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Crawford’s Casting
Workshop Visit; Casting day
Tues 09 March, 10.30am – 12pm
TBSSS Friends Event:
Jennifer Turpin Studio visit
Saturday 13 February 3pm- 4.30pm
Join us in a visit to Jennifer Turpin's studio, whose career started at the TBSSS when we were at Broadway!
With a career spanning twenty-five years, join us for this fascinating insight into the work of Jennifer Turpin. Her sculpture and installation art has brought her acclaim and controversy. The use of water and kinetic elements in her solo and collaborative projects has created a body of work that has a dynamic and harmonious impact upon the Australian landscape.
Winner of 2003 Lloyd Rees Civic Award, RAIA for her collaborative work ‘Storm Waters’ (2000/02 with Michaelie Crawford), Turpin was unexpectedly thrown into the media spotlight in August 2003 when the monumental sculpture ‘Fan’ (concept & design commissioned by National Planning Authority, Canberra) was embroiled in a conservative political backlash that eventually ended the project. To this day, 'Fan' remains a cautionary tale of the power to determine the 'public' in public art.
BOOKING: in advance
with TBSSS 02 9565 4851 tbsss@tpg.com.au
ADDRESS: 17-19 O’Connor St, Chippendale, NSW, 2008
COST: Friend $20 / Non-members $30 / Children (under the age of 18yrs) $5
SUMMER SCHOOL 2010
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SUNDAY JANUARY 3.
Sculpture in a Day - Sue Alexopoulos
Fees (including all materials) $150 / $100*/$120^
MONDAY JANUARY 4 TO FRIDAY JANUARY 8
Life Study Intensive – Michael Christie
Fees (including all materials & models) $610 / $540*/ $570^
SATURDAY JANUARY 9 TO MONDAY JANUARY 11
Carving Workshop - Paul Hopmeier
Fees $425 / $375*/ $400^ (extra for stone $40 – $80)
SATURDAY JANUARY 16 TO MONDAY JANUARY 18
Portrait from a Life Class: 3 Days with a model – Wendy Black
Fee (including all materials & models) $445 / $395*/ $420^
SUNDAY JANUARY 24TH
Life Drawing day – Michael Christie
Fee (including model fees) $190 /$140*/$160^
*4 week Super Earlybird and ^2 week Earlybird fees for Friends
THE 36TH ANNUAL
STUDENT EXHIBITION
Thanks for coming!!!!- view below
Its Now Online:
>>Online exhibition of the ASE 09
Opening Sunday 13th December, 6-8pm, viewing from 1pm
Family, friends, food and beverages welcome
You are invited to the 36th Annual Student Exhibition on Sunday 13 December 2009 from 1pm- 8pm. At the age of 93, Tom Bass is retiring from teaching. Join the students and staff of the school in celebrating his 36 year teaching career.
Explore the magic behind one of Sydney’s most treasured educational institutions, as it opens the doors to the public to celebrate the sculptural achievements of its students for this one-day event. Donna Littlejohn, past student and teacher at the school, who started her own school in QLD, will be officially opening the exhibition and making a tribute to Tom Bass.
1a Clara Street, Erskineville NSW 2043
phone 02 9565 4851 or email tbsss@tpg.com.au
www.tombasssculptureschool.org.au
IMAGE GALLERY from The Sculpture in the Desert Walk (29 August- 5 September)
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was a supported, camping based expedition that seeks to explore this remarkable place.
Be inspired by the form, space and texture of the beautiful Larapinta Trail. Experience the sculpture of the desert, exploring and observing the large forms of the landscape, collecting small found objects and studying their intricacy and beauty.
Time was be made for reflecting on the days experience, experimenting with the materials to hand and the development of ideas. Ways of realising these in sculptural form were discussed around the camp fire.
Teacher sculptors Wendy Black and Michael Christie, accompanied the Sculpture in the Desert walk.
TOWARDS THE LAND:
A Master class with SXS Exhibitor Greg Johns
SAT 31 OCT 1.30 pm - 6.00 pm
SUN 01 NOV 9.00 am - 6 .00pm
“Over the last decade, the Australian landscape has
become a major influence on my sculpture.”
(Greg Johns)
The Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is delighted to host a workshop with exhibiting 2009 Sculpture by the Sea (SXS) artist Greg Johns.
You are invited to participate in this unique workshop. It will give you an opportunity to share Johns’ vision and explore your personal
connections to the Australian landscape.
Students will be encouraged to bring materials such as timber, barb wire, corrugated iron, stone and any other found objects of the
landscape that inspire them. Johns will guide participants in assembling the items towards a work that reflects the feeling of Australia.
Friends Events 2009
Bass in the City Sculpture Walk
Saturday 5 September, 2pm - 3.30pm
BASS in the CITY- Tom Bass' work around the city centre.
Walking Sculpture Tour
Saturday 5 September, 2 - 3.30pm
(Part of History week -Scandals, Crime and Corruption.)
The work of Tom Bass has been an iconic presence in Sydney's CBD for over 50 years. In association with History Week 2009, join Genevieve Carson on this fun tour and learn about the design ideas, symbols and stories that make up Bass's monumental 'AMP Emblem', 'AGC' and 'Research' sculptures.
Hear how the infamous 'OZ Magazine' scandalised 1960s Australian society with its cover featuring the 'P&O Wall Fountain'. Hat & comfortable shoes essential.This is an official event of History Week 2009.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2009 tour
Friday 30 October, 7am - 9am
Saturday 31 October, 5pm - 7pm
MORE INFORMATION: >>pdf
WINTER SCHOOL 28 June- 12 July
SUN 28TH JUNE
Sculpture in a Day
For the absolute beginner who has always wanted to have a go at sculpture. In this fun one day workshop you will be guided through the process of modelling, mould making and the casting of a simple sculpture.
$130 / FRIENDS: $110
SAT 4TH - MON 6TH JULY
Letter Carving Workshop with Ian Marr.
Ian Marr is an accomplished and recognised Australian artist and letter cutter. This class will begin with a structured approach to carving letters in stone. Students will be able to carve some more organic forms at the end of the workshop as a way of building confidence with both tools and stone.
$395 / FRIENDS: $345
WED 8TH - FRI 10TH JULY
If Vermeer were a Sculptor
In this 3 day intensive class with Damien Lucas you will make a relief sculpture study of a the Head of Georgia (Tom Bass) adorned with a fabric folded headdress. Participants are invited to enrol in a regular workshop to complete the casting of their study.
$395 / FRIENDS: $345
SAT 11TH - SUN 12 JULY
Wax workshop with Abby Parkes
Abby has once again offered this workshop to us. You will be guided through the traditional method of working directly in wax: carving, modeling and constructing a small, 15cm max, sculpture in wax. (This workshop does not cover the cost of bronze casting, however your sculpture could be taken directly to a bronze foundry to be cast)
Notes will be provided.
$280/ FRIENDS: $250
>>EXHIBITION ONLINE
Tom Bass ~ Maquettes
23 May - 29 Aug 2009 Wednesday - Saturday, 11am - 5.30pm
Exhibition & Birthday celebration Friday 12 June 2009, 6-8pm
RSVP essential
1a Clara Street, Erskineville, NSW, 2043.phone 02 9565 4851 or email tbsss@tpg.com.au WEBwww.tombasssculptureschool.org.au
Open Studio at Tom Bass Sculpture School
Sunday 19th April 2009
2-4pm
Bring the family and watch sculpture students in action as you explore the magic behind one of Sydney’s most unique venues.
Artists from the current '8 Sculptors at the Exhibition Space' show will speak about their work.
FEATURE EVENT: Presentation on the Sculpture in the Desert walk- Sunday 19th April 2009 2.30pm, by Raymond Hawkins.
Ray Hughes Gallery and Stockroom Tour
Saturday 7 March 2009
2pm -3.30pm
New Gallery: The Exhibition Space @ Tom Bass
"EIGHT SCULPTORS AT THE EXHIBITION SPACE"
23 FEBRUARY - 24 APRIL 2009
EXHIBITION HOURS: MON, WED - FRI, 10AM - 5PM OR BY APPOINTMENT
1a Clara Street, Erskineville NSW 2043
phone 02 9565 4851 or email tbsss@tpg.com.au
(not open public holidays)
Summer School 2009 -
Sunday 4 January – Sunday 25 January 2009
Download Programme
Sunday 4 January: Sculpture in a Day with Bernice Lowe
Monday 5 January – Friday 9 January 2009: 5-Day Study of the life figure with Damien Lucas.
Sunday 11 – Tuesday 13 January: Unfolding Drapery, a study in sculpture with Damien Lucas.
Friday 16 January – Sunday 18 January: Silicone Rubber mould making with Abby Parkes.
Friday 23 January – Sunday 25 January: Sculpting the Urban with Linda Bowden.
(Winner of the 2006 Australian Unrepresented Sculptor Award and 2002 Waverley Council Prize for Sculpture by the Sea.)
2008
Summer School 2008 - Workshops
Wednesday 2 January – Monday 28 January 2008
Dubbed ‘Italy in Erskineville’ our summer program is series of intensive workshops for making sculpture at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio.
Wednesday 2 January – Friday 4 January: Carve a limestone sculpture for your garden with Paul Hopmeier, is a well-known Sydney sculptor, with a background in stone masonry. This class is suitable for beginners as well as those with some experience.
Saturday 5 January: Sculpture in a day. For the absolute beginner who has always wanted to have a go; in this fun one-day workshop you will be guided through the process of modeling, mould making and the casting of a simple sculpture.
Sunday 6 January: Introduction to the Life Figure with Tom Bass &Damien Lucas. One day in which to explore the rhythm and expression of the human form in drawing and clay.
Monday 7 January – Friday 11 January: 5-Day Study of the life figure with Damien Lucas. In this class you can choose to study the whole figure or concentrate on the head, hand and/or foot.
Saturday 12 January: Introduction to Woodcarving with Maricha Oxley, an award winning Sydney based sculptor and teacher. This workshop is the starting point for woodcarving; participants will learn the proper use of hand carving tools and gain knowledge of the materials. Notes will be provided so the finishing touches can be completed at home. Wood prepared and ready to carve.
Monday 14 January – Friday 18 January: 'Composite' A Master Class with Orest Keywan, two-time winner of Sculpture by the Sea. This workshop will explore the fusion of figurative and non-figurative elements. Working with plaster and plywood the end result should be a work where neither element is dominant, but synthesized into some thing else. Experience is required for this class.
Saturday 19 January – Sunday 20 January: Drawing Intensive with Damien Lucas. Immerse yourself for 2 days in this drawing class. There will be a life model for part of this class.
The Body, Beyond the Body with Richard Goodwin – Master Class
Monday 21 April – Tuesday 22 April 2008
Richard Goodwin, renowned Australian artist and architect, will host the latest Master Class workshop. Winner of the prestigious Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (2004) and Sculpture by the Sea Prize (2003), Goodwin is a national figure in the public art debate. Within Goodwin’s extensive list of sculpture and installation projects he has explored the impact of the body and its disconnected relationship between technology and our urban landscape. His work represents the sculptural intersection of the natural and the artificial object and questions where the body stops and architecture or technology begins. Using the life model as a guide for drawings and the construction of maquettes, Goodwin will guide participants through the exploration of the point at which the body ends and architecture begins and how the space is affected by the continuous ‘wiggle’.
NB. Participants are advised that the artwork may not be fully completed within the Master Class session but are invited to enrol in a regular workshop program to complete it within the School term.
Sculpture 20 at Robin Gibson Gallery – Event
Saturday 28 June 2008
At one of Australia's longest running galleries, join artists Chico Monks and Sculpture by the Sea favourites Richard Byrnes and Geoff Harvey in conversation as they guide us through this important annual exhibition. View works by Clement Meadmore, Les Kossatz, Patricia Lawrence, Erwin Fabian and Hui Selwood.
Winter School 2008 - Workshops
Sunday 29 June – Sunday 27 July 2008
Sunday 29 June: Introduction to woodcarving with Maricha Oxley. Maricha Oxley, the awarding winning Sydney-based sculptor and teacher returns for another introductory workshop. Tailored for beginners in wood carving, participants will carve a penguin and learn the proper use of hand-carving tools and gain knowledge of the materials. Notes will be provided so the finishing touches can be completed at home. Wood prepared and ready to carve.
Saturday 5 July – Sunday 6 July: Wax workshop with Abby Parkes. In this popular workshop you will be guided through the traditional method of working directly in wax. You will carve, model and construct a small, 15cm (max) sculpture in wax. The pros and cons of working with this versatile material will be discussed and notes provided. Parkes has worked at Crawford’s Casting and has used this method in creating her own sculptures. NB. This workshop does cover the cost of wax but does not cover the cost of bronze casting, however your sculpture could be taken to a bronze foundry to be cast. Visit Parkes' website: www.apsculpture.com
Wednesday 9 July, Wednesday 16 July: Life drawing with Damien Lucas. Would you like to improve your drawing skills? Join Damien Lucas for two Wednesday evenings during these holidays.
Saturday 12 July – Monday 14 July: Woodcarving Stage II with Maricha Oxley. This workshop builds on skills learned in the introductory workshop. Over 3 days participants can enjoy the challenge of carving a wombat under Oxley's watchful eye. Wood prepared and ready to carve.
Tuesday 15 – Thursday 17 July: A Study in Portraiture with Wendy Black. In this workshop participants will make an armature and create a portrait study (bust) of the life model in clay. NB. Time does not allow for mould making and casting. Participants are invited to enrol in a regular workshop to complete the study.
Sunday 20 July: Sculpture in a Day with Bernice Lowe. This is the place to start for the absolute beginner, who would like to have a go. In this fun one-day workshop you will select a project from references (provided). These projects have been chosen so that you will be able to complete a small sculpture in a day. You will be introduced to the process of modelling, making a one piece plaster waste mould, casting in plaster, removing the mould and preparing for colouring.
Sunday 27 July: Introduction to the Life Study with Michael Christie. This introduction will give you an insight into the complexity of sculpting from the life model. Explore the rhythm and expression of the human form through the use of drawings and then creating a clay maquette (small model).
James Powditch Studio Visit – Event
Saturday 9 August 2008
Powditch is one of the few Australian artists to exhibit simultaneously in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman exhibitions at the Art Gallery of NSW (2008). Join us in his Marrickville studio as Powditch talks about his works and life as an artist stretching nearly twenty years.
Bass in the City – Event
Saturday 13 September 2008
Join Genevieve Carson on a guided walk of Tom Bass’ sculptures in Sydney’s central business district in association with History Week 2008. For more information go to: www.historyweek.com.au
Bass in the City – Event
Saturday 27 September 2008
Join Genevieve Carson on a guided walk of Tom Bass’ sculptures in Sydney’s central business district.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Walking Tour – Event
Friday 17 October 2008
Avoid the huge crowds and join this exciting and energetic walking tour with exhibiting artists Orest Keywan, Bjorn Godwin and Sebastian McIntyre. Now in its 12th year, learn what makes this exhibition the most popular outdoor event in Sydney's cultural calendar. Hat & comfortable shoes essential.
Art & the Landscape with SXS08 Artist Sebastian McIntyre – Workshop
Sunday 19 October – Monday 20 October 2008
A workshop with exhibiting Sculpture by the Sea (SXS) artist Sebastian McIntyre. McIntyre is an Australian born sculptor and landscape architect who lives and works in San Francisco, USA. The focus of this workshop is to develop the artist's understanding of the relationship between art and landscape. Workshop participants will be guided through the process of designing and fabricating sculpture for clients (including presentation, budget and installation). The workshop will also address the basic concepts of garden design and the relationship of scale, layout, perspective and materials. Students will commence work on a maquette of a sculpture they have in mind or a sculpture garden layout/design. McIntyre will advise on the technique and structure.
2007
Summer School 2007 - Workshops
Tuesday 2 January – Monday 29 January 2007
Dubbed ‘Italy in Erskineville’ our summer program is series of intensive workshops for making sculpture at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Treat yourself for Christmas (2006) and save on the airfare. Italy in Erskineville is your chance to pick and choose from 6 sculpture workshops. Have fun and learn in a studio atmosphere with practicing sculptors. Why not immerse yourself in sculpture this January?
Beginners Carving - Workshop
Wednesday 11 – Friday 13 April 2007
Geoffrey Pollard is a stone carver and sculptor and will guide you through the traditional methods of relief carving in sandstone. You will learn how to:
Set out and mark the design on the stone
Trim the stone accurately
Face the stone
Use a point, flat, scutch and hammer
Use planes to produce curves
Direct Wax Workshop with Abby Parkes – Workshop
Saturday 14 April – Sunday 15 April 2007
In this workshop you will be guided through the traditional method of working directly in wax. You will carve, model and construct a small, 15 cm (max) sculpture in wax. The pros and con of working with this versatile material will be discussed and notes provided. Abby has worked at Crawford’s Casting and has used this method in creating her own sculptures.
NB. This workshop does not cover the cost of bronze casting, however your sculpture could be taken to a bronze foundry to be cast.
Winter School 2007 – Workshops
Sunday 1 July – Sunday 15 July 2007
Sunday 1 July: Introduction to the Life Figure with Tom Bass and Michael Christie. One day in which to explore the rhythm and expression of the human form in drawing and clay.
Monday 2 July – Friday 6 July: Explore the Abstract with Damien Lucas. Learn the language of the abstract and skills in modeling, mould making and casting or fabrication.
Saturday 7 July, Sunday 8 July & Sunday 15 July: Silicone Rubber mould workshop with Abby Parkes. Learn how to make silicone and plaster moulds essential for bronze casting and multiple casts. NB. The cost of this workshop does not include the silicone rubber $45/kg
Monday 9 July – Thursday 12 July: Carving the Abstract with Geoffrey Pollard & Tom Bass. Develop an abstract form with Tom. For the more experienced: carve it in limestone or sandstone
Saturday 14 July: Sculpture in a day. A fun, one-day introduction to modeling a one-piece plaster waste mould that you then cast as a sculpture.
Bass in the City – Event
Saturday 15 September 2007
Join Genevieve Carson on a guided walk of Tom Bass’ sculptures in Sydney’s central business district in association with History Week 2007. For more information go to: www.historyweek.com.au
Direct Wax Workshop with Abby Parkes – Workshop
Sunday 30 September – Monday 1 October 2007
In this workshop you will be guided through the traditional method of working directly in wax. You will carve, model and construct a small, 15 cm (max) sculpture in wax. The pros and con of working with this versatile material will be discussed and notes provided. Abby has worked at Crawford’s Casting and has used this method in creating her own sculptures.
NB. This workshop does not cover the cost of bronze casting, however your sculpture could be taken to a bronze foundry to be cast.
Tom Bass Retrospective ~ Bathurst Regional Art Gallery - Exhibition
Friday 30 November 2007 – Sunday 27 January 2008
The 34th Annual Student Exhibition – Exhibition
Sunday 9 December 2007
Sunday: 1.00pm to 8.00pm (one day only)
Opening night speaker: distinguished sculptor Orest Keywan
2006
Summer School 2006 - Workshops
Monday 2 January – Sunday 5 February 2006
A series of intensive programs for making sculpture at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Treat yourself or someone special this Christmas (2005) with making sculpture.
Carving with Vince Vozzo – Workshop
Thursday 13 July – Sunday 16 July 2006
You’ve seen his work in Sculpture by the Sea now come and learn how he does it. Students will be taken through visualizing a head and carving it in sandstone. No specialist equipment required only enthusiasm to learn the ancient art of carving. Vince has 30 years experience carving and exhibiting around Australia.
Keizo Ushio – Workshop
Sunday 5 November 2006
This is a rare opportunity to attend a workshop with internationally renowned Japanese sculptor Keizo Ushio. Using slides of his work from all around the world Keizo Ushio will explain how he develops ideas for his Mobius Ring sculptures and then creates them. You will then be able to explore ideas for your own Mobius Ring sculpture using drawings and lead strips and discuss with Keizo how the idea may be achieved in a variety of media.
Tom Bass Retrospective ~ Sydney Celebrates the Sculpture of Tom Bass – Exhibition
Thursday 9 November – Sunday 17 December 2006
Exhibition Hall, Sydney Opera House
The 33rd Annual Student Exhibition 2006 - Exhibition
2005
Sculpture 2005 – Exhibition
Tuesday 11 January – Friday 21 January 2005
Sydney’s annual celebration of sculpture in January. Featuring works by Tom Bass, Damien Lucas, Michael Christie, Bernice Lowe, Wendy Black and past and present students.
Keld Moseholm - Workshop
Saturday 29 October – Sunday 30 October 2005
In lead-up to his participation in this year’s Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, Moseholm (b.1936) will conduct this exclusive workshop that will draw upon his inspiration from the natural world and lay upon this elements of the human condition, infused with humour and philosophy, sadness and poetry. Trained at the prestigious Art Academy of Funen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Moseholm has maintained his connection with the classical sculptural tradition.
Join now and discover the vision and inspiration behind Moseholm’s work through drawing and modeling.
The 32nd Annual Student Exhibition 2005 – Exhibition
Sunday 11 December 2005
Sunday: 2.00pm to 8.00pm 2008 (one day only)
2004
Drawing for Sculpture with John Atkin – Master Class
Monday 1 November 2004
Visiting Sculpture by the Sea International artist John will take a drawing workshop from the figure over a period of three days, looking at a range of drawing techniques (line, wash, mixed media, decoupage, etc.) and approaches to exploring volume, weight, mass, balance & line in the human figure within a life room setting. These drawings would then be developed into planar constructions, (not more than 18 inches tall) and again worked from the figure as well as the drawings. These "figure" sculptures, though not representational, explore the spatial relationships inherent in the human form and link to John’s methodologies of teaching drawing.
On Sunday 31 October John Atkin will present a talk about his work - this is a free event.
The Art of Letter Cutting in Stone - Workshop
Friday 24 September - Saturday 25 September 2004
A workshop in the tradition of Eric Gill with Jamie Sargeant. Jamie started lettering about 25 years ago as a monumental mason in the UK. When he picked up a copy of 'Letters Slate Cut' that David Kindersley had just published he approached Kindersley and moved to Cambridge where he was his assistant for 5 years. David Kindersley had been Eric Gill's last assistant and was Jamie’s guide to the world of direct stone carving that Gill revived. After this Jamie worked with Rattee and Kett who ran the only commercial stone/wood-carving workshop in the UK. The carving team formed 'The Carving Workshop', which won awards for work on the National Gallery and St John's College Chapel in Cambridge. Jamie got commissions for formal inscriptions and started a long and fruitful relationship with 'Memorials by Artists'. The Carving Workshop became involved in monumental public art projects like Victoria Square, Birmingham and the Battle of Britain Memorial at Dover. Eleven years ago Jamie decided to worked alone in Norfolk. During this time he has been cutting letters while building a career as a sculptor and working on commissions. Jamie recently exhibited at the Spirit Level Gallery – it was his first opportunity to show lettering since arriving in Australia 3 years ago.
Master Sculptor, Alchemist, Magician or Man with the Midas touch - Workshop
Sunday 25 July 2004
Tom Bass - Colouring demonstration. Offering practicing sculptors, students and friends the chance to experience and share some of Tom's colouring expertise in a one day Demonstration Workshop. Tom Bass will demonstrate aspects of colouring sculptural pieces and share his 50+ years’ experience in finishing plaster and bronze sculptures.
The Figure, the Clay, the Essence – Master Class
Sunday 26 September 2004
Tom Bass will hold a one-day intensive study of the life figure to explore the fundamental elements of the figure and the rhythmic movement of the pose. These create the basis for the development of the life study, and capture the essence of the work from the beginning of it - they cannot be added at a later stage. Previous experience tells us that this class is highly suitable for professional development or as a way into the Life Study
Numbers strictly limited. All materials provided
