What I’m working on


Consultancy

I help organisations use the web. I work in project design and management, digital strategy and training.

Brighton Mini Maker Faire

Soldering workshop

I’m co-founder and project lead for the UK’s biggest independent DIY technology festival.

How to make things

I like to make useful things. I document the interesting projects to help you make things too.

Writing

I write about makers, hackers and entrepreneurs for Makezine.com.

Photography

I specialise in product photography, and also like to make my own equipment.

Latest from the blog


Chris Thorpe: 3D printing the industrial revolution

The mainstream news media is awash with speculation that 3D printing is bringing about a second industrial revolution. Whether this is true or not, nowhere is the comparison more apt than with The Flexiscale Company, a small UK startup making 3D models of the great steam engines of the first industrial revolution. More…

Looking Sideways – Episode 4 – Chris Thorpe

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In episode 4, I caught up with Chris Thorpe from Flexiscale, a small UK startup making 3D models of the great steam engines of the first industrial revolution. He filled me in on how they’re testing new ways of manufacturing, how they laser scan an entire locomotive, and what we can learn from the Victorians about making, modifying and improving the stuff around us. More…

Making a zine about making stuff

As part of the broader activity around Brighton Mini Maker Faire, we are producing a magazine for visitors to take home with project guides and inspiration to help them along the maker path.

I’ve written about the project on the Brighton Mini Maker Faire blog, but here, I wanted to share more about where the idea came from, and some creative inspiration. More…


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