Category: Archive
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What Does This Girl Make? Meet Jasmine Craven-Huffer
Over Summer 2017, I visited a few of the design graduate shows in London to scout out who was about to enter into the design industry. One of the stands that I was most drawn to was Northumbria University’s. Having considered their 3-Dimensional design course as a possible next step for myself, it was interesting…
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The Engineering of Design: The Importance of Jigs
When I decided to write this week’s blog post about the engineering behind designing and making, I considered giving it the title with some cliché reference to that Will Smith song. But I considered that not everyone would appreciate my sense of humor, so I restrained myself. So, instead I have provided a link below,…
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This Girl Makes with the Syrian Family Group
The Syrian Family group meets once a month, and hopes to offer an opportunity to socialize and participate in family-friendly activities and learn about and connect in with local initiatives. In November 2017, I headed to the North East of England to deliver a workshop with the group, which involved making a three-legged hexagonal shaped…
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Training with Williams & Cleal: Meet Jan Lennon
How did you get into design and making? I think I’ve always been interested in all aspects of the arts, anything that gets me using both my hands and my head holds an attraction. When you’re small, playing and making are pretty much the same thing and I don’t think I ever grew out of…
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This Girl Makes with Her Space
Just a quick reflection this week on what was another insightful and energetic workshop. Once again I found myself with a bag full of stool components and all the relevant tools and equipment for assembling them. This time I was heading to Ark-T, a community art space in East Oxford, where I had never visited…
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Craft Practice to Surgical Practice: Meet Miss Tani Fasih
A Strawberry Peppercorn. A Massala Chai. A Stohlen Moment. One filter coffee. I was sat in Newcastle’s Quilliam Brothers’ Tea House with my sister, Holly Speed, and her fellow medical student, Dua Hashmi. But the star of our Sunday morning meeting was Miss Tani Fasih; Dua’s mother and medical craftswoman. I say ‘miss’ because once…
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A Design & Technology Day Out: Visiting Bloxham School
This time last week I took a train from Oxford to Banbury. I was due to be collected from the station by Helen Lauder, workshop manager in the D&T department at Bloxham School, where I was due to spend the day. Helen and I met at the Young Furniture Maker’s Exhibition in October of this…
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Notes from The MERL Annual Lecture: Making and the Creative Economy
I am particularly privileged to have such dedicated tutors at my place of study, as course leader of Rycotewood’s furniture degree program, Joe Bray, will often send out a group email updating students on local events and opportunities. I don’t suppose all design students can say that. A recent event recommended to the students by…
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Design Herstory: Meeting Katie Treggiden
We sat outside the Jam Factory with glowing lights over head, with a faint frost nipping at our noses. Despite setting my laptop up next to me to record our interview, it helpfully sat there sleepy and uninterested, leaving me to recount this meeting entirely from memory. Rookie error! First, I reminded Katie of how…
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