Showing posts with label little mesters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label little mesters. Show all posts
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
21st Century Little Mesters in Sheffield
Spaceworks is located Harland Works on John Street in Sharrow, between Bramall Lane and London Road. Its an area with an interesting history, present and hopefully future ...
Sophy (Cadence Works and Third Sector Cafe) above is shown working in our second shared office space that we have set up to give our 21st Century Little Mesters more space to craft a living. In the Sheffield tradition we rent out space to self-employed people using their skills. There are still people in the building next door (Portland Works) making knives, but there are also people making music, art, architectural plans, websites.
The great works buildings have always been built round a courtyard and we have one here that we are looking to use a venue for a whole range of events that makes this an area people want to come to work, rest and play in. The courtyard is also a place for all the people who work around here to chat over coffee and even plan collaborations or just trips to the pub.
If you are a 21st Century Little Mester than maybe you can come and try us out and help us get the new office shipshape.
Give us a bell!
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Sheffield Works
There are some lovely buildings in Sheffield, many of them 'works'. Space Works is based in Harland Works, next to Clifton Works, behind Portland Works and adjacent to Stag Works. Th eone above is not near us, but it is such a lovely name and sign.
When we opened Space Works we felt we were building on the tradition of offering a rented place to work for independent small businesses, just like the almost extinct Little Mesters. It works well and we are developing plans to develop what we offer, so that when you work in our Works you feel like you are part of something bigger. The economic climate is tough and we all need a range of support to help our businesses survive/thrive. So events and workshops that are fun and useful will be were we will be foucsing, making use of the newly rejuvenated cafe euro.
We'll keep you up to date with plans/ideas here and on Twitter @spaceworkssheff
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