Claire Baily is a London-based artist, researcher, and educator whose work navigates the intersections of art, sustainability, and material innovation. 

Emphasising slowness, attentiveness and embodied engagement, Claire draws on the embedded histories of materials and their production to reimagine how stories are told and shared. She approaches each material as a site of layered narratives, where making becomes a way to participate in interconnected lifecycles. Shifting to an ecological framework her work embraces time, care, hope and experimentation, whilst acknowledging the presence of grief, loss, failure and impermanence. 

For the past decade Claire has worked as a Sculpture Tutor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is an active member of the Centre of Art & Ecology. She is currently leading a 19-month research project in partnership with British Ceramics Biennial exploring the creative re-use of clay extracted from UK construction spoil.

Making Time Phase II 

(From September 2025)

Looking to develop regenerative making systems built around plant-based materials, Claire will be focusing on the historical and contemporary uses of biopolymers such as starch and natural fibres such as flax, nettle and hemp.