
Falkirk Five

Make it Glasgow | Falkirk Five

Make it Glasgow | Falkirk Five

Make it Glasgow | Falkirk Five

Make it Glasgow | Falkirk Five
THE BRIEF
Put community at the heart of co-creating a series of 6 ceramic tiled art benches along the new 5k active travel route on the Union and Forth and Clyde Canal, Falkirk.
WHAT WE DID
In partnership with Scottish Canals we approached a diverse group of organisations that connected us with a wide representative group of the local community to make the benches with.
These were the phases to the process.
1.Ideas generation by mapping and visualising the canal landscape and how local people experience the environment and its heritage.
2. Drawings and ideas translated by Make it Glasgow onto ceramic decals for use in next of phase of practical community making workshops.
3. Tile making and ceramic decal collage workshops.
4. Make it Glasgow - tiles then fired, glazed and laid out to agreed design spес.
5. Installation of tiles onto concrete bench substates already onsite. THE UPSIDE 200 attendances at workshops 20 interactions with public during installation days Over 1000 Handmade and community designed and decaled tiles made. PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS & COMMUNITY GROUPS Safer Communities Youth Action Project Carmuirs Primary Easter Carmuirs Primary Larbert Village Primary Go Forth and Clyde
THE UPSIDE
200 attendances at workshops
20 interactions with public during installation days
Over 1000 Handmade and community designed and decaled tiles made.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS & COMMUNITY GROUPS
Safer Communities Youth Action Project
Carmuirs Primary
Easter Carmuirs Primary
Larbert Village Primary
Go Forth and Clyde