Giant egg house featured on Channel 4 to arrive in Milton Keynes for Easter

The egg house is part of a free exhibition by artist Stephen Turner called ‘Everything Comes from the Egg’ and is part of the MK50 birthday celebrations happening throughout the year.

The exhibition is open Wednesday to Sunday between 12 noon and 6pm.

The aim of the exhibition is to show how art can be used to represent and engage with environmental issues.

A free ‘Kids Guide to the Exbury Egg’ booklet will also be handed out including hand-drawn illustrations and activities aimed at inspiring children and young people about the project.

At the exhibition, Stephen’s artworks and documentations from his journey around the UK in the egg can be viewed.

Additional works will also be on display at the Milton Keynes Art Centre from May 10 until May 14 in the Old Schoolhouse.

The Exbury Egg was featured on Channel 4’s ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ and has won a number of awards including RIBA Small Project Award 2014, winner of RIBA South Award 2014 and winner of LEAF Sustainable Interior of the Year Award, 2013.

The ‘house’ (which is registered as a boat) cost £40,000 and took just six months to build.

It is made from two wooden halves fixed together and covered with a membrane to keep it watertight.

The 40ft self-sustaining structure has an open plan interior which includes everything the artist needs to live inside including a desk, bed and bathroom.

Originally created for a coastal location is has already toured around a number of locations in the UK including most recently London’s Trinity Buoy Wharf.