tara robertson

amateur systems librarian

Wendy Neale: Maker

September16

I’ve been challenging myself to write things that allow a bit more creativity than technical documentation and manuals. A couple of months ago I interviewed a friend in Wellington about her art and design practice, as well as her personal philosophies on design and consumerism.

I wanted to write the interview as more of an article, but found it more challenging and took the easy way out by writing it up as a Q&A piece. I think I was successful in organizing her ideas and presenting them in her voice.

I was excited to get the PDFs of the article. I love the clean layout of World Sweet World. The photographer did a great job of capturing Wendy’s energy and spunk. I love the close up shots highlighting the details of the zipper on the obsolete black vinyl chair, and the red buttons on the other obsolete chair.

Wendy Neale: Maker

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I’m a librarian who doesn’t read many books. I like figuring out how things work, why they break, and how to make them work better. Thankfully I get to do this for work. I am the Systems and Technical Services Librarian at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, but the thoughts and opinions here are my own.

I’m not an artist, but I like to make things. I’m tinkering with Arduino. Hopefully soon I’ll be able to make some of the things I imagine.

I’m passionate about access to information, open source, intellectual freedom, and coffee.

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