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Materials that support and promote the transition towards a more sustainable artistic practice.

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Photo of PEELSPHERE

Photo of The Full Grown Project

Photo of An inner-act

Photo of Rootfull

Photo of Co-Obradoiro Galego

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Photo of The art of turning fish into leather

Photo of Calcáreo

Photo of Deflated Polystyrene (DPS)

Photo of Boiled Linseed Oil for protection of wood

Photo of Corallo

Photo of Crangon Crangon Ceramic Glaze

Photo of Hemp-it-yourself

Photo of Desintegra.me

Photo of FORZ®Glaze

Photo of Green Valleys

Photo of The Full Grown Project

Photo of Krapiva Zhguchaya

Photo of Shell Homage

Photo of Cardbond

Photo of An inner-act

Photo of Solvent

Photo of Blood leather

Photo of The Sea Rises and Totally Still

Photo of Eggware

Photo of Bark pigment and bark tanning

Photo of InterWoven - Plantrootweaving

Photo of Weaving Water

Photo of Eggshell Ceramic

Photo of Rootfull

Photo of The Hop Project

Photo of Skin II

Photo of Woodio® material

Photo of Myco Colour

Photo of Hidden Beauty

Photo of The New Age of Trichology

Photo of SPHAN | THE LAND OF RABBITS

Photo of Rabbit Skin Glue for bookmaking, priming, painting and gilding

Photo of BetaWare

Photo of Ventri Leather

Photo of Mordant for Natural Dying

Photo of Waste Lab

Photo of Black Walnut Ink

Photo of Organic Vegetable Glycerin to prevent cracking

Photo of LABVA's native biomaterial palette

Photo of Under (The) Line

Photo of Mycelium Millennium

Photo of Bio Ex-Machina - Biological meets Digital Computing & Robotics

Photo of KUORI

Photo of Bio Iridescent Sequin

Photo of Loop Cocoon

Photo of Why did the chicken cross the road?

Photo of Hey Jute

Photo of Textilised Traditions

Photo of Alimenta

Photo of Various plant pigments

Photo of Tearstones: What's in a tear

Photo of To the bone

Photo of Tomato filament

Photo of Organic oil Wax for wood preserving

Photo of Ignorance is Bliss ceramic tiles

Photo of Red Mud

Photo of This is Copper

Photo of Bone glue

Photo of Camellia oil against rusting of metal

Photo of Plastic Culture

Photo of Circular Materials

Photo of Medium

Photo of Bagru printing

Photo of Sustainable Structural Colour from Bacteria

Photo of Mogu Floor

Photo of Prefabricated Seaweed Thatch Panels

Photo of Mycelium sausages

Photo of ZERO WASTE | experimental packaging from algae-based material

Photo of Poppy Seed Oil for pigments and tools

Photo of Orange Fiber

Photo of Plastigela

Photo of Earth pigments

Photo of How do you like your eggs?

Photo of Can you see a forest in the palm?

Photo of Ulïètu

Photo of Re-Imagining Materials

Photo of PLASTEX | WASTE MATTERS

Photo of Hide glue for priming, painting and gilding

Photo of Malai biocomposite

Photo of Beachcombers

Photo of Materia Madura

Photo of Plasticiet

Photo of Milk Paint Extra Bond for greater adhesion

Photo of De Algarum Natura

Photo of Atelier Barb Bio Composite Collection

Photo of Seafloor

Photo of Carnauba wax

Photo of EGG-SHIELD

Photo of Natural dyeing with curcuma

Photo of Viral Nature

Photo of Bio'C

Photo of Materia Madura: Reflexión

Photo of Structural Skin

Photo of Sémiophores

Photo of Japanese knotweed: reality, history, potentiality

Photo of Bacteria Dyes

Photo of HIGHLIGHT COLLECTION

Photo of Metamorphism

Photo of From Insects

Photo of Wool: Re-Crafted

Photo of Carpet Matter

Photo of HUID

Photo of Make Weeds Great Again

Photo of Hair Matter(s)

Photo of SEA ME RESEARCH

Photo of Not a banana republic

Photo of EXPERIMENTAL SEATING OBJECT

Photo of Slime mold network

Photo of The Baby Bucha Project

Photo of Plumenaire

Photo of Seaweed vessels

Photo of PineSkins

Photo of PLASTEX | black matter

Photo of CALGINA BODYSUIT

Photo of Growing materials with mycelium

Photo of New Blue Craft and New Blue Industry

Photo of Natural Impasto Medium to extend paint

Photo of Hollow Earth

Photo of Honext Material

Photo of From Insects

Photo of

Photo of Cheer Project

Photo of Inflaxuation

Photo of Kera-Plast

Photo of Excessories

Photo of Crassosstrea

Photo of Making ink from avocado seeds

Photo of Inside Out

Photo of The Growing Lab / Mycelia

Photo of Biobitumen—a greywacke love poem (2019)

Photo of Sea Stone

Photo of

Photo of Raw Linseed Oil for oil painting

Photo of ALGEAR

Photo of Notweed Paper

Photo of Mogu Acoustic

Photo of In:between

Photo of Red Ochre and a Wise Man

Photo of TEMPORARY HOME FOR NATURE

Photo of Japanese Knotweed Project

Photo of The Colour of Air

Photo of Lugae

Photo of Co-Obradoiro Galego

Photo of SEA ME + SEA ME COLLECTION

Photo of Milk paint

Photo of Blood Related

Photo of Making Tempera

Photo of Living Colour

Photo of Organic waste material

Photo of Crafting Organic Waste For Fashion

Photo of ExCinere

Photo of BacTerra

Photo of Care for Milk

Photo of Green Banana Paper

Photo of Linseed oil soap for cleaning brushes

Photo of Algae Palette

Photo of Calcium carbonate for natural dying

Photo of Terroir

Photo of Packing Up PFAS

Photo of CASKIA - Growing a Mars Boot

Photo of Lupine in review

Photo of Triplex Stool

Photo of Phyto Printing

Photo of Made by Rain

Photo of Ta.mi table

Photo of Let's (not) kick butt.

Photo of EMBODIMENT VII Eos

Photo of Fish glue for priming, painting and gilding

Photo of Walnut Oil for oil painting

Photo of PEELSPHERE

Photo of PineResin

Photo of A lighter delicacy

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