[ELECTRON] Make/Works Project

[fiona scott]

Hi Jim,

Great, thanks! I'm busy this Thursday evening, but will get myself
along to the Amateur Radio group next Wednesday.

Thanks,

-Fiona

On 20 March 2012 11:12, James Beeley <james.beeley at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 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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