Sculpture for Beginners - LOCO Centre - Adult Learning

Have you always wanted to try making a sculpture but don’t know where to start? Sculpture for beginners is a course that will introduce you to confidently creating small scale sculptures. You will be introduced to a variety of materials that sculptors use to create their work. Using air dry clay you will then create your own small scale sculpture(s) based on the work by famous sculptors Barbara Hepworth (1903 – 1975) and Henry Moore (1898 – 1986).

Over the course of the 6 weeks, you will learn about the sculptures that Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore created and the variety of materials and tools they used. You will also learn how to successfully design and develop ideas to make your own small scale sculptures using air dry clay and the appropriate tools.

By the end of the course, you will:

• Build confidence using clay techniques.

• Build confidence using tools and equipment for clay.

• Create your very own small scale sculpture(s).

• Understand the work created by Barbara Hepworth (1903 – 1975) and Henry Moore (1898 – 1986).

• Build confidence in working with others to help integrate into a work environment.

• Understand costing your work for selling purposes.

What resources/course materials do learners need to bring for the course?

A basic sketchbook/notepad or paper to draw onto, a pen, pencil, rubber, sharpener, clay tools (Amazon sell packs of tools from as little as £5.99) 2 packs of air dry clay (any colour is fine 1000g) or you may want to bring more for a bigger sculpture!

Suggested Day Out for the course:

Before the beginning of the course if you have time visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (ysp.org.uk). The park is a great day out (book in advance) and has a wonderful collection of sculptures on show indoors and outdoors where you will not only find the work of Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore but the work of up and coming sculptors too!

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.

If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

North East Combined Authority

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority

West Midlands Combined Authority

West of England Combined Authority

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Hull and East Yorkshire

Greater Lincolnshire

Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

Cornwall Council

Lancashire Combined County Authority

Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

Your visa must last until after your course ends.

Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.