Tread - to walk in a specified way; to step or walk on or along; to form a path by walking.

Tread Collective practices site-responsive environmental art through seasonal fieldwork in Kent's diverse landscapes. Four women artists explore embodied knowledge creation through collaborative making processes. The collective honors the wisdom found in direct physical engagement with landscape.

The artists extract pigments directly from river banks, uprooted trees, and hillside excavations. Earth becomes co-creator rather than passive subject. This non-hierarchical methodology transforms landscapes into catalysts for knowledge creation.

Monthly site visits culminate in intensive creation periods. Individual voices merge into collective intuition. Circular patterns emerge organically across shared canvases spread on forest floors.

The practice dissolves artificial boundaries between theory and practice. This approach challenges institutional art-making constraints. Through exhibitions and documented methodologies, Tread Collective shares ecological approaches with wider communities. The work establishes meaningful dialogue between human intervention and natural resilience in both wilderness and brownfield contexts.