Creative Heartlands is a collaborative project between the Arts Offices and Enterprise Offices of counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. The project is funded by Enterprise Ireland and led by the Leitrim Design House.
Each episode will we be interviewing Artists, Designers, Filmmakers, and Craftspeople about their work and how they use digital technology to enhance, improve and communicate their work.

On this episode Creative Heartlands talks to Leitrim based Designer Mark McGowan about his work utilising advanced manufacturing materials and how he taught himself CNC machining and 3D printing. He talks about his experiences in going back to college in IT Sligo as a mature student and how he started a design service company after graduating to produce parts and products for a range of industries.