Essex art and sculpture classes

Although I moved to Suffolk, I have been back to Essex every couple of weeks to work on this project. Come and say Hi or visit any time. We are looking for local residents to respond creatively to the Boreham Stone Circle for a future exhibition

Thanks to all my lovely followers and to those have participated in my classes. I have now moved to Suffolk and loving the slower pace of life. I am still working on my own projects in a little studio in Yoxford. Really looking forward to being part of an incredibly active art community here. You can follow on my Billie Bond Sculpture page.

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we will be highlighting women throughout our Collection who have made their mark on history through their professional accomplishments and NOT their relationship to men.

Our will draw inspiration from one of our latest publications, Women at Work: 1900 to Now, which reveals research and new acquisitions from the National Portrait Gallery and CHANEL Culture Fund project, Reframing Narratives: Women in Portraiture.

Starting with a new acquisition of Dame Mary Beard, the English classicist and author. In 2017, she published her feminist classic Women & Power: A Manifesto, which explores modern gender politics while also highlighting women of the past whose stories have until now been silenced.

You can see this portrait in the new Room 31.



📸 Mary Beard by Cristina de Middel, 2022. Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in collaboration with Magnum Photos and kindly supported by the CHANEL Culture Fund © Cristina de Middel / Magnum Photos.

Only 4 weeks left to immerse yourself in the creativity of local artists at our Open Art Exhibition. 🎨 Explore a diverse range of artworks and support the vibrant artistic community of Chelmsford and Essex.

Hurry, the exhibition ends on 25 February!

Making of a 2nd level block-out of the female lips. Borders don't exist in organic forms, so creating a block-out is based on Uldis's knowledge of anatomy and his subjective choices as an artist. This video shows his sculpting process and color-coding of a 2nd level block-out of the female lips. https://anatomy4sculptors.com/

All ready for tomorrow’s family mug making workshop. If you have 5-6 people to fill a class, you can choose your own date. The make a mug class is one morning, the work is glazed and fired for you. An object you can use every day.

Another collection of pet portraits completed from the last class. All made by complete beginners with my step-by-step method of hand-building with clay. I then fire and mount them ready for collection. Next class Sunday 21 January

Look at these amazing stoneware fruit bowls and mugs fresh out of the kiln from this terms class. If you fancy having a go at making your own pottery bowl, vase and mug, I am running a new 5 week course starting January 16th every Tuesday 10am-1pm £200. Book before 16th December to get 10% off use code CLASS2024 link in bio

New class dates now online use code CLASS2024 for early bird 10% discount, offer ends 17th December
https://www.essexsculpture.co.uk/class-dates/

2024 Class dates - https://mailchi.mp/f3adcb2a3fb0/2024-class-dateswe are hoping to move to Suffolk next year and these are probably the last classes I shall do in Essex. New dates up now 10% discount if you book before 17 December. Hope you can join me. Billie