Making of a Meadow
A Collaborative Research Project at the UNESCO Cross Channel Geopark
The Making of a Meadow is an ongoing interdisciplinary project led by artist and researcher Jessica Potter (Royal College of Art). The project brings together practices of field research, ecology, photography, and attentive methodologies to understand and support biodiverse meadow habitats across the Cross-Channel Geopark region.
Working closely with researchers, local communities, and environmental organisations, The Making of a Meadow explores how careful description, observation, and creative engagement can help articulate and strengthen the ecological relationships that sustain meadow environments. Through photography, language-based research, drawing, and collaborative field activities, the project supports shared knowledge-making across landscapes and communities.
Project Aims
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To investigate meadow ecologies through creative and scientific field research
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To develop methodologies of attentiveness that connect landscape, language, and care
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To contribute to the ecological and cultural aims of the Cross-Channel Geopark
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To support biodiversity through collaborative, place-based research
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To engage public audiences through accessible, community-based activities
About the Researcher
Jessica Potter is an artist, writer, and researcher currently based at the Royal College of Art. Her work is grounded in acts of observation, care, and collaborative study, with a particular focus on biodiverse habitats and ecologies of care. She works across photography, drawing, writing, and moving image, and is a founding member of the Health and Care Research Cluster at the Royal College of Art.
Project Materials and publications
Download and explore the ongoing research and documentation from The Making of a Meadow: