{"id":204,"date":"2019-06-19T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2022-09-17T11:36:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T10:36:59","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/?page_id=204","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1> Our mission is to facilitate opportunities for Education in the Arts through the provision of:  <\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hands1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hands1.jpg 374w, https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hands1-140x300.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workshops, demonstrations and taster days, in heritage and contemporary craft processes for diverse participants and audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many resident makers offer workshops in their respective craft discipline; click&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/designermakers21_workshopsa.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">here<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp; to download or open the dm21 Workshop leaflet with full details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Community engagement in local and national arts events; working with local schools and forming active partnerships with arts organisations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Studios and exhibition spaces for professional craftspeople to create and exhibit high quality work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A supportive and creative environment for individuals to develop and share their practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>designermakersCIO <\/strong>intends to expand the opportunities available to both makers and learners:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our newly converted &#8216;Potting shed&#8217; is a ceramics studio run by our resident potter Kate Welton. With kiln, potting wheels, attendant tools and other hardware, it is also available to hire as a community resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;The Old White Forge&#8217; is our screen print studio (with facilities donated by Disssigns) which has already been used for work with local schools, it will soon be available as a community resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Paul Sharrock<\/b> is a new member in 2022, specialising in lithographic and intaglio processes. He will occupy the lower half of the \u2018potting shed\u2019 where he plans to produce, share, demonstrate and teach a variety of printing techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our mission is to facilitate opportunities for Education in the Arts through the provision of: &nbsp; &nbsp; Workshops, demonstrations and taster days, in heritage and contemporary craft processes for diverse participants and audiences. Many resident makers offer workshops in their respective craft discipline; click&nbsp;&nbsp; here &nbsp;&nbsp; to download or open the dm21 Workshop leaflet &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/?page_id=204\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What we do&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-204","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designermakerscio.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}