Outlines In Clay

Searching for examples of earthen architecture, I travelled out into the regions. The images I created there revealed rippling green hills that flowed out in all directions. To capture the expanding open space, I directed my drone to fly up and sweep the panoramic landscape from an aerial perspective. Located upon the ground and tracing the edges of the hills were dwellings made from rammed earth. Their exterior walls appear as lines scored onto the surface of the mountains.

Linear earthen walls wrap around the perimeter of regional houses. To build the walls, clay-based soils are taken from the ground and rammed into stable earthen structures. Pure mixtures of soil sourced from the earth can be recycled endlessly, therefore remaining balanced with the existing landscape of natural resources.

Year: 2024
Type: Exhibition
Location: gaffa gallery
Photographer: Clare Dieckmann

Country: Gadigal