Todays meeting went well. Good turn out. Looks like if you're not in soon there'll be no room. A guy came to describe the concept of a makers cooperative and what that entails. The objective is to have ten or twelve businesses under one roof. All wood based but ranging from timber frame building to fine furniture. We aim to make it the finest temple of woodworking excellence. Each member is equal but our vision appears to be a coo on one. Reduce overheads. Bulk buying materials. Running paid fine furniture courses. Apprentices of the coop spending time with the differing businesses learning broad sets of skills. The wood craft colleges are dieing. Fine craft furniture is the preserve of the rich but due to educational and training funding changes, only the wealthy can now aspire to the craft.
We aim to have a top range machine shop. Employ a machinist and maintainer. Employ an accountant. Each business space will be seperated off. There will also be hot bench spaces for those, outside of the core membership, with a project to do. Colleges I attended never had the benefit of real businesses running alongside, students witnessing great pieces being made.
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