MAKE works in partnership with other organisations to create projects that deliver action against MAKE’s manifesto priorities and that are designed to strengthen the craft sector in Scotland. Browse our projects here.
Pilot Schools Project
The Pilot Schools Project explored meaningful engagement with materials, encouraging craft making and experimentation – aimed at P5–P7 children within local authority primary schools across Glasgow and the Isle of Bute.
MAKE with the Knit Shop
MAKE with the Knit Shop is a two-year teacher development project designed to embed craft approaches in schools.
MAKE Learn
MAKE Learn is MAKE's advocacy campaign and is built on the recommendations of our 'Craft and Making Education in Scotland' research and on the outcomes of our 'Pilot Schools Project' activity.
Craft and Making Education in Scotland
Craft and Making Education in Scotland is a research project that maps craft education and makes recommendations to best tackle inequality, change perceptions of craft, identify career paths, and facilitate new opportunities for all of Scotland’s young people.
Pilot Schools Project
The Pilot Schools Project explored meaningful engagement with materials, encouraging craft making and experimentation – aimed at P5–P7 children within local authority primary schools across Glasgow and the Isle of Bute.
MAKE Support
Supporting makers in response to the Covid-19 crisis, from April – June 2020, MAKE delivered a programme of resources, advice sessions, commissions and micro-grants to support makers in Scotland, delivered in partnership with Applied Arts Scotland and in association with Craft Scotland.
MAKE Happen
In 2019, MAKE was launched through the MAKE Happen 'Unconference' at CodeBase in Stirling. Working together, over 60 makers from across Scotland took steps towards developing a movement for making in Scotland.
Collected Conversations on Craft
Collected Conversations on Craft is built from over 200 conversations with makers across the country, it is a collective call for change and is purposeful, outlining a manifesto for craft in Scotland with nine interrelated action points and a set of recommendations that directly reflect the issues of makers living and working in Scotland today.