The Challenge: Design and Make a New Implement, Tool or Device for Eating

15 March 2016

The challenge is primarily for members of the Institute of Making but not exclusively.

Prize money given by The Worshipful Company of Cutlers:

1st £1000 
2nd £500 
3rd £500

Deadline: 10am, 18th July 2016

Awards Evening: 16th September 6:30pm - 8:30pm 

Exhibition: 17th of September 

Judging Panel: Dr Zoe Laughlin from the Institute of Making, a Representative of the Cutlers’ Company, a top chef and a cutlery manufacturing expert. 

The brief is to design and prototype a new implement, tool or device for eating. This might involve rethinking the form, shape or materials of tools we are accustomed to, or encourage new cultural practices surrounding the act of eating. This is your chance to test and prototype ideas, explore materials and get hands-on.

To enter send your name and contact details to: events@instituteofmaking.org.uk

Presenting your ideas: 

Please note that your making process will be judged alongside the finished article. Present some of your drawings, the failed prototypes, and always remember to take pictures along the way. You might consider making a film to demonstrate how your implement can be used, or show part of your process. 
Tweet us your progress along the way to @of_making with the #makecutlery 

Terms and Conditions:

This competition is in collaboration with the Institute of Making and The Worshipful Company of Cutlers. 
The challenge is primarily for members of the Institute of Making but not exclusively. Please note that only inducted members can use the makespace to prototype their designs. If you are not a member of the Institute of Making take a look here for other spaces: www.openworkshopnetwork.com

We cannot guarantee that all applicants’ work will be shown in the final exhibition but we will endeavour to show as many as possible. 

 

More infomation view this pdf. 
Members can come in to collect a brief from the Institute of Making or if you are not yet inducted or a member of the public email Olivia and she will post you a copy: events@instituteofmaking.org.uk

The Worshipful Company of Cutlers is one of the most ancient of the City of London livery companies and received its first Royal Charter from Henry V in 1416. Its origins are to be found among the cutlers working in the medieval City of London in the vicinity of Cheapside. Their business was producing and trading in knives, swords, and other implements with a cutting edge. Over time the emphasis shifted from implements of war to cutlery and other domestic wares such as razors and scissors. With the demise of the sword making and cutlery trade in the City during the 19th Century, the Company directed its attention towards supporting the surgical instrument trade by indenturing apprentices, and expanding its charitable activities with particular emphasis on supporting education. 

The Company now holds a collection with examples of the whole gamut of the cutlers’ craft including swords, cutlery, scissors, and surgical instruments. The collection ranges from Stone Age tools to the cutlery of today, from the cheapest of mass-produced knives to exquisite items of gold and encrusted with jewels.