CLAY/ CULTURE / CARBON

A journey through material, memory, and meaning 


14 May – 31 July | Free Exhibition, Events, Talks + Workshops at Morris+Company

From ancient brickfields to future-facing buildings, Clay / Culture / Carbon invites you on a three-month journey into the elemental, essential material that has shaped our cities — and how it may continue to reshape them.

Morris+Company’s latest exhibition explores clay not just as matter, but as memory: local, human, and deeply cultural. In an age of climate crisis, biodiversity loss and housing emergency, what can this material teach us about sustainability, innovation and craft?

Through hands-on workshops, conversations and community collaborations — from schoolchildren to industry specialists — we reimagine the role of clay in a carbon-conscious world. Can we maintain craft in an age of industrialisation? Can we build beauty with biodiversity in mind? And how do we ensure our buildings remain loved, lived-in and lasting?

From earth to hand. From past to possible.

Developed in collaboration with
UCL, EH Smith, Wienerberger, and Lyons & Annoot 

Related work

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Clay | Culture | Carbon - Launch Event
Clay | Culture | Carbon - Launch Event
Co-Making Clay tile making workshop with students from The City Academy, Hackney, exploring extraction, carbon, co-making, and creating habitats.
Co-Making These social outreach and environmental learning sessions encouraged curiosity, collaboration, personal expression and creative agency.
Co-Making The installation includes both fired and unfired tiles, annotated with student reflections.
Co-Making Red notes identify the carbon cost of firing — green notes carry messages such as: “No fire – we only have one planet.”
Co-Making Combining material experimentation with critical discussion, the resulting work is a small but powerful model for how the future of building could be more inclusive, sustainable, and meaningful.

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