Blue sky placementCharlotte Karlsen @

The Mae Fah Lung Foundation

Sustainable development:"meets the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

source: “Bruntland report”

The Mae Fah Lung Foundation/ Doi Tung Development Project under Royal Initiative works to eradicate opium supply, drug use, rural poverty through Sustainable Alternative Development, education, training, humanitarian activities, environment conservation, agriculture, handicrafts, culture preservation, tourism, in Thailand, Golden Triangle

Lotte Karlsen has been trading as Synchronized liquid since 2002 and she has since been presenting a body of unique and refreshing glassware products. After graduating in -99 from Kosta Boda glass school in Sweden, she has traveled and exhibited extensively to gain knowledge of techniques and production and to promote and sell her products and skills.

Arts Council England's Blue Sky Placements programme; The aim of the initiative is to increase the professional, social and economic status of the individual artist by brokering otherwise unavailable opportunities for artists to carry out research and develop skills and expertise within innovative industry contexts, while also offering the opportunity to experiment and reflect. Artists will be expected to share skills and knowledge and to contribute to research, documentation, evaluation and dissemination of best practice

Weird and wonderful Thailand…… Some of the people I met, places I went, things that inspired me and moments I will remember for the rest of my life.