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Scottish Sculpture Workshop Transformed

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Author. Clare Booth • Director

Coldwells Build is proud to have delivered a renovation project which has tremendous community and cultural value.

The Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) in Lumsden has reopened, following the first phase of its capital development project.

The renovation by Coldwells Build in conjunction with Collective Architecture has upgraded SSW’s facilities to create an improved environment for artists and local makers. It includes a newly renovated ceramics studio, kiln room, glaze room and a new street facing community space.

With improved facilities, SSW plans to develop an innovative and experimental learning programme for a range of users. There will also be increased opportunities for skills development in partnership with schools, community groups, local users and artists, ensuring that local communities in Aberdeenshire will benefit from the workshop’s international connections and new facilities.

The first dedicated sculpture workshop in Scotland, Scottish Sculpture Workshop is internationally recognised as a site of collective learning and skills development for artists. With an annual, ambitious programme of residency, projects, courses and open access, SSW has been welcoming artists to its site in Lumsden for over 40 years.

Coldwells Build is proud to have delivered a renovation project which has tremendous community and cultural value.

An industrial shed with exposed steel beams and white floors. The walls of the shed are lined with shelves. On the shelves sit tins of paint and buckets of plaster. Stools are dotted around the shed.
A close up photo of a 3 timber shelves. Each shelf is stacked with buckets and pots of colourful clays. The pots have handwritten labels.
Looking over the shoulder of a person with white, whispy hair. They hold a pen in their right hand and are drawing on paper.
A person wearing an orange jacket sits on a couch reading a magazine. Two people in the background are having a conversation and leaning against a worktop.
3 timber ply shelves and a desk workspace. The shelves are stacked with various plaster sculptures, protective masks, buckets and a tin of varnish. Three stools sit under the shelves.

Author.

Clare Booth

Director

A trained communicator, Clare co-founded Coldwells Build with the aim of improving consumer experience within the construction process. Working previously as a television director and journalist, she understands more than most, about the power of detail, organisation and timing.

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