Clara Benadon
Bowdoin College
Project
Fiber Farming, Art and Climate Change
Peru, New Zealand, France, Denmark
How are wool farmers modifying traditional techniques to survive environmental stressors ranging from flash-freezes to wildfires? How are fiber artists, in turn, responding to destabilized material availability and changing economic demands? I will collaborate with farmers, artists, and climate scientists to examine the impacts of climate change on the fiber industry.