Amy graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design specialising in Sculpture. Her practice explores various mediums, from site-specific work to time based work. Amy uses photography as an integral part of her practice to archive certain forms and aspects of the world in which she inhabits and her experiences. After working on several artist run projects in schools and having worked in a preschool setting for over 5 years, Amy has both experience and a passion for creative learning.
The Local Nomad ethos of freer thinking, promoting imagination and choice across the curriculum is something Amy and her collaborator Lottie Hughes have been committed to since they met at Central Saint Martins. Amy and Lottie’s work compliment each other and have had a great impact on each others thought processes throughout their artistic career together.
Lottie graduated from Central St Martins in Fine Art in 2010, her work exists between sculpture, installation and photography. Working in void spaces in the outside world she allows the environment and surroundings dictate what she creates. Using the power of a photograph to capture a fleeting moment.
Lottie and Amy’s work stems from similar influences; the colours in a landscape, form and structure, people and their habitats. Although the outcome is very different, their work compliments each other perfectly.
Lottie is a committed member of Forest School Camps; a children’s charity leading camping trips that promote freedom and education from experience. Lottie also works for Raw Canvas at Tate Modern, running peer-to-peer courses, workshops and events.
The Local Nomad ethos stems from the combination of Lottie and Amy’s ideas and beliefs of art and its place in education. Lottie hopes, with Local Nomad, to challenge the view of arts within education. By celebrating unique creative minds, allowing freedom and learning from experience.
