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Interactive Mud and Lime Plaster Installations

byMasons InkWorkshops hosted across Bengaluru & KochiStarts from₹3,500 per participantView full gallery

Experience the tactile beauty of sustainable building through our interactive exhibits, where traditional craftsmanship meets modern architectural design.

An overview of our exhibition at the IAADB in Delhi. The display features Tadelakt spheres and tiles, inviting visitors to touch and feel the materials.

A wide view of our installation space at the biennale, showing the tensile mud structure, photo displays, and traditional tools, creating an immersive experience.

Another perspective of our exhibition space, highlighting the contrast between the raw, natural materials of our installation and the historic architecture of the Red Fort.

The tensile mud installation at the IAADB, which uses rope and cloth plastered with mud, similar to wattle and daub. The piece creates an inviting entryway for visitors.

A duplicate image of the tensile mud installation, showing its sculptural form and how it guides visitors through the exhibition space.

A young participant gets hands-on, plastering our tensile mud installation at the biennale. Our exhibits are designed to be interactive and educational for all ages.

A visitor participates in plastering the mud installation, demonstrating our belief that building with natural materials is an accessible and communal activity.

A duplicate image of a visitor getting hands-on with our interactive mud installation at the IAADB.

Even our youngest visitors get involved. Here, children are guided to apply mud plaster to the installation, making art and learning about sustainable materials.

A duplicate image showing children engaging with the interactive mud plastering exhibit at the biennale.

About Exhibitions & Interactive Art

We do not believe in displaying architecture behind velvet ropes; we invite you to touch, shape, and plaster it yourself. At exhibitions like the IAADB, we strip away the abstraction, letting visitors feel the cool density of rammed earth and the polished, waterproof smoothness of Tadelakt lime plaster. It is about closing the gap between the observer and the built environment, making sustainability something you can experience with your own hands.

Featured at India Art Biennale, Delhi — Approved by the tribe
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Masons Ink

Workshops hosted across Bengaluru & KochiStarts from ₹3,500 per participant

We are Masons Ink, a team of women masons and architects based in Bengaluru. We believe building is a deeply human act, best understood when you get your hands into the mud and lime. From designing off-grid farmhouses to hosting immersive exhibitions, our work is about making sustainable construction accessible to everyone.

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