How do makers relate to the tools and materials they use? How do these tools and materials shape their processes?
Making Processes
Relationships
Hand-made
Traditional
Non-Traditional
Technological
Personal interaction
Relationship with tools
Relationship with materials
Interaction with others
Makers
Hobbiest
Semi-professional
Professional
Non-machine made
Hand tools
Manual processes
Unplugged
CNC
Machine controlled
Power tools
Craft fairs
Done for the purpose of necessity
Quality
Higher cost
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Slow process
allows for more personal involvement
More connection with the maker
Material cost
Labour costs
Comparisons with industrial made goods
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenece
Better than IKEA
Impression that handmade is higher quality - is it?
Higher quality = higher cost?
High quality takes time
CNC
The tech side of the maker movement
Computer programming
Open source
Start of the maker movement was in tech
Method
Theory
Internaction with other similar makers
Interaction with other different makers
Craft fair culture
Interaction with buyers and clients
Hand tool use -m slow and steady
Power tool use - faster, less control
Project from start to finish
How the tool interacts with the material (Ingold)
Creating something yourself
the joy of making
Material choice to project
High quality materials
How does the material influence the product (Ingold)
No money exchanging hands
Usually just starting out
lower quality material to begin
Less than 50% income
Higher quality material potentially
Higher quality tools potentially
More than 50% income
Sometimes best material and tools but that may change depending on the bottom line
Has the potential to become a job/career
Mental picture
Ingold
Gauntlett
Sennett?
Arndt?
Ethnography
Auto Ethnography
Semi-Structured Interviews