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Welcome to Make It Glasgow

Make It Glasgow (MIG) Community Interest Company is a social benefit, not for profit business. Through making and learning with clay we aim to strengthen individual and community identity allowing people to connect and build community around the heritage of industrial ceramic production in Scotland. Our process explores local industrial pottery heritage and shared clay stories to inspire and develop new creative projects and build relationships. We co-create projects which help build skills, confidence and improve our environment, creating a sense of local self-esteem and belonging. Our ambition is to establish a ceramics manufacturing base and Scottish Pottery Museum at Stockingfield Bridge Ceramic Art Park reviving industrial ceramics skills and providing applications for contemporary ceramic learning, offering training and job opportunities and creative networking both nationally and internationally. We are situated at Stockingfield Bridge Ceramic Art Park. Stockingfield Bridge is a brand-new, award-winning piece of infrastructure in North Glasgow reconnecting Maryhill, Ruchill and Gilshochill. The developing ceramic park is a place where engineering meets arts, meets community, rooted in the history and heritage of industrial pottery making in the local area.

First 100 scales released into the wild! 

Bella the Beithir is coming to life and we need your help to make her true colours shine. 

MIG is delighted to announce the first 100 scales to decorate Bella are being released exclusively through this website. Bella the Beithir is a 120-metre-long momentus sculpture situated next to the new Stockingfield Bridge, commissioned by Scottish Canals and created and designed by Nichol Wheatley. Come and create your own scale and make your mark on Scotland’s largest community artwork. To snap up your scale making experience book below. 

To find out more about Bella the Beithir watch the video and scroll down for all our scale making experience options.

Make a Scale Experiences

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MIG is delighted to announce the first 100 scales to decorate Bella are being released exclusively through this website.  Create your own scale and make your mark on Scotland’s largest community artwork. 

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Make a Beithir Scale Experience

A unique two person experience.

 

Explore your creativity with this half day scale mosaicking workshop in the Art Bothy at the top of Stockingfield ceramic art park, with arguably the best sunset in the city. 

 

Ideal mother/father-daughter/son, extended family, friend, date experience.

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MIG Make - Let us make your Beithir scale & personalised clay button

A unique personalised scale for yourself, your family or friends.​

If you or your family or friends live abroad or can’t make it to Stockingfield Bridge to make your scale, artists from MIG can make a scale for you.

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Gift an Experience

This is a unique hands-on creative experience to gift friends and family to contribute to an extraordinary community artwork.

 

Ideal mother/father-daughter/son, extended family, friend, date experience. 

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Donate a community Beithir Scale Making Experience

We want everyone in our community regardless of income or ability, to benefit from participating in making Beithir scales at Stockingfield Ceramic Art Park. Are you or your organisation able to support our local scale making?  Can you ‘pay it forward’ and contribute towards the cost of welcoming members of the community to create with us who might need a bit of support to participate? For example it costs us £150 per scale to host a learning experience for 2 people. Or could you sponsor a youth or community group of 12 people to participate and create 6 scales. This would cost £900. Your contribution would include artist tuition, refreshments, materials, a participation gift of a ‘I Scaled the Beithir Certificate’ and badge, and installation costs for the scale to go on the Beithir plus a wee bit towards our core costs. As a note of appreciation, we will send you a digital, ‘I Scaled the Beithir Certificate’ and a named dedication on ‘Who Scaled the Beithir?’ website page (subject to permission given) so you have a record of your contribution towards creating the Beithir, Scotland’s largest community artwork. And you’ll always be welcome to visit! You can pay it forward by clicking any amount listed below.

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Redeem your Voucher

Clicking the BOOK NOW button will take you to our booking calendar. Choose a date for your scale making workshop and enter your community voucher code at checkout.

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Schools

If your school would like to learn more about how to help bring Bella to life and introduce making, creativity and community into your curriculum please do get it touch. We’d love to hear from you and discuss how you can get involved. 

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Community Groups & Corporate Teams

Whether you are a community group looking to enhance your sense of togetherness or a corporate team seeking team building activities, our scale making experience is the perfect choice.  MIG would be delighted to create a bespoke scale making experience for your community group or corporate team. Please get in touch and we can discuss the best options for your organisation.

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