NatureCulture design

Miche Fabre Lewin and Flora Gathorne-Hardy have evolved the collaborative NatureCulture design practice from the ecological and socially-engaged art. Our place-making engagements honour the sacred interdependence between human cultures and multisentient habitats of living Earth. These commissions emerge within embodied, responsive and serendipitous co-creations between human kin and the life and spirit of place.

  • A modern house built on stilts with glass walls, surrounded by trees and plants, with a staircase leading up to the entrance.

    listning to land, people, water | MAGGIES OXFORD, UK

  • Scenic view of mountains during sunset, with grassy hills in the foreground and rugged peaks in the background.

    Maybe you want to launch a business

  • Mountains across a body of water with trees and a building in the foreground during dusk.

    Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more

  • Scenic view of a mountain range with a lake in the foreground, cloudy sky overhead.

    Maybe you have a creative project to share with the world

  • A small, metallic, shell-shaped bowl placed on dry, clumpy dirt or soil.

    Intuitive Farming

    In January 2023, we are contributing to a panel discussion on intuitive farming hosted by Dr Julia Wright at the Oxford Real Farming Conference.

  • Close-up of a red onion with torn outer skin and layers, with sunlight casting shadows on it.

    Arts Council Award

    In September 2022 Miche was awarded Arts Council of England funding to continue developing her creative practice encompassing Presence of Food.

  • A woman performing a tea ceremony or craft on a large map spread on the floor, surrounded by a crowd in an indoor gallery or exhibit with photographs on the walls.

    Art of Sympoiethics

    July 2022 marks the publication of ‘Art of Sympoiethics’ in the Ecological Citizen. The article celebrates being human as a continuum of reciprocal exchanges between ourselves, each other, and the matter and habitats of the animate Earth.

  • A woman wearing a burgundy hat and black clothing stands behind a table with various natural objects and jars, set outdoors in a grassy field with cows and hills in the background.

    Art of Food Rituals

    We are honoured to have contributed a chapter on the art of food rituals to ‘Subtle Agroecologies: farming with the hidden half of nature’ edited by Julia Wright.

  • A diverse group of people sitting at a long outdoor dining table with various dishes, salads, and bread, under an overpass in an urban area.

    TEDx Soweto talk

    Miche’s TEDx Soweto Talk ‘Cooking, Culture and Conversations’ emerged as part of Eat From the Earth pavement banquet co-created with the JHB Culinary School, Johannesburg.