Here are some links to people and sites you may find interesting or helpful.
Instrument building:
Nicolas Bras a fabulous French Instrument builder and musician also my main inspiration.
Linsey Pollak Australian Instrument builder and musician.
Bart Hopkin American Instrument builder and musician.
Sam Battle (Look Mum No Computer) Instrument builder and musician.
Musicians:
Nigel Harpur Composer Musician Producer
Hainbach musician, composer and sound artist from Berlin Germany .
Christian Henson musician, composer and samplist.
Alice Boyd musician and sound artist.
Creative places:
Creative Maidstone community arts hub.
Harmony Maidstone.
Cook Sounds. My other site exploring adventures in sound.
musician.