Art, Nature

and Mothering

Artist and Creative Health Facilitator exploring the power and fragility of life through the lens of motherhood

FOREST BATHING: WELLBEING WORKSHOPS
FOREST BATHING: WELLBEING WORKSHOPS

About Me:

  • NHS & Community Projects

  • Nature & Art For Wellbeing

  • PGCE PCET Qualified Teacher

  • Qualified Forest Bathing Practitioner

  • Art & Design Programmes & Tutoring

  • Calm, Grounded and Nurturing Facilitation

  • Environmentally Conscious Art Materials

  • Outdoor First Aid Trained

I use a collaborative approach to designing experiences that have nature at the core, building connection to the earth to enhance wellbeing and build community. I am based in Bristol, but work across the South West, with strong connections to Gloucestershire. In previous projects I have worked for NHS funded programmes for Art Shape & Rosetta Life, International Women’s Day event for Bristol Women’s Voice, The Festival of Nature & Southmead Hospital’s green spaces. I am an experienced teacher of Art & Design, developing programmes from levels 1-6 in FE colleges and an Artist Tutor for Art Shape in Gloucester. Please get in contact to any discuss projects and events I can co-create with you.

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"We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves."  

Andy Goldsworthy

The Garden Studio

Where my Creative Seeds are Nurtured

My studio is nestled at the bottom of my garden, overlooking my veg patch and providing me with a calm, nurturing space to create within. Using natural materials in drawing, printmaking and sculpture I explore themes experienced in my life;

  • The fragility and strength of the body as it journeys through motherhood, illness and trauma

  • The duality of motherhood: all consuming love alongside feelings of total overwhelm

  • The viral fears of mothering in a world so disconnected to the earth

  • Rooting my wellbeing practices through creative flow - making things that feel good to make!

Studio Gallery

Nature & Creative Health Facilitation

Sowing Creative Seeds within a Nurturing and Collaborative Environment

I use a collaborative approach with organisations to design experiences that build community and connection.

My workshops and programmes can be outdoors or inside. I love to use natural materials as a focus in my work, but happily tailor materials and processes to the interests and needs of the groups I work with. I believe exploring creative play is a human instinct, a powerful vessel for reflection, personal growth and change.

  • Forest Bathing & Art Workshops

  • Corporate Away Days, Group Training & Community Events

  • Arts & Health Facilitation / Nature & Health Facilitation

Forest Bathing & Art Workshops
Forest Bathing & Art Workshops
Arts & Health Facilitation

My workshops and art are underpinned with the belief that we are one with nature.

  • I believe we are one with nature. Connecting to the earth is how humans used to live, it brings us moments of peace in a busy and distracted world. In order to look after our planet, we need to ensure we are looking after ourselves.

    I believe that we can make powerful change working together, so I help to build community through collaborative artworks and programmes, that dissolve barriers and encourage hope.

  • I create spaces where people can explore their relationship with nature through sensory immersion, noticing small observations that build connection and ground us. Absorbing sights, sounds, textures, tastes and smells grounds us in our bodies and our environments. It builds belonging, and this is so important in a culture of productivity and, often, isolation.

    By connecting to nature we will re-learn how our bodies and minds operate in cycles, mirrored in nature. Imagine a world that works with the seasons, growing and respecting the land, acknowledging the winter months being for rest, not forcing ourselves into a race for productivity.

    My hopes are to sow small seeds through my art and facilitation practice that encourage the seedlings of nurture and collaboration to grow. I believe these are the fundamental aspects of community. When we work together, accepting differences to be learning opportunities and valuing working towards a common goal of respecting nature and our own humanity, we could see big system change, and positive impact on our climate.

  • I love working collaboratively, so please do reach out with any ideas you have for working together. If you’re interested in attending a workshop please visit the Forest Bathing page- or drop me a message!