About

MAKE commissions projects and research which investigate craft and making education in Scotland.

We recognise craft’s wellbeing benefits; its role in understanding culture, identity and heritage and its capacity as a driver for ethics, values and skills to advance the green economy of the future. We advocate for increased ambition and resources for craft through a national strategy for material skills development in schools.

Our rolling advocacy initiative calls for: 

  • An entitlement for every primary school child of 10 hours of craft and making in the classroom a year. This is equivalent to 1% of the school year. 
  • The inclusion of Craft in the Expressive Art curriculum as an addition to the Art and Design Experiences and Outcomes Benchmarks.

MAKE has grown out of a Manifesto that  outlines nine interrelated action points and a set of recommendations that directly reflect the issues of makers living and working in Scotland today. It is a core project delivered by curatorial company Panel. Through MAKE, Panel is dedicated to strengthening Scotland’s craft sector, raising its profile and developing engagement in craft and making across Scotland.