September 2022 LB joined volunteer crew with Rosie Fieldhouse at Ed Dale-Harris’ (SAWA Architecture) permaculture camp in Hastings to build a wattle and daub wall for Stonelynk Organics vegetable garden barn, learning the principles of permaculture and natural building. www.sawa-architecture.org www.stonelynkorganics.com featured photo:Rosie Fieldhouse

Summer 2022 LB joined Rosie Fieldhouse and co. to build a cob pizza oven for the outdoor kitchen at Wilderness Woods. https://www.wildernesswood.org/

In Spring 2022, LB completed the Level 1 forest school qualification with My Outdoor Classroom CIC, and has pursued further work experience with them and ‘Beautiful New Beginnings’ in the Merseyside region. myoutdoorclassroom.co.uk https://beautifulnewbeginnings.co.uk/forest-school-classes/ Beautiful new beginnings

  April 2022 LB joined the volunteer group at Brighton Permaculture Trust to support and complete a natural building course Tutored by Ian Brown at Earthship Brighton in Stanmer Park. Course criteria included how straw bale building supports permaculture principals, and all the practical construction techniques of how to build a straw bale structure with […]

LB teamed up with new tribute act “Celebrating Billy Joel” to do art direction and stage/props design for their live concert film shoot ahead of their upcoming 2022 American tour, exclusively for American TV channel PBS. https://www.laurabrownhill.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TV-CBJ-60-sec-with-graphic-1.mp4 Filmed by Jack Whiteley, Luis Santos, Lee Isserow, Anna levin.

Cowherd and Weaver Girl is an immersive outdoor stage design which depicts a scene from the mythological story around which the Chinese festival, Qixi is based. The installation invites friends, family’s and lovers to step into a giant pop up story book to become a feature in the narrative, where a flock of magpies form a bridge […]

LB teamed up with Liverpool band Mamatung and Mike Donaghy as art director and general creative assistant for their latest release, Flowers, filmed in Cae Mabon in Wales spring 2021. The team who made this video are: Mike Donaghy (Pulse Media): Camera Magic Wizard. (Filming, editing and possiblity) Laura Brownhill: Creative Genius Vibes  (props/costumes /concepts, […]

May 2021 LB completed Kate Edwards cob building course learning all the practical and theoretical skills to build a cob house at her base in Lyme Regis. https://www.cobcourses.com

In 2021, LB was part of a volunteer team to help build the foundations and framework of a new outdoor dwelling at Cae Mabon Retreat Centre in Wales, led by Jack Everett. https://www.caemabon.co.uk https://www.jackeverett.org  

LB qualified as a Beekeeper at Blackburn House in 2014 and has kept bees between then and 2020. She was involved in organising Bee Day at Kaz Garden, an event to bring awareness of the plight of the bees to the gig going public.