Past Events
Making Circle: Arduino & Knitting
Tuesday 21 January 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Bring your project our new Making Circle - fun social opportunity to problem-solve in a group of enthusiasts while working away at a longer-term personal project during your lunch break. If you have been wanting to make more use of your Makespace access but find it difficult to attend our Masterclasses and don’t know where to start in the Makespace generally, this is the session for you!
Part of Member Events
Big Make Merry: Pewter Decorations
Tuesday 17 December 2019 10:30am - 12:30pm
Join the Institute of Making team to Make Merry. We will set up our pewter kit to indulge all the seasonal metal-casting urges you may have. The sessions will be very relaxed. Come along to make decorations or gifts from the materials provided.
Part of Member Events
Member Masterclass: Enamelling
Wednesday 27 November 2019 10:00am - 12:00pm
Explore the process of enamelling and its historical context with our Maker-in-Residence, artist and metal worker, Helen Carnac, who will teach principles and methods of enamelling processes.
Part of Member Events
Maker in Residence – Helen Carnac, Enamel
Tuesday 26 November 2019 10:00am - 5:00pm
For a whole week artist and metalworker Helen Carnac will be using the Institute of Making as her studio and creating thoughtful enamel pieces. Join Helen to explore and play with enamel – find out how to use the Makespace enamel kiln, discover the instant gratification of firing vitreous porcelain on copper, and consider the nature of mark making through the process of sgraffito.
Part of Member Events
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My Research Makespace: Laser-scanning for PHX [X is for Xylonite]
Tuesday 19 November 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm
At our event, Frances Scott, an artist working with moving image, will screen her new film work PHX [X is for Xylonite]. Frances worked at Institute of Making over a number of weeks to produce specialist laser scans, which would become animated forms in the final film. Following the screening, she will discuss how she made use of the Institute of Making to further her research through making.
Part of Member Events
Member Masterclass: Silver Ring
Monday 18 November 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In this workshop, designer Rahel Pfrommer will teach the simplest and most important shape within jewellery making; the ring. Participants will learn how to cut, shape and file silver, to create their very own silver ring or more sculptural jewellery pieces.
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Member Masterclass: Silver Ring
Monday 18 November 2019 10:00am - 12:00pm
In this workshop, designer Rahel Pfrommer will teach the simplest and most important shape within jewellery making; the ring. Participants will learn how to cut, shape and file silver, to create their very own silver ring or more sculptural jewellery pieces.
Part of Member Events
Public Open Day: GASES
Saturday 26 October 2019 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Save the date for a Saturday Extravaganza on the theme of GASES. From fermentation to levitation, and with foams, farts and steam engines; we will explore the intangible materials that are a vital but (often) invisible part of our lives. As always, the Institute of Making will be open to the public on the day, giving visitors the opportunity to have a glimpse of the Materials Library and its wondrous collection of stuff.
Part of Public Events