Our workshops

have been formed with the aim of providing a level of tuition in the arts which respects the fundamental skills of looking, seeing and making. The courses we offer have, at their roots, skills which are traditional yet always contemporary. Most are suitable for complete beginners.

Simon Cooley

has been teaching for 30 years and has always been a working sculptor. He works in forged metal, stone and clay. He exhibits regularly in the UK and his work is in private collections internationally. He also runs short courses for Central St Martin’s School of Art in London. Visit his sculpture site here: www.simoncooley.com

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This is my second visit to Simon and Anna (previously stone) and I cannot commend or recommend these courses highly enough

Multiple booking discount

Buy two places and get 5% off the second (discount will be applied to the cheaper course).

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2012 Workshop Programme

Availability updated 03/02/12

(scroll down for calendar at a glance)

Metal Sculpture (4 days) £420

Sculpture in metal – a forge based workshop

1. Saturday 19 – Tuesday 22 May **FULLY BOOKED**
2. Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 August

Taster Weekend:

Metal and stone (4 days) £420

Combining stone and metal in sculpture

1. Saturday 16 – Tuesday 19 June
2. Friday 13 – Monday 16 July (2 places only)

Taster Weekend:

Sculpting the Head and Stone Carving (4 days) £420

2 days' Sculpting the Head in Clay plus 2 days' Stone Carving

1. Saturday 2 - Tuesday 5 June

Sculpting the Head in Clay – (3 days) £350

Sculpting a head in clay from a live model

1. Saturday 21 – Monday 23 April
2. Saturday 25– Monday 27 August (bank holiday weekend)

Sculpting the Head in Clay – (2 days) £250

For those who don't have time for the 3 day course

1. Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 May
2. Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 July

Sculpting the head plus casting (5 days) £485

Sculpting the head and then mould-making/casting it in plaster

1. Wednesday 12 - Sunday 16 September

Stone carving (4 days) £350

Making sculpture in stone

1. Saturday 30 June – Tuesday 3 July
2. Saturday 28 – Tuesday 31 July

2012 Workshop Calendar at a glance:

April

Saturday 21- Monday 23 April, Sculpting the Head (3 days)

May

Saturday 12 – Sunday 13, Sculpting the Head (2 days)
Saturday 19 – Tuesday 22, Metal Sculpture (4 days) *Fully booked*

June

Saturday 2 – Tuesday 5 (extended bank holiday), Head and Stone (4 days)
Saturday 16 – Tuesday 19, Metal and Stone (4 days)
Saturday 30 June – Tuesday 3 July, Stone Carving (4 days)

July

Friday 13 – Monday 16, Metal and Stone (4 days)
Saturday 21 – Sunday 22, Sculpting the Head (2 days)
Saturday 28 – Tuesday 31 July, Stone Carving (4 days)

August

Thursday 16 – Sunday 19, Metal Sculpture (4 days)
Saturday 25 – Monday 27, (bank holiday) Sculpting the Head (3 days)

September

Wednesday 12 – Sunday 16, Sculpting the Head plus Casting (5 days)