We featured Designer/Performer Nelly Ben Hayoun in our Starting Out series this past August. During the studio visit, she mentioned off hand that she been dreaming of making a volcano (and was mildly annoyed that Eyjafjallajokull had beat her to the punch). She's a fast worker, because this year at the London Design Festival The Other Volcano (yes, Nelly's) will be unveiled at the Sunbury Workshops.
On show is a first ceramic version of the project, a 100 times scale down replica of the Mount St. Helen's explosion, developed in collaboration with Austin Houlsdworth, explosives designer, and Carina Fearnley, volcanologist.
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