Designer Nol Netprom and partner Mai Nopkamon A. from Bangkok explored sustainable ceramic practices during their master's studies at the University of the Arts London. They researched eco-friendly ceramics by repurposing waste, such as oyster shells from Borough Market, into tableware. Their work aims to reduce environmental impact and promote a circular economy.
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Exploring the role of designer- craft maker in sustainability and environmental challenges conservation
During the master’s degree at the University of the Arts London in the United Kingdom, designer Nol Netprom with his partner Mai Nopkamon A. from Goldsmiths, University of London questioned their research about the sustainable ceramic in the practicality of sustainable procedures and practices in ceramic studio. Since they both have run their own pottery studio based in Bangkok, Thailand for many years. While countless pieces of tableware were made by their hands and brought to markets in many places around the world, they still have some unsolved problems.
Although their studio has produced ceramics crafted from natural resources, it is undeniable that these processes consume substantial resources, labour, and energy. We would like to experiment with materials, processes and perceptions that making a positive impact on both the environment and society to encourage these craft practises built to last. In addition to conduct research question further in a practical way of professional practices by creating their own development in making circular/sustainable ceramics to answer a question: How my professional practices in ceramic design can contribute to the collection of sustainment in life according to the societal and environmental impact to the planet Earth we are living in.
Starting from waste, but ending with treasure.
Borough Market, the one of the biggest market in London, has produced waste from thousands of oyster shells just in a single day. They had no way to eliminate but only going to landfill which caused more than 25 million tonnes of Greenhouse gases emission to the city. It equals to adding 1 of 4 total cars on the road.
As a potter playing role in a designer-maker who has made thousands pieces of tableware for restauranteur clients. It could be a better circular economy if we can take out food-waste from this industry and reproduce them back offered as a new design of ceramics.
A matter of sustainable ceramics made from food waste
More than 2000 of oyster shells and a huge number of eggshells were diverted from landfill and utilized to produce this collection. The size of the giantic egg portrayed a pile of discarded eggshells and oyster shells just in a single day from Borough Market, London.
Yes, it is made from shells but why does it need to be an egg shape?
探討設計師-工藝製作人在永續發展與環境保護挑戰中的角色
在英國倫敦藝術大學攻讀碩士學位期間，設計師Nol Netprom與其來自倫敦大學金史密斯學院的合作夥伴Mai Nopkamon A.質疑他們關於可持續陶瓷在實際操作中的可行性和實踐研究。由於他們多年來在泰國曼谷經營自己的陶藝工作室，雖然他們用雙手製作了無數餐具並銷往世界各地市場，但仍然面臨一些未解決的問題。
儘管他們的工作室使用天然資源製作陶瓷，但不可否認這些過程消耗了大量資源、勞動力和能源。他們希望透過實驗材料、工藝和觀念，來對環境和社會產生正面影響，並鼓勵這些持久的工藝實踐。此外，透過創造自己的永續/循環陶瓷發展來進一步實用地探討職業實踐中的研究問題，以回答一個問題：我的陶瓷設計專業實踐如何根據對地球社會和環境的影響，貢獻於生活的可持續發展。
從廢物開始，但以珍寶結束。
倫敦最大的市場之一——博羅市場每天都會產生成千上萬的牡蠣殼廢料。由於沒有其他方法處理，只能送往垃圾掩埋場，這導致了超過2500萬噸的溫室氣體排放，相當於增加了四分之一的道路車輛。
作為一個為餐飲客戶製作了數千件餐具的陶藝家兼設計師，如果能將這個行業的食物廢料提取出來，並重新作為一種新的陶瓷設計產品，這將是一個更好的循環經濟。
由食物廢料製成的可持續陶瓷
超過2000個牡蠣殼和大量蛋殼被從垃圾掩埋場轉移並用於生產這個系列。這隻巨大的蛋象徵了博羅市場一天內產生的廢棄蛋殼和牡蠣殼的數量。
是的，它是用貝殼製成的，但為什麼要做成蛋的形狀呢？
Lamunlamai.Craftstudio
Nol Netprom (he/him) is a co-founder, designer-maker, and potter at Lamunlamai Craftstudio in Bangkok, Thailand, where he has worked for a decade. He established a pottery home studio with his partner, Mai Nopkamon A., in 2014. His design practices are based on craft-making in multi-disciplinary materials, specializing in ceramics with hand-throwing and colour glaze techniques. Nol has dedicated himself to traditional ceramics practices and believes that the making process can lead to new professional possibilities. His pieces contain functionality and a sense of soothing in colour and touch. He always looks beyond the context of his industry to make production more sustainable and create a long-lasting impact on the planet. Using food waste with clay bodies and colour glaze is just the starting point for elevating his practice toward a sustainable future.
Mai Nopkamon A. (she/her) has been a designer-entrepreneur in the craft industry in Thailand for a decade. She co-founded Lamunlamai Craftstudio, a Bangkok-London-based circular ceramics studio, and curates practice-based exhibitions related to artisanal craft-making and local communities. She believes creative business practices can be a tool for social improvement and collective change in social and environmental impact. By establishing her pottery business, she aims to conceive the values of ceramics, innovative craftsmanship, and meaningful approaches for others. She seeks to share her design with the world and sustainably flourish business practices to improve people's lives. Her statement to the world is: "I made. Therefore, I am."
Nol Netprom 是泰國曼谷Lamunlamai Craftstudio的共同創辦人、設計師和陶藝家，他在工作室工作已有十年。他於2014年與他的夥伴Mai Nopkamon A.一起建立了一個陶藝家庭工作室。他的設計實踐基於多學科材料的手工製作，特別是專注於手工拉坯和色釉技術的陶瓷製作。諾爾致力於傳統的陶瓷實踐，並相信製作過程可以帶來職業的新可能性。他的作品兼具功能性和在顏色與觸感上的舒緩感。他總是超越其行業背景，致力於實現生產的可持續性並對地球產生持久影響。使用食物廢棄物與陶土和色釉只是他提升實踐以實現永續未來的起點。
Mai Nopkamon A 在泰國的工藝行業已經是設計師兼企業家十年。她是曼谷-倫敦雙基地的循環陶瓷工作室Lamunlamai Craftstudio的聯合創始人，並策劃了一些與工藝製作和當地社區相關的實踐展覽。她相信，創造性的商業實踐可以成為社會改善和集體改變社會和環境影響的工具。透過建立她的陶藝業務，她不僅是為了自己或她的社區，而是為了傳遞陶瓷的價值、創新的工藝和對他人有意義的方法。她希望透過她的設計與世界分享，並以永續的方式發展業務實踐，以改善人們的生活。她向世界傳達的聲明是：“我創造，因此我存在。”
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