make.
Make CIC sits firmly at the heart of the city’s creative and maker scene, where
we’ve worked to support artists, makers and small businesses since 2012. Growing
from the Baltic Triangle, Make encompasses creative space in Elevator Studios –
where we run a hub for small businesses and makers to grow and develop projects
and ideas – with 18,000 square feet of maker space on Regent Street, amidst the
growing cultural cluster of Liverpool’s north docks. Make is the culmination of
nine years of research, planning and development from directors Kirsten Little
and Liam Kelly. We combine, arts, textiles, education and mentoring backgrounds
with our own experiences of running a business, to plug gaps in resources and
provide support we struggled to find when we were setting up our own business.
At the North Docks, we’re housed slap bang in the middle of the city’s spiritual
engine room, where things have been made and fixed for hundreds of years. You
can also find the best coffee in the city region at Make North Docks, with Caffé
Riccardo based in our atrium. Our newest and third venture in Wirral’s Grade I
listed Hamilton Square, Make Hamilton, is a creative community hub and
makerspace with affordable workspace, a café and a meeting space, and – at the
heart of it all – a community garden. Our two venues are open to members,
residents and the public. We’re a place to work from, run workshops, events, and
exhibitions; we’re a space for workers, makers, students and tutors; for
artist’s talks and creative events; celebrations, launches, meetings and
exhibitions. We have a strong sense of our place and pride in our work here in
the Liverpool City Region. We believe in self-sufficiency and sustainability,
and aim to remove barriers to people joining the economy by making things
themselves, or starting their own business and becoming self-sufficient. Make is
a place to share skills, make, fix and create; to learn and to teach; to try and
tweak. We combine high tech ideas with traditional crafts; experienced hands
with new skills. It’s a place to collaborate and create; a magnet for creatives,
makers, dreamers and doers. Join us.
