Uanklom Happy farm Udon Thani

Uanklom Happyfarm was founded by artists/ designers, Pasatorn Dechsiriudom and Kokhanest Rungsanthia, as a community enterprise to serve as a learning centre using natural raw materials and agricultural waste as resources. The manage­ment process of raw materials for the purposes of innovation and community arts to further enhance artworks, paintings, sculptures, mixed media, textiles, and prints through the use of natural raw materials and agricultural waste complies with BCG and SDGS. In 2020, the farm was awarded for its innovative arts using rice straw-based dyes and for its innovative philosophy of natural dyes. The farm also hosts workshops and organises volunteer work camps for students as well as various agencies. 

Current achievements include: 

• Creating paintings, sculptures, and prints using soil-based dyes, 'The Colours of Soil', in 60 shades in the development of dyes aimed to be used in creative practice and to further improve the process and colour palettes for innovative textiles with the national innovation driving unit, SID-ESAN (Mahasarakham University), as well as discovering soil-based dyes for the purposes of artistic creations 
• Soil-based dyes, plant-based dyes, and raw materials that facilitate the thread dyeing processes using dyes from soils, as well as sharing its knowledge on dyes that are used with silk thread and cotton thread through modern innovative processes by the Department of Sericulture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 
• Producing creations using agricultural and industrial waste in the form of contemporary art under the concept of 'Agro Waste: Upcycled Art of Siam', as well as sharing these creations as innovative knowledge to open door to job oppor­tunities and to distribute income to a variety of networks in Thailand 

Uanklom Happyfarm participated in the Womanifesto Workshop 2023 at Baan Womanifesto, Udon Thani Province. They recently presented Miracles of Eco-Colour at the 2023 Womanifesto: Flowing connections, exhibited at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.