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Discover beauty born from construction at this guided tour of the ‘Park Royal Clay’ exhibition.

Join Sarah Mann (Senior Arts and Culture Manager, HS2) for an exhibition walk-through, meeting some of the artists, ceramicists and makers transforming raw London clay into works of art and everyday products.

About the Exhibition:
Park Royal Clay brings together a collective of Park Royal based artists and ceramicists working with raw London clay, extracted from almost right beneath their feet. Working with a variety of scales, techniques and experimental processes, the exhibition reveals the versatility and beauty of this abundant natural material.
Including work by: Absolute Beginners, Tom Hertz, Grace McCarthy, Victor Pedrosa, Patryk Starsykowski, David Samuel and more.

About HS2 and the “Park Royal Clay”
HS2 Ltd together with Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA Joint Venture (BBVS), HS2’s construction partner for Old Oak Common Station, have commissioned two pilot projects which will prototype the creative re-use of clay from the construction site of the HS2’s super hub station, Old Oak Common.
Over the next six months over 800,000 tonnes of London Clay will be excavated from hundreds of metres beneath the surface of the construction site. HS2 wants to find new ways to work with this excavated material and understand if it can have a permanent legacy in the public realm of the new station – bringing the clay to the surface.
In March, BBVS delivered 8 tonnes of clay to the Re-Made in Park Royal hub hub to share with their creative community, commissioning two projects to understand how the clay could be re-used, supporting the local circular economy.
Over the next three months these pilot projects by artists based in Park Royal will work to understand the opportunities of the material, producing prototypes and experiments which will be displayed during London Craft Week and London Design Festival, as part of Park Royal Design District.

About Re-Made in Park Royal
Re-Made in Park Royal is a new material exchange hub, connecting artists and makers with waste and surplus materials from local industries. Find out more: www.remadeinparkroyal.com