New workshop update

I have just received some more photos of the new workshop as well as a list of public events that will be happening at Manor Oaks, so come on down >>

Sunday 11th July > first open studios for the public
and the people/organisations that have supported our efforts - 11 am to 4
pm. This will co-incide with Flower Trail day so we expect a few residents
from nearby neighbourhoods.

Sunday 8th August > Deer park Day/Friends Day and Green Estate and demonstrations of making skills at the Discovery Centre on site.

Sunday 12th September > National Heritage Open Day. Again, with further skills demonstrations.

Sunday 20th November > Open Studios at Manor Oaks, following the Open
Studios at Yorkshire Artspace on Friday evening and Saturday. An annual event. apparently :)

Little Table

I have decided to make a little table to improve my making skills.

The image shows a three legged-ish table with a glass top. The frame shall be made from locally sourced hardwood with mildly contrasting colours. The outer most joints will be bridle joints and the centre join is a secret until it is completed. nana nana naa naa!

It is all relatively simple but should be a small challenge to get spot on. Any questions?

Moving workshop

Currently the workshop is in a great location, in central Sheffield but Finbarr (the founder of www.finkfurniture.co.uk and the person who I am working for/with) has been accepted into a brand new and amazing community of design/craft/art workshops in Sheffield.

Yorkshire Artspace (www.artspace.org.uk) are creating around 13 brand new purpose built studios at Manor Oaks farm, in partnership with Green Estate (http://artspace.org.uk/studios/manor-oaks) we have the biggest and curviest building on the site, which is good because Fink Furniture creates a lot of curvy furniture...

It will be excellent being situated on a site surrounded by green country side with like minded people who are not only interested in the arts, but also people who care about the environment. The building its self is self sufficient, in the sense that the heating is supplied by ground source heat pumps, water (other than drinking water) is harvested from rain water, there is a living wall supplying heat insulation I guess and there are areas where food will be grown, harvested and sold on site at the cafe and visitors centre.

I hope you will come visit as the site is not only for the businesses but for the community :) aaaww, isn't that nice!

A little bit of Blog.

Blog!!... "quiet! i'm Blogging", "iv been up Blogging all night and now my hands hurt". what a glorious world to describe something other than a public diary in binary. I suppose its appropriate, it is a 'web log > Blog' after all, meh.

Hello all,

My name is Matthew Adam Barry, and I am a Designer. This Blog has been created to document the experiences of Why Aye Design, my mini-design consultancy. Here I will be erratically, irregularly and haphazardly posting my encounters in and around the design world working as a Freelance Product & Furniture Designer/Maker.

This page, that I hope will grow up into pages, will be a space that should slowly be filled with tit bits of my art/design related findings online, and in reality.

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