[ELECTRON] Make/Works Project

[James Beeley]

Hi Fiona,
Welcome to the EC. Your website idea sounds very interesting. Good
places to start would be visits to the Open Source Hardware Group, which
meets on the first and third Thursday in the month (next meeting this
Thursday evening), and the Amateur Radio group, who meet on Wednesday
evenings.

Jim


On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 10:17 +0000, fiona scott 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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