Clara Benadon

Clara Benadon

Bowdoin College

Clara Benadon

Project

Threads That Bind: Fiber Farming, Art, and Climate

  • Norway
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  • Faroe Islands
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  • Scotland
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  • Ireland
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  • Austria
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  • Argentina
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  • Portugal
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  • Italy
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  • New Zealand
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  • Australia

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How are wool farmers modifying traditional techniques to survive environmental stressors? How are fiber artists, in turn, responding to destabilized material availability and using their work to advocate for the environment? I collaborated with farmers, artists, and climate scientists to examine the connections between climate change and the fiber industry.

Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation
Clara Benadon traveling with the Watson Foundation