Lydia Brockless

Lydia Brockless is a tutor for Future Creatives short courses at University of the Arts London (UAL), teaching art classes for children and teenagers. She is concurrently pursuing a Master's in Sculpture while maintaining a diverse portfolio career that includes freelance projects and brewery work.

Her artistic practice centers on material transformation, using paper, plaster, and wire to reinterpret natural elements like rocks, water, and plants. She explores profound themes including humanity's relationship with Earth, geological time, archaeology, memory, and surface pattern theory—drawing specific inspiration from William Morris' Willow Bough print. Her work emphasizes how basic materials gain new identities through manipulation, such as crumpled paper mimicking fabric or metal.

Lydia champions experimental approaches in creative education, advocating that mistakes drive authentic learning. She encourages students to deconstruct perfectionism through iterative processes and scale manipulation, while advising emerging artists to cultivate diverse skills and find inspiration beyond traditional galleries in everyday environments.