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How to be a maker in a world overburdened with stuff?
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making and creating. It’s just who I am, but in a world overburdened with disposable consumption it feels really important to question what you make with as much consideration of process and end life of the product as possible. Questions I ask myself. Can I learn the skills to make it? Can I make it from materials that might ordinarily be discarded? Can I make it from materials that at end of life can be composted or recycled? Can I make
GillyB
Oct 173 min read


Workshop at the kirk
When we sailed back to Shetland after our year in Norway we had on board 14 old unwanted sewing machines. My husband had a plan, to start...
GillyB
Jun 62 min read


I am technologically challenged.
I am one of those folk who seems to repel electrical equipment. I was having this conversation with friends over a New Years Day dinner....
GillyB
Jan 4, 20243 min read


The Muckle Stane (The Big Stone)
This is a wall of paper cut cast and characters and locations for The Muckle Stane a short film made in collaboration with Jenny Sturgeon...
GillyB
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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