Sustainability
We Love Our Planet
At Socolo, we are committed to caring for our planet and we are continually working on ways to improve our sustainability. We’re proud that we…
Monitor our supply chain
We are proud to be a British company and work predominantly with local and national suppliers. All our products are printed right here in England and designed in our South East London studio. You can count on us to only use paper that is FSC certified. FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council and they look after our world’s forests. This means our paper is sustainable and eco-friendly, coming from responsibly sourced forests.
Find out more about the FSC here.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse
We’re working to reduce waste and the consumption of resources as much as we can. We ensure all unavoidable waste, such as clippings, is recycled, reused, recovered or disposed of responsibly, and work with printers who do the same.
Our office is vegan. Meaning for any events we host, or company provided meals, we do not use any animal products.
The printing process
The printers we use are very eco conscious and are continually improving their ecological footprint. They do alcohol free printing, or more specifically waterless printing, and chemistry free plate making to reduce the emissions of VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) and the amount of chemicals that are generated and require disposal under the Hazardous Waste Act. They also use vegetable oil based inks that do not release VOC’s as they are drying, which is a good thing!
Plastic Packaging Free
We use recyclable and biodegradable alternatives such as packing chips made from natural corn starch, compostable peel and seal bags, paper padded envelopes and tissue paper. We encourage you to reuse or recycle any outer packaging you receive from us.
Continuously improve what we do
We set and monitor environmental objectives and targets, as well as, continually strive to improve what we are doing. If you have any ideas, we’d love to hear from you! Please feel free to email us at hello@socolo.co.uk
Introducing
Art by ChantalG
Painter, Sculpter, Poet, Creative
In the shadowed depths of her mind, she walked alone, grappling with a silent storm that threatened to engulf her world in endless night.
Electric grey
Alphabet aerobics cause
thumbs to blister
No need for a quarter
While I grew
in the belly she
Rested the controller on
She’s crowned Tetris champion
Young offspring hunt ducks
On a king sized bed,
NES essary
when the queen paints her face
Aladin fights for his princess
In basement forts
Tossed apples
Scrolls of super codes
Santa is here
Over the Rainbow road
Friends and neighbors
A collective 64
Wii play living room
Wimbledon
May the best
Family win
Sold out luck
Switch on the charm
just the magic needed
to give breath to Zelda
plastic loaded
with history, his story
forming memories of delight
From zeros and ones
Trapped in the labyrinth of her own thoughts, she faced the specter of her fears, a relentless pursuer in the echoing corridors of uncertainty, only able to unlock the doors when she chose love.
Poem
Return
In the garden, where discord's vines entwine,
Let us cultivate the olive - all around - not just in a line,
In every seed we sow
Serenity's dove shall glow
Beneath the cosmos' veil, where silent struggles drift,
Ignite hope's lanterns, in minds agile and swift.
Where turbulent rivers dissent forcefully,
Yet the lotus bloom, calm and peacefuly.
Compose in life's symphony, a melody of repose,
While unity dances, let a peaceful ethos compose.
Amidst the clamor, let's find a voice,
That sings of love, a better choice.
Transforming the shears of anger in empathy's alchemical surge.
On time's vast canvas, compassion's seedlings emerge,
Choosing love over fear
The pathway to peace is clear.
In our celestial odyssey, aligning stars of hope and fate,
To cultivate a portal to the 5th dimension state.
Let peace be the constellation guiding our return to love.
Creating harmony from the soil to above.
Staring at the blank canvas, she found herself in a desert of creativity, where ideas once flowed like rivers now lay barren under the unyielding sun of expectation.
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
An Artist is an Artist before they have ever produced a single thing.
An Artist is an Artist no matter what. The production of something is not what makes a body an a artist. It’s the soul that makes the artist. The Center of the psyche that fills the person, the creative fire inside a person that makes them an artist. If a person has the soul of an artist, that is they have the fire, the burning, as each and every individual does, then they are an artist. They are intitled to the title of artist. We are all intitled to the title of artist before we have produced a single thing.
- The Creative Fire
Curriculum Vitae
2023
London, England
No Format Galery
Painting Open
2023
London, England
No Format Galery
Drawing Open
2015
London, England
UAL: London Collage of Communication
Grad Show
2011
London, England
Business Design Centre
Student Design Show
2016
London, England
MoreEyesDesign
Workshop Assistant
2015
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Doogle Images
Model & Photographer Assistant
2012
San Francisco, CA, USA
Intervention Week
Gorilla planting all over the city
2011
London, England
JB Shehan Photography
Model & Wardrobe Assistant
2010
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Freewill Shakespeare Festival
Concession
2010
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Serca Festival of Irish Theatre
Concession
2009 - 2010
Edmonton, AB, Canada
SEE Magazine
Journalist, Photographer, My Look Column, Runner, Assistant
2009
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Edmonton Fashion Week
Hair Model
October 2012 – August 2015
London, England
University of the Arts London: London College of Communication
(BA) Graphic & Media DesignBachelor of Arts Degree with First Class Honours
September 2011 – April 2012
San Francisco, California, United Sites of America
California Collage of Art
Second Year of Bachelor of Design, majoring in Graphic Design
September 2010 – August 2011
London, England
Cavendish College
Professional Diploma in Communications Design
September 2009 - June 2010
Edmonton, Canada
University of Alberta
Industrial Design