Archive for October, 2010
The Coaching Effect
By Abigail Branagan and Ellen O’Hara There are some points in a maker’s life (and the life of their business) when one-to-one guidance can really make a difference. Having the opportunity to stand back, reflect and then set goals to move forward is important. But not always easy to do on your own, on top […]
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Tags: Coaching, Industry Experts, motivation, networking
Making It
Helen Steel is a designer-maker that has taken part in several Making It workshops and seminars which are attended both by studio-holders and other designer-makers. Although Helen does not as yet have a studio and works from home, whilst developing her business she has found attending these sessions inspirational and helpful so we asked her more […]
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Tags: makers, selling, Seminars, tax, vision, Workshops
Laura Long, a designer-maker at Cockpit Arts talks about developing a product for the Tate. How did the knitting kit idea come about? I wrote a how to knit book called ‘Knitted Toy Tails’ which was published last year full of knitting patterns on how to knit toys. This book was more popular than I ever […]
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Tags: awards, makers, planning
