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Located next to the Information Services desk, the MakerSpace is a place you can go to learn new skills and software, make cool stuff and customize your world. Use the space to play, tinker and experiment with media, design and electronics in an open and collaborative environment. There are no age limits here! A 10 year old can teach classes and a 70 year old can play with toys.
This is DIY learning at its best.
What can you make in the MakerSpace?
Newsletters
Websites
Videos for your website
Digital Scrapbooks
Silly pics of your friends
Pants
Phone case
Business Cards
Shower curtain rings
Chess set
Music recordings
Digital pictures from negatives
Chess pieces
External dimmer kit
Stuffed animals
Costumes
Booklets
Models
Circuit board kits
MAKER MONDAYS:
Every Monday 5-9 p.m.
It's open and free time for anyone to come in.
learn about the space
take a tour
learn how to use the equipment.
You can bring something in to fix, hack, sew, or take apart.
See how your stuff works
Find what parts you can retrieve that are useful
Discover how to make cools stuff with what’s inside.
Please note: this is not a lesson in destruction, but rather deconstruction. Careful disassembly requires concentration, tools, and patience as well as curiosity to see how things work and discover what makes things tick.
SOME DIS-ASSEMBLY REQUIRED:
Thursday, April 4 and Friday, May 10, 4-6 p.m.
Bring in your old electronics and some tools!
LEARN TO SOLDER:
Available on Maker Mondays and for events
Come in and we’ll teach you how to use a soldering iron to make an electronic board that you can wear. Complete with blinky LEDs and a replaceable battery. Anyone eight and older is welcome. Younger children are welcome with adult supervision.
