Communal Clay CIC is a ‘not-for-profit’ organisation which offers low cost and free workshops to the local community. Any profits made are used to fund future workshops and to pay collaborators fairly.
Our aim is making clay and sculpture more inclusive and accessible to everyone. We chose clay as although ceramics can be seen as an inaccessible and an expensive material, clay itself is widely accessible, and exists underneath our every step.
Our approach is sustainability conscious and has led us to digging our own wild clay and using plant waste, shells, bone and other organic matter to create homemade ash glazes.
Organisations we have worked with include: SET Woolwich, SET Social Peckham, SET Woolwich Community Cafe, Glenghall Warf Garden, The Grove Community Garden and DIY, Market Peckham, Southwark Design District x London Design Festival, QUEERCIRCLE, Sydenham Gardens & The Park College.
Communal Clay is run by artists Tabitha Weddell (@wabithateddell) and Alice Kasahara (@alicekasahara_).