“Clay plasters have the ability to elevate an ordinary space into an extraordinary experience,” said Clayworks of UK. “The beauty and aesthetic opportunities of working with clay, combined with contemporary material science, serve as an endless source of inspiration for architects and designers worldwide.”
Minerals resembling gold flakes were added to Claywork’s Demi Rustic clay plaster finish to create a seamless, light-diffusing wall surface at the Hundred Acre Wood House in Loch Awe, Scotland. The textured surface was chosen to add depth and intrigue to the interior, with a robust finish that suits the monumental design of the house.
Clayworks collaborated with architecture and design studio Sasa Works to create The Teahouse, a space designed to showcase the relationship between natural materials and handcrafted ones, which was unveiled at the 2023 Surface Design Show. Rammed Earth and Fading Straw Arakabe Ombre finishes were used in the setting to create “an atmosphere of harmony and balance”.
The Red Room is a bar in The Connaught Hotel in Mayfair, London which features walls finished in a red-to-orange clay plaster gradient. A Clayworks technical team based in Cornwall researched and created several pigment proposals before arriving at the fiery final outcome.
For the Oro de Cacoa chocolate shop in Zurich, Switzerland, Clayworks designed a pink ombre wall finish made from natural minerals and pigments. The fade in color from deep to light pink was also paired with a fade in texture, from a rough plaster texture at the top of the wall to a softer, more subtle texture at the bottom.
Walls and display plinths finished Rammed Earth surfaces feature in the Fellow coffee retail shop in Los Angeles. Clayworks designed a custom Rammed Earth design for the shop interior that references the geography of California and creates a unique shopping experience.
For the Guacho restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, Clayworks created a tough-textured rammed earth surface with hues of grey, sand and red that reference the Pampas landscapes of Argentina. The earthen feature wall aims to add a calming and comforting quality to the multi-sensory restaurant interior.
Room2 is a hotel in Chiswick, London, that claimed to be the world’s first whole-life, net-zero carbon hotel when it opened in 2021. According to Clay wall surfaces in an ombre terracotta-colored finish were chosen for the hotel interior for their low-carbon qualities due to their raw and unprocessed state.
Mint green clay walls with markings reminiscent of limewash and custom corrugated textures by Clayworks characterize the interior of the Self-Portrait Kings Road store.
The Fulton Avenue home in Los Angeles, USA, features soft, neutral tones and raw materials. Clayworks created a custom corrugated clay plaster that was applied as a feature wall in several rooms, adding texture and irregularity to the home interior.
Claywork’s Rammed Earth collection of finishes is made from natural clay, minerals and sand to achieve a surface that appears as though it is made from rammed earth. The 10-millimetre-thick surface was used on the walls of this office interior in Glasgow to “bring the beauty of raw earth into an urban workspace” and improve the acoustic and thermal performance of the space.
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