Category: Monthly Update

Makerhood review of 2013

I know, I know, we’re already half way through January and 2013 is so, well, last year! But in our preparations for last week’s Makers’ Club we put together a little photographic review of Makerhood’s year and we thought you might like to see it. So here it is, the events, moments and (some of) the people who made 2013 a great year for Makerhood. We couldn’t do it without you!

January

Jan_wn-product-surgeryMakerhood Norwood product surgery with Jane Doxey at the Portico Gallery, West Norwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

February

Feb_food_entrepreneurs4Observer restaurant critic Jay Rayner is one of the experts giving feedback to budding food entrpreneurs at Makerhood Norwood’s Tasting and Testing event

 

 

 

 

 

March

Mar_NorwoodWebBanner

Makerhood Norwood website launches (yes, we did all the events above without having a website!). To celebrate, we commissioned a new title banner illustration for our blog, specially made for us by Kaylene Alder – thanks Kaylene!

April

April_MU_cafe_72dpiThe amazing Making Uncovered attended by over 600 people learning about art and craft practices and taking part in demos and workshops on woodworking, willow weaving, painting, felting, letterpress, textile art and much more! Not to mention the cafe, talks and music…

 

May

May_HowRunWorkshops_72dpiMakerhood Norwood runs a workshop on, er, how to run workshops, by Carol Grantham and Gillian Elam of Crafty Pint

 

 

 

 

June

Jun_crystal-palace1Makerhood stall at Crystal Palace Overground Festival, with Makerhoodies Ray Stanbrook, Kaylene Alder, Kim Winter of Flextiles and first-time stallholder Christine Goodrich of 11 O’Clock Jewellery

 

 

 

July

July_Picnic_72dpiMakerhood 3rd birthday picnic in Brockwell Park

 

 

 

 

August

Aug_VillageFair_72dpiMakerhood took part in the Southbank Village Fair  on the Southbank with workshops on applique (by Maggie), needlefelt (by Carol) and making bath soaks (by Chloe).

 

 

 

September

Sep_PrepareXmasAnita from Diverse Gifts and Sinead from Crafty Fox spoke at our third Makers’ Club meeting ‘Preparing for Christmas’

 

 

 

 

October

Oct_LambethOpen_72dpiMakerhoodies taking part in Lambeth Open, where artists and artisans open their studios to the public, included Carol Grantham and Kim Winter of Flextiles, as part of the group Women of the Cloth

 

 

 

November

Nov_NorwoodBirthday_72dpiMakerhood Norwood first birthday party, with amazing chocolate and strawberry cake made by Brixton Bake Off winner Dumisani Nyathi, aka The Vegan Tart!

 

 

 

December

Dec_MakeOwnXmasMake your own Christmas at the Dogstar, Brixton where Rachel, Elena and Fiona helped visitors make their own Christmas cards using letterpress, drawing or sewing and Kaylene guided them through making snowflake and paper pompom decorations – all while listening to fabulous music and improvised comedy!

 

 

 

 

First Monday of the Month: Monthly update

As we rapidly approach the launch of our Beta site, this is an attempt to sum up what’s happened over the past month, and where possible look at what’s coming up.

Our intention is to provide this monthly update at the start of the month, with it in the form of a proper newsletter in due course. Until then, we’ll post the update on the blog. Happy Reading!

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Makers’ Meetings

We’ve held six Makers’ Meetings in the past month. These have offered us a great opportunity to explain the project to potential sellers and get their feedback on our emerging online marketplace. As a result of these sessions we’ve been able to fix lots of bugs and also identified questions and issues which we might have missed.

Feedback from the sessions about Makerhood has been great, and attendees also welcomed the chance to meet fellow Makers. A HUGE thank you to everyone who attended.

Due to popular demand, we’ve added one more session on Thursday 7 July, 6.30pm, Cafe Roha (103, Acre Lane). Please book in the form at the bottom of this page please. 

You can read what local photographer Laura Ward said about the session she attended on her blog.

 

Local People love the idea of Makerhood

During June we published the results of an online survey which asked people about the Makerhood concept and the philosophy behind it. From great quotes to five key conclusions, the input from 106 people who took part has been invaluable. If you don’t want to read the full post outlining the key conclusions, spend 30 seconds looking at some nice graphs which sum up your thoughts.

 

People who inspire us

We’ve started to produce irregular interviews with local people who have inspired us. These have proved to be very popular, so we’ll have more in future months. Check out previous interviews with artist Pam Williams, Urban Art Fair’s Tim Sutton and Stockwell based Sweet View.

Not to be out done, Kristina also did her own video with VisionOntv after the OpenTech conference at which she spoke. Click here to watch the five minute Makerhood OpenTech video.

 

Meet Us and Get Involved

Finally just a reminder of some pre launch meetings we have coming up, including drinks, which you are very welcome to join us at!

If you want to volunteer with Makerhood, as well as sell your wares, then our doors are always open. In the past month we’ve been very lucky to have Kim, Chris and Viv join us, but we’re always hungry for more help. So if you want to get involved in whatever way you can, email us: hello@makerhood.com – and let’s chat!