After the success of Seed by 15 Days in Clay at Durlston in 2023, we are delighted to return with our 23rd-year show, Edible Conversations. From Tuesday 22nd September until Thursday 8th October 2026, the exhibition will be held in Durlston Country Park’s Fine Foundation Gallery and will be open daily from 10:30am – 5pm.

Edible Conversations is an immersive ceramic installation created by over 40 ceramic artists and volunteers. We invite you to sit alongside us and experience the magic that is 15.

The work explores our relationship with worry, sustenance, and what it means to be “fully human”. It highlights the significance of human connection and how the messages we consume and share over food are often the vehicle that enables this connection.

Developed over plenty of tea, cake, biscuits, and clay, conversations between the artists unfolded and truths were told. Our vulnerabilities have been given shape and voice.

These exchanges, when shared, revealed a rich seam to be tapped. Worries were shared, laughter was had, and clay became the medium through which these moments were manifested.

Every word, story, worry, and glimmer of hope represented in Edible Conversations is real. It is our collective, authentic selves served up on a plate.

We are so privileged to collaborate with Shaine Singer — poet, author, and former star of Channel 4’s The Undateables. Shaine has taken the artists’ words and woven them together with his own to create a series of heartfelt, powerful poems inspired by the voices of the artists and Edible Conversations.

So grab a fork, pull up a chair, and enjoy the view! Prepare to be nourished by the power of 15 Days in Clay.