Men in Sheds Spring Dates
Feb 23rd
March 9th and 23rd
April 6th and 20th
May 4th and 16th
June 1st
Blog Posts
Screen Printing Workshop Oct 2022 Gallery
A recent free workshop led by Matt Davies on screen printing looked great. Let’s hope, it can be the start of on-going work on Screen Printing in the Makery. Screen Printing is a perfect project which could bring together all the different areas of the Makery and suitable for all ages.
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Makery Textiles Swap Shop
Wednesday 9th November – 1pm to 3pm
Saturday 12th November – 10.30am to 12.30pm
Come and grab some bargains and declutter your unneeded fabric and haberdashery.
Bring your unwanted fabric, thread, knitting yarn, buttons, zips, knitting needles, patterns, bits and bobs, swap for something you’ll use. And give a donation if you can to help keep us going!
To help us plan the event, please let us know you’re interested at makery-textiles-swap.eventbrite.co.uk
Men in Sheds - 2022 Dates
Here are the next Men in Sheds sessions.
| DAY | DATE | TIME |
| Thursday | 3rd November 17th November 1st December 15th December | 6.30pm – 8.30pm |
Men's Sheds and Women's Tools Sessions
Here are a couple of new sessions upcoming at the Makery. Please get in touch or come into a drop in if you are interested.
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Rag Rug - Recover and Remake
Come into the Workshop to Book this
If you would like to book onto this workshop please do come down to the Makery workshop to sign up. The sign up form is by the entrance. Or just ask a volunteer to help.
This Rag Rug workshop is one of our ReCover and ReMake sessions. In these session we use recycled or reusable materials to make something artistic and/or useful. They are also aimed to be relaxing and social too. It’s a good way to find out what is happening at the Makery and you’ll be invited to join as a member and come back to drop in sessions to keep going with your projects if you want to.
Report on the Introduction to Retrofit Workshop
Follow up Email to Retro Fit Workshop.
It was great to host Jonathan Atkinson from Carbon Coop / People Powered Retrofit on Saturday 14th of May. There was a fully booked and packed room at Tod College and some great feedback from those that came.
Here’s a couple of quick reports from Jonathan.
A big thanks to everyone who attended the workshop on Saturday, we’re reviewing your feedback and planning next steps, but there is clearly a lot of interest to build on.
HacktionCamp 2022
HacktionLab presents “That tech is mine!”: a hacktionlab / barnCamp Reunion - featuring workshops and discussions on alt-media, radical tech collectives, right to repair, free and open source software, the maker mentality, and the old hacker ethic.
Bring what you expect to find :)
Dates - Friday 10th, Saturday 11th, and Sunday 12th June 2022 - NOW FULL #
Location - https://todmordenmakery.org.uk/ and other rooms in - https://tlchub.org.uk/ and private camping nearby #
What to Expect: This event is an unconference with a wide range of themes broadly about technology, justice and the environment. See here for more on Hacktion Camp 2022.
Many Workshops at the Makery Spring Summer 2022
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Beginners Guide to Retrofit
Learn about energy efficiency and making home improvements #
Sat : 10.00 - 11.30 : 14th May 2022 ; FREE
Makery Workshop - Todmorden CollegeFollowed by drop in advice session 11.30 - 12.30
What do we mean when we talk about energy efficiency and retrofit? In this short, beginners guide we explore basic ideas and concepts, helping you get to grips with how you might reduce energy bills, improve your property and make your home a little bit greener.
Photos of the Photography Club
These are some great photos from Chris Foster of the photography club he is leading.
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Photo Gallery of Lino Printing.
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Gallery of Repair Skills with Climate Challenge Group
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[Workshop] Reflective Writing
Fridays 10.00 - 11.30 - from 11th Feb (for 4 weeks) #
At Makery Workshop, Tod College - Burley Rd, (next to Aldi) #
Are you interested in trying out or developing some personal reflective writing. This short series of workshops may help you with personal reflection, decision making, better mental health and general well being.
Calling all inventors, crafters, repairer and makers. Can you fill this space?
Can you fill this space
We’ve moved things around so that there’s space for people to keep small projects in the workshop. Find out more here about how to join us as a member. todmordenmakery.org.uk/join/
Fantastic Painted Display - Octotools
So happy about the new display for the Todmorden Makery from Karen. Amazing art skills. This is a great image to sum up the Makery, friendly, multi-use workshop and happy to help.
A Printable Poster for our Drop-in Sessions
It’s time for some good old fashioned posters to spread the word on our weekly drop-in sessions - He’s a simple black and white one suitable for photocopiers!
Video at the Makery about reusing Dead Tech like Laptops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHGSnMCrgt4
Alan - @teknoteacher - came for a visit to the workshop
We visit The Makery, Todmorden and discuss the Tool Library and dEdTech - making use of old netbooks.
Monday Night Bike Repairs
Bike Repairing on Monday Nights We have bike repairing happening most Monday nights.These have been going really well with volunteers able to share bike repair knowledge as well as do hands on fixing!
| You can book on here - https://todmordenmakery.eventbrite.com/ Book here Bike Repair How to Join as a Member Members can come into the workshop and use the space and the tools that they have the skills to use. Members can also get help with their own making and repairing projects from other members and volunteers. Just come to any of our open sessions and sign up as a Member. About drop in sessions. The Yellow sessions are drop in sessions - open to all - come along and sign up as a member. Wednesday nights - 6-8pm - General Making, Repairing and Upcycling session Friday afternoon - 12-2pm - Textiles repairs, and general repairing. Saturday morning - 10-12 - Join and use the Tool Library and Makery I f you have laptops / computers or Electric goods that need attention then Wednesday night is a good time to bring them in. We’ll do our best. Online Events Calendar |
Opening Event for the Makey Workshop
| The Makey Workshop is now official Open - here’s how you could get involved. |
| Last Saturday we invited all of our volunteers, supporters family and friends to come to the opening of the Makery Workshop to thank the College, Town Council and all of our volunteers and other supporters for their help so far. The opening was really good - just the right number of people and both the town civic people and friends and family seemed really impressed with the progress so far. And most importantly it was a nice vibe - very friendly It was a good celebration for the work of the volunteers who have done so much to get the workshop into a great state already. |
| How to Join as a Member |
| Up until now we have been recruiting volunteers to run our drop in sessions and this has been going really well. Many thanks to all who have volunteers so far! Now this is in place you can join as a member! Members can come into the workshop and use the space and the tools that they have the skills to use. Members can also get help with their projects from other members and volunteers. Just come to any of our open sessions and sign up as a Member. |