Run by HOME Research, this was a creative workshop titled Turning the Clay, artist-led by Beth Arnold and Emil Toonen with the Nillumbik Mudbrick Association and Team Leader Dr Patrick West and Research Assistant Bart van Bueren.
Situated in the mud brick hub of Eltham the workshop looked to play/investigate/experiment with ideas from mud brick buildings to help inform thinking towards contemporary applications of waste resources as affordable and sustainable building alternatives. The workshop was an imaginative exploration of making, centering the process of mudbrick construction. It focused on an embodied, hands on experience of making with mud and the tactile and sensory experience of natural building materials. It questioned how these materials can situate us, what the potential of collective action has on creating community and home, and be a starting point for discussion around the impact of waste in construction challenges and climate awareness.
The workshop was an opportunity for exchange and seeding possibilities through an imaginative lens.
Photo credit: Zoe Lin