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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
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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
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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
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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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