Londoners invited to create giant clay sculpture

A massive five tons of clay will be arriving in Granary Square, King’s Cross, on 15 and 16 August, with members of the public being invited to help create a giant sculpture, as part of a tribute to the changing capital and the unsung people who have built it.

The event, run by arts organisation Clayground Collective, aims to create a monument with the public working alongside ceramic experts and architects on the banks of the Regent’s Canal, itself built by hand, over 200 years ago. It celebrates the historic connections between ceramics, the waterways and cities, and allows visitors to discover or reignite the skills needed to make things by hand, something that is too often lost in a technology dominated twenty-first century.

People of all ages and abilities are encouraged to take part, there will be

demonstrations by potters

exhibits created with clays dug from around the world

original music composed by rising experimental folk composers, Dead Rat Orchestra, will be played by a 30 piece steel orchestra, The Melodians.

The event sees completion of a three year project, Clay Cargo, culminating at the British Ceramic Biennial in the former Spode Factory in Stoke-on-Trent this September, where a final project exhibition inspired by clay and canal connections, will be displayed.