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Dyeing fabric

I made my own fabric dyes to check that my concept held up. They're made from: Red Cabbage Beetroot Paprika Turmeric Red Cabbage +...

Making colourful clay tiles

Developing my coloured clay mixtures into handmade tiles was the next step. I made metal moulds in which to pack a clay and cement...

Mixing clay and pigments

I combined clay with different colour pigments- Turmeric Blue Oxide Beetroot powder Pink clay powder

Undulating roof experiments

I began developing a form for my clay structures to take on. I liked the idea of a contrasting timber roof which is structurally complex....

Making natural pigments

The use for my project was beginning to develop. I liked the idea of creating some sort of creative craft facility for the incoming new...

Growing on clay structures

Now I knew it was possible to 3D print clay and to grow on clay I decided to combine the two techniques and attempt to grow onto my clay...

Growing on clay

The other thing I wanted to explore in response to my device was whether or not the clay could sustain plant life directly. I bought some...

3D printing clay

As the clay fascinated me most. I wanted to try it out as a building material, the idea of the automated processes used in the modern...

Deploying the device

I deployed on different spots around my chosen site. However the device didn’t quite work as expected. Because of the water retention...

Device development

I began to develop ideas for a sense enhancing device to deploy amongst the landscape. I think the most important part of this site to...

Clay Pits / St Austell / Cornwall

The St Austell clay pits have been around since 1745. In this time, the heavily mined landscape has been ever-changing from the intense...

St Austell Moonscape

This is Little Johns clay pit. At a kilometer and a half long it's the largest pit of them all. The landscape reminded me of something...

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