Earth & Art: A Creative Journey

A creative workshop where earth becomes your canvas. In this immersive session, you’ll discover how raw materials — clay, sand, straw, and fibres — can be shaped into expressive surfaces that merge art, architecture, and wellbeing.

You’ll be guided through techniques used in traditional and contemporary natural building, from sculpting relief patterns to pressing found objects, plants, and tools into wet earth to leave beautiful, lasting impressions. You’ll also explore the world of natural pigments — learning where they come from, how they’re made, and how to use them to bring colour and depth to earth surfaces. Together, the group will create a large-scale collaborative artwork on a live building site — a rare chance to make something both ephemeral and enduring, as part of a real structure.

What makes this workshop special:

• Hands-on techniques — learn how to prepare earth for sculpting, create depth with layering, and use natural tools and fibres to form texture and pattern
• Collaborative process — work as part of a creative team to design and build a shared wall artwork, leaving your mark on a real project
• Art + architecture crossover — gain insight into how decorative reliefs and surface treatments are integrated into natural buildings around the world
• Wellness through making — experience the grounding, meditative qualities of working with earth — the cool, pliable textures and slow rhythm of hand-shaping are known to reduce stress and foster mindfulness
• Sustainability in practice — explore how earth art isn’t just creative, but also climate-friendly: using local, low-impact, regenerative materials that connect us to place

By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a new set of artistic techniques, a richer understanding of natural materials, and the joy of having co-created something bigger than yourself. This is as much about the experience and connection as it is about the final result.

​Practical Information

• Location: Ark Eden near Mui Wo on Lantau Island, Hong Kong – just a short ferry ride from central.
• What’s Provided: All materials, equipment, refreshments, and lunch.
• What to Bring: Please bring a reusable water bottle.
• Fitness Level: The location is accessible by paved paths but requires a moderate walk from Mui Wo town center. A basic level of fitness is recommended.

Participants will receive a comprehensive information package upon ticket purchase, which will include details on how to get to the site, what to wear, and other essential information.

Special Discounts:We offer discounted prices for students with a valid student ID.

Terms and Conditions:

• Tickets are non-refundable but you are welcome to transfer as long as the participant has the ticket on the day of the event.
• We have covered areas so the event will go ahead unless weather conditions are unsafe.
• All children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the event.
• Children under 6 are welcome to attend with accompanied adult for free, please let us know in the form at check out.