Arts, the environment & sustainability

Hi all, you might enjoy this podcast by Sophie Thomas OBE about her career in sustainable design.

https://materialmatters.design/podcast

https://library.oca.ac.uk/resources/1664

Hyde-Brown, C. (2023) Forage & Stitch. Search Press Limited.

Morning.

These natural dyes/pigments ebooks are now available in the OCA library.

https://library.oca.ac.uk/resources/1662 Cliffe, N. (2024) Printing With Natural Dyes. The Crowood Press. 

https://library.oca.ac.uk/resources/1663 Symons, J. (2025) From Plant to Print. The Crowood Press.

Here are the Easy / Medium / Hard actions recommended by the Artists-Now-Green-Manifesto. Why not pick one or two to try today?

Easy Actions

Making

• Use second-hand equipment and materials

• Make less. Challenge the culture of over-production

• Share equipment and materials with other artists or studio residents