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Shelanu Women's Craft Collective, Social Enterprise Birmingham
Shelanu is a craft collective and a developing social enterprise with migrant and refugee women in Birmingham. www.shelanucollective.co.uk. It is incubated by Craftspace, a craft development organisation based in Birmingham www.craftspace.co.uk. Shelanu members make jewellery to sell and in 2015 will launch a Birmingham souvenir range for sale. They also give creative workshops for community groups.
Shelanu craft collective and social enterprise
The story of how Craftspace developed Shelanu (a migrant women's craft social enterprise), transitioning women from beneficiaries of arts projects to becoming creative producers in Birmingham.
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Co-Creating Craft 2014 - heritage as a site for innovation
The work on display here is the outcome of an international research project led by Falmouth University and Craftspace with Birmingham based partners; The Wesleyan Community Care Project and Soho House Museum in Handsworth and Dublin based partners Bealtaine Festival, Dublin Castle and the Office of Public Works.
The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through its Connected Communities Programme.
Research Questions
How does learning through craft, sharing, making and reflecting develop skills and creativity?
How can people work purposefully and enjoyably in the second half of life?
How can we create a sense of opportunity about the second half of life - to take stock, reskill, plan ahead, connect with others and live more healthily.
The project
Community participants aged 50+ in Birmingham and Dublin conducted a creative and skills exchange using online tools like skype. Each group used a heritage building, Soho House Museum and Dublin Castle, and their associated histories and collections as inspirational starting points.
Designer Maker Natalie Cole facilitated 8 creative sessions. We wanted to explore the potential for participants to craft together for pleasure and well-being, as well as making to sell as a social enterprise.
The Process
The Birmingham and Dublin groups began with a visit to Soho House Museum and Dublin Castle recording them through photographs and drawings. They then selected a motif, shape, pattern or theme from which to develop designs.
They combined hand making with cutting edge digital technology. Participants collaborated with Makernow a community digital fabrication lab at Falmouth University. Their drawings were made into digital files and sent to the lab and produced into components through laser cutting and digital milling machines.
For most participants, this project has enabled them to become digitally aware for the first time. They now have some knowledge of computer aided design and the possibilities of creating new tools, for example blocks for printing as well as components for products.
Makernow digital studio session www.makernow.co.uk
cocreatingcare.wordpress.com
www.craftspace.co.uk
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Shelanu Women's Craft Collective, Social Enterprise Birmingham
Shelanu is a craft collective and a developing social enterprise with migrant and refugee women in Birmingham. www.shelanucollective.co.uk. It is incubated by Craftspace, a craft development organisation based in Birmingham www.craftspace.co.uk. Shelanu members make jewellery to sell and in 2015 will launch a Birmingham souvenir range for sale. They also give creative workshops for community groups.
Shelanu craft collective and social enterprise
The story of how Craftspace developed Shelanu (a migrant women's craft social enterprise), transitioning women from beneficiaries of arts projects to becoming creative producers in Birmingham.
Craft and making in early years
Craftspace projects working with children and their carers. Artists in residence and action learning.
Co-Creating Craft 2014 - heritage as a site for innovation
The work on display here is the outcome of an international research project led by Falmouth University and Craftspace with Birmingham based partners; The Wesleyan Community Care Project and Soho House Museum in Handsworth and Dublin based partners Bealtaine Festival, Dublin Castle and the Office of Public Works.
The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through its Connected Communities Programme.
Research Questions
How does learning through craft, sharing, making and reflecting develop skills and creativity?
How can people work purposefully and enjoyably in the second half of life?
How can we create a sense of opportunity about the second half of life - to take stock, reskill, plan ahead, connect with others and live more healthily.
The project
Community participants aged 50+ in Birmingham and Dublin conducted a creative and skills exchange using online tools like skype. Each group used a heritage building, Soho House Museum and Dublin Castle, and their associated histories and collections as inspirational starting points.
Designer Maker Natalie Cole facilitated 8 creative sessions. We wanted to explore the potential for participants to craft together for pleasure and well-being, as well as making to sell as a social enterprise.
The Process
The Birmingham and Dublin groups began with a visit to Soho House Museum and Dublin Castle recording them through photographs and drawings. They then selected a motif, shape, pattern or theme from which to develop designs.
They combined hand making with cutting edge digital technology. Participants collaborated with Makernow a community digital fabrication lab at Falmouth University. Their drawings were made into digital files and sent to the lab and produced into components through laser cutting and digital milling machines.
For most participants, this project has enabled them to become digitally aware for the first time. They now have some knowledge of computer aided design and the possibilities of creating new tools, for example blocks for printing as well as components for products.
Makernow digital studio session www.makernow.co.uk
cocreatingcare.wordpress.com
www.craftspace.co.uk
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