[ELECTRON] Make/Works Project

[Tam]

Welcome Fiona

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fiona scott <fiscott0203 at googlemail.com> wrote:

>Hi everyone at the Electron Club,
>
>My name is Fiona Scott, and I am a final year Product Design student
>at Glasgow School of Art -and I've just joined the Electron Club.
>
>Over the summer I got the chance to work for a furniture maker, and
>since then have been hugely interested in making, manufacture and the
>tangibility of design in Scotland. From this, I am currently proposing
>a project concerning a platform (both on and offline) that both
>facilitates and celebrates making, manufacture, craftsmanship and
>fabrication in Glasgow across all creative disciplines (from ceramics,
>to bookbinding, to CNC, metal casting, laser cutting, arduino etc)
>-and makes sourcing and the production of work a less
>daunting/frustrating experience.
>
>At its core the project (titled Make/Works) takes the form of an
>online directory service that provides the ability to find and source
>fabrication of work in Glasgow, building up a trustworthy and curated
>database of designers, artists, craftspeople,
>fabricators,manufacturers and small businesses. The aim is to make it
>more transparent where and how materials, supplies, physical
>processes,specific know-how, workshops and creative services available
>in the city exist. This hopes to empower people in the city by being
>able to produce things that are ‘Made in Glasgow’ instead of
>outsourcing abroad and for makers, it will hopefully increase demand
>and help businesses grow. In the bigger picture Make/Works looks to
>exist with a supporting blog dialogue, events, showcase exhibitions
>etc too.
>
>Anyway, I am emailing, as due to the ethos of the Electron Club and
>work you do it seems like you would all be great to talk to about it!
>So if any of you would be interested at some point, I would love to
>have the chance to meet up and discuss the project with some of you,
>or ask you some further questions about whether you would use this
>type of service, or wish to be involved.
>
>Hope to hear back, and thank you for your time,
>
>-Fiona Scott
>
>Glasgow School of Art
>Product Design Year 4
>07805030634
>
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