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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


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