17 & 18th Jan 2026
About this Event
LEARN TO SCULPT THE FIGURE
17th & 18th January 2206
Figurative sculpture workthops working in clay from a life model at Bath Artists’ Studios
£200
Come along for a creative weekend of figurative sculpture in the School Room at Bath Artists’ Studios. The model will hold one pose for two days which will be enough time for you to complete a sculpture. You will be working in clay directly from a life model, creating a life-like figure.
On the first day you will be tutored by Olga Fladmark and given tips to help with proportions and anatomy and you will be shown how to use measurements to achieve correct proportions. You will use the same techniques were used by the master sculptors and art academies of the past to more easily create a life-like sculpture and these techniques will help you get the basics right.
On the second day you will by tutored by Sue Larner and will concentrate on sculpting by eye using the model as your reference point.
Life sculpture offers a intense learning, practical challenge, artistic expression and an immersive and therapeutic experience. You will produce a sculpture unique to you and in your own style.
We have a large and well equipped school room with sculpture stands and a revolving platform for the model.
In the middle of the afternoon there will be a friendly tea break in the common room.
LOCATION
The School Room, Bath Artists Studios, The Old Malthouse, Comfortable Place, Bath BA1 3AJ. This is a tight turning off Upper Bristol Road, half way between the Hop Pole and Charlotte Street.
ABOUT THE TUTORS
SUE LARNER
Sue Larner, a founding member of Bath Artists Studios, has been teaching life sculpture and drawing for 25 years. She has fostered a small and friendly sculpture community with a devoted following of students who put on an annual summer show of their work at Walcot Chapel. Students have gone on to study sculpture and exhibit and sell their work in galleries.
OLGA FLADMARK
Olga is a figurative sculptor living and working in Bath. From an artistic family, of Norwegian and English extraction, she grew up in Scotland and studied sculpture for five years at Edinburgh College of Art. She studied under figurative sculptor Vincent Butler, who had been taught in Italy by Marino Marini and Giacomo Manzu. She was fortunate to learn traditional techniques, working from the model, casting life-sized work in plaster and small pieces in bronze, then specialising in stone carving. Olga also paints, has a degree in Art History from Edinburgh University and has taught art workshops in schools. She teaches sculpture classes on Tuesday afternoons, Tuesday evenigns, Thursday evenings and Sundays at Bath Artists Studios. She also organises the Friday morning portrait group. She is keen to share her knowledge and encourage and inspire others to take up sculpture.
JOINING THE WAITING LIST
If the class is already full, please add your name to the the waiting list on Eventbrite.
CONTACT
Olga’s Contact details:
email: [email protected]
BATH SCULPTURE SCHOOL
We run five weekly sculpture classes every week. Students work on figures and portraits, working directly from the model as well as working on releifs from photographs. Work is fired in the kiln on site. Students also work on projects in cement fondu.
SCULPTURE SCHOOL TERM DATES
SPRING TERM 2026
Mon 10 Jan - Fri 27 Mar
Half term: 14 - 22 Feb (1 week, same as Bath schools)
SUMMER TERM 2026
Mon 20 Apr - Fri 3 Jul
Half term: 22 - 31st May (1 week, same as Bath Schools)
AUTUMN TERM 2026
Olga’s term: Tue 1 Sep - Fri 4 Dec
Olga’s half term: 3rd Oct -1st Nov (4 weeks)
Sue’s term: 21 Sep - Fri 5 Dec
Sue’s half term: 21-25th Oct (1 week, same as Bath schools)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bath Artists' Studios, Comfortable Place, Bath, UK, United Kingdom
GBP 217.39
