Six Senses London x Golden Earth Studio

Art of the Earth Exhibition

31 | 10 | 2026

This October, the earth beneath London came up for air. From 15 to 31 October 2026, we presented Art of the Earth with Six Senses London, transforming clay displaced by the city’s construction into contemporary works of art.

It was the first exhibition of its kind at Six Senses London, and it coincided with Frieze London and PAD London during one of the city’s busiest cultural fortnights. Rather than simply hanging work in a hotel, we set out to show how art and craft can be experienced as a way into grounding, mindfulness, connection and wellbeing.

At its heart was London clay: earth displaced through construction and gathered from sites across the city. We invited each artist to respond to this overlooked material in their own way, and they returned it to the city as sculpture, ceramics, painting and functional art.

From earth to sky

The exhibition unfolded across Six Senses Spa, Six Senses Place and Found, the hotel’s boutique, with the building itself becoming part of the experience. Visitors began by descending into the spa beneath the streets of London, meeting works made from the very earth beneath their feet.

In the spa lobby, Eleanor Herbosch’s paintings greeted visitors on the way down, including a landscape intended to evoke the feeling of settling into the earth. They sat alongside works by Adam Weismann, Arran Gregory and Zahed Tajeddin. Adam’s rammed-earth diptych and triptych were conceived as the “lungs of the building”, inviting everyone who passed to pause and take a breath.

Zahed Tajeddin’s Bull Leaping II and Beauty and the Beast on black pedestals

Bull Leaping II and Beauty and the Beast by Zahed Tajeddin.

From underground, the journey moved upwards to Scala Bar in Six Senses Place, where light-filled rooms and rich blue interiors carried visitors from earth towards sky. Here the mood shifted from grounding to something more playful and social, with a series of paintings by Alexandra Yan Wong, a chess set by Jacob Chan, wood-turned vessels by Louis Vincent and further work by Eleanor Herbosch.

A painting by Alexandra Yan Wong with an ochre field above a dark band, hung on a blue plaster wall

Untitled (GES#2) by Alexandra Yan Wong at Scala Bar.

A work by Alexandra Yan Wong hung between two brass wall lights on a panelled wall

Alexandra Yan Wong’s work in Six Senses Place.

That movement through the building was central to the story: a passage through the natural elements, from earth towards light and sky.

Craft as a form of wellbeing

Alongside the exhibition, we ran Gather & Ground, a programme of artist-led masterclasses in the hotel’s Earth Lab exploring the relationship between craft and wellbeing. Participants worked directly with London clay: Arran Gregory led a session making meditative balls, and Jacob Chan led a sculpting session. Working with the hands, with natural materials and with intention offered its own route towards mindfulness and connection.

Jihyun Kim’s Teoju with its lid lifted, against a dark background

Teoju by Jihyun Kim.

Taking a piece of London home

The exhibition continued into Found, the boutique, where smaller works gave collectors an accessible way into the artists and their materials. The selection included Arran Gregory’s meditation balls, a wooden vessel by Louis Vincent, Jihyun Kim’s miniature Teoju, Edie Evans’ clay pairs, and work by Rickie Cheuk made from recycled chopsticks.

Ceramics, stones and vessels on oak shelves in Found, the boutique at Six Senses London

Works by Edie Evans, Lucia Ocejo, Louis Vincent and James Galbraith Kirkpatrick in Found, the boutique.

By taking clay from beneath the city and returning it as art, Art of the Earth told a circular story of material, place and making, and invited visitors to slow down and reconnect with the earth beneath their feet.

“London is constantly being built, but beneath that construction is a fascinating material story: the earth itself,” says our co-founder Gabriel Lau. “With Art of the Earth, we took materials removed during construction and brought their story back into finished spaces as art. There is something inherently grounding about working with a material that comes directly from the earth, and a certain allure in knowing you are viewing work crafted from the very ground you might once have stood in.”

“London generates more than 10 million tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste every year, the majority of which goes to landfill,” adds our co-founder Sara Howard. “For Art of the Earth, excavated clay we intercepted was transformed by artists and designers and given new life at Six Senses London, showing the value that waste material can bring to luxury interiors.”

Our thanks to Nick Yarnell and the whole team at Six Senses London for making space for this work, and to every artist who gave London clay a new life.

Photography: Lewis French Studio & Six Senses London.