Press Release: Community organisation seeks land in Stoke to create sustainable bamboo park
We’ve been working to create a mini-park or “parklet” for Stoke town centre, we’ve recently worked with Hannah Hiles to support us to reach more people to help find the first location. Here’s the full press release: A North Staffordshire organisation which aims to explore the use of bamboo for the benefit of communities and […]
Recycling Bike Inner Tubes: Turning Waste into Wonder
As we launch some of our projects, we’re fully embracing a greener lifestyle here at Brilliant Bamboo. When one of our masterclass leaders (as part of our Brilliant Bamboo Brownfield Parklet) included bike inner tubes on their materials list, it sparked a conversation about how we can incorporate more recycling and reuse—both during the project […]
Brilliant Bamboo Masterclass: offer to Staffs Artist/Makers
Expressions of Interest now closed. Brilliant Bamboo brilliantbamboo.co.uk is an organisation in North Staffordshire exploring the potential of UK-grown bamboo for people and the planet. We are looking for artists who make or build to be a part of an upcoming project and our future work. This project opportunity is a part of our project: Brilliant Bamboo […]
Booming Brilliant at Bouw met Bamboe
By Gemma Thomas In June 2024, I headed to Rotterdam with my friend, colleague, and collaborator Orit Azaz to attend the Bouw met Bamboe. What is Bouw met Bamboe? A programme pulled together by a team of architects and engineers: Atelier Nomadic, Maria Piels architect, Summum and Walden. “Bouw met Bamboe! was the first symposium […]
Booming Brilliant: our first podcast from the European Bamboo Expo 2024
In May 2024, Gemma headed to Dortmund for a second time for the second European Bamboo Expo. Details of the programme and magazine featuring the programme: European Bamboo Expo 2024 (yumpu.com). It was two days of networking and inspiration with some of the world’s bamboo community. In this, the first episode of the Booming Brilliant […]
Brilliant Bamboo Workshops June 24
We had a fantastic time at Keele University for the Next Generation Travel Group: Study Experiences Earth Summit on Monday 24 June. It was a jampacked schedule where we got to meet approx.160 young people and their teachers and joined by a range of colleagues locally: Thomas Guilbert-Newell from Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Alana Wheat from […]
Why Stoke (& Staffordshire)
Typed by Gemma Some of the thoughts and musings here about why here for me, and maybe for the co-directors are work in-progress, and always uncovering additional layers of our history, our present and ambition for the future to build and connect to. When writing the words and meaning for the website, I was keen […]
