A Sustain/able Practice with Abbie Fowler

A workshop-talk delivered by Abbie Fowler on how she has developed ways of 3D making with ecology in mind. Reflective of her practice, the talk will explore the relationship between art and ecology through wild clay, which she sources and treats herself, engaging fully with the landscape and the process of material making.

Her ongoing research into natural materials has inspired a holistic approach to sculpture in constant dialogue with her environment and the climate emergency.

Covering subjects from natural building techniques to the temporality of her making process. Encouraging a discussion on how we can experiment and play with earth’s materials to enrich and sustain an art practice in Greater Manchester.

About the facilitator

Abbie Fowler (b.1998, Garstang) is an English artist living and working in Manchester. In her practice she explores the relationship between art and ecology, materiality and abstraction, and how…