.au, if you would like to be added to the waitlist.

    $625

  • 6 Day Intensive Marble Carving Workshop with Usama Alnassar – Workshop 1

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    5 – 10 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.

    A$1,360.30

  • 6 Day Intensive Marble Carving Workshop with Usama Alnassar – Workshop 2

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    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.

    A$1,360.30

  • Canceled Autumn Open Workshop Intensive with Wendy Black

    Wed 8th & Thu 9th April

    This is an Open Workshop intensive which will be run by TBSSS teacher Wendy Black. This workshop is for recent or previously enrolled students – not suitable for new students. Students have the chance to work on any project they choose and in the media of their choosing. It may be a new project or it could be a sculpture that you are already working on. These two days are a wonderful chance to have uninterrupted Studio time over the autumn break! Places are limited.

    A$310.30

  • Autumn Open Workshop Intensive with Christine Crimmins

    Wed 15th & Thu 16th April

    This is an Open Workshop intensive which will be run by TBSSS teacher Christine Crimmins. This workshop is for recent or previously enrolled students – not suitable for new students. Students have the chance to work on any project they choose and in the media of their choosing. It may be a new project or it could be a sculpture that you are already working on. These two days are a wonderful chance to have uninterrupted Studio time over the autumn break! Places are limited.

    A$310.30

  • From Wax to Bronze: 2 Day Wax Workshop with Michael Vaynman – Workshop 2

    Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 1A Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia

    Sat 18 & Sun 19 April

    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.

    A$510.30