An easel for everyone!
A specifically designed easel to enable wheelchair users to work artistically and to increase their comfort when creating paintings
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About innovation
The nature of innovation
Produkt
The problem that innovation answers
Lack of tools to paint wheelchair-accessible paintings; problem of access to artistic development; lack of awareness of the difficulties of artists with disabilities; lack of innovation to support the development of with disabilities.
How does innovation work?
Through incorporating new features that allow the position of the image to be adjusted without the need to use force, this innovative technology makes it possible to create artistic works even when there are difficulties with upper body control, such as limited ability to grasp objects or limited range of hand movement.
Who is the innovation for?
Wheelchair users; people with disabilities; art students and pupils; older people making paintings.
Who can implement the innovation?
Art schools; art academies; organisations that support people with disabilities; institutions related to the field of arts and culture; artists; caregivers of wheelchair users.
Products resulting from testing
The products resulting from the innovation testing are the design of an easel which is tailored and adapted to the needs of wheelchair users, and an instruction manual.
Results achieved as a result of testing
Increased access to art classes and the development of interest in art; support for art education; reduction of prejudice against people with disabilities who paint; facilitation of the creation process for people with reduced mobility; removal of obstacles related to different formats of paintings.
Has the innovation been selected for dissemination?
Tak
How to implement an innovation?
Who is necessary to implement innovations?
Individuals who use wheelchairs are essential to the implementation of the innovation.
What is necessary to implement innovations?
In order to implement the innovation, it is necessary to have the tools to make the easel yourself.
Who is behind it?
Name and surname or name of the innovator(s)
Patrycja Magryś
City where the innovator(s) reside or have their registered office
Katowice
An institution supporting the development of innovation
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Dobre Innowacje [2019-2023]
Contact for innovation
Zamek Cieszyn;
E-mail: cieszyn@dobreinnowacje.pl;
Strona: www.zamekcieszyn.pl; facebook.com/ZamekCieszyn;
Adres korespondencyjny; ul. Zamkowa 3 ABC, 43-400 Cieszyn.