Sculpture with Sara Myers (Jun 2025)

Date: Wednesday 18 June, 2025 – Friday 20 June, 2025

Time: 10am – 5pm

Tutor: Sara Myers

Cost: £360

Location: Raw Umber Studios, 16 Nelson Street, Stroud GL5 2HN

This 3-day workshop is perfect as both an introduction to sculpting with clay, as well as a way of deepening your understanding of sculpture. In this workshop, you will produce a life-sized head and neck from a live model.

You’ll learn everything you need to know to create a sculpture, starting from how to build an armature, anatomy of the human body and applying the clay, finally ending with how to prepare your finished sculpture for firing.*

Sara will tailor her tuition specifically according to your needs. For example, if you have you never sculpted before, then Sara will start from the basics; but if you have some experience, or have been on one of Sara’s workshops before, then you will be able to dive straight into sculpting and take your knowledge of sculpting and anatomy to a deeper level.

This course is suitable for beginners and advanced sculptors alike. Even if your practice is normally painting or drawing, this course can deepen your understanding of planes, anatomy and form and work in tandem with your usual practice. 

Sara Myers is a classically trained freelance sculptor who has worked for, among others, Warner Bros and Madame Tussauds. She also has works in private collections around the world. To read more about Sara, check out her bio on the Society of Portrait Sculptors page.

“Excellent facilities, knowledgable and approachable tutor, good pacing.” – Geoff Solomon-Sims

This course is suitable for all levels, and there will be a maximum of 10 students. All tools and materials will be provided, however please be aware that you’ll be taking your work home with you! Sara recommends bringing either a large plastic box with some weights, or a large piece of wood to clamp/screw to the base of the sculpture. If you have any questions, fire away at info@rawumberstudios.com. 

* Note that because of time constraints, we will not be firing your work on the workshop. You will need to prepare the sculpture for firing at home or at a ceramics studio.  Sara will explain how to do this, and here’s a pdf of options you have.