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.
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.
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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.
Sat 11 & Sun 12 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.
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.
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.
