Ceramics · earth construction

Between Earth
and Water

Between ceramics and earth construction, clay connects making to places and to memory. Contact with matter opens a field of observation, experimentation and learning.

Amostras de terra avermelhada e cinzenta, em placas e pequenos volumes, sobre tábuas de madeira.
Earth samples of different colours and consistencies, prepared during a material experimentation activity. Photograph: Gustavo Assis.

Observing · Experimenting · Making

Learning
from matter

Colour, texture, plasticity and response to water: each type of earth has its own way of being worked. Material experience begins by recognising these differences.

Gesture, tool and time take part in the knowledge built through making.

Construction and landscape

Matter
and time

Earth, wood, render and brick make visible the different materialities of a building. The wall invites observation of the relationships between architecture, transformation and permanence.

Parede com revestimento desprendido, estrutura de terra e madeira exposta e alvenaria de tijolo junto a uma porta.
Wall with partially detached render, exposing its structure and different building materials. Photograph: Gustavo Assis.

To Continue

Between making
and inhabiting

Building with Earth: Between Matter, Gesture and Landscape

A reflection on clay, situated knowledge and the relationships between building and inhabiting, drawing on experience with ceramics and an earth construction workshop.

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