Lou Turnbull is a City & Guilds trained multi-disciplinary artist and Forest School Leader with a background in Earth Science. Her practice in natural colour, textiles and wild arts and craft move in cyclical, intuitive and reciprocal approaches with nature. She uses foraged, found and home grown plants and materials to make art with dyes, inks, pigments and fibres. These inspire her symbolic pieces that express her devotion to Earth and our lost relationship with the land whilst supporting her mental and emotional wellbeing.

Lou is passionate about sharing her practice with others which centres around biophilia and a Forest School approach to learning. The environmental crisis drives her to work sustainably and regeneratively where possible, as part of a global collective of growing awareness and creative solutions. Lou's approach is holistic, slow, embodied and sensory which creates gratitude, awareness and relationship with our more than human world. Her work has shifted how she experiences life which has gifted empowerment, agency and self-sufficiency.