Vikki took a fun wide angle picture of our making session today for the after-school club.
We wanted to create a fun activity that mixed technology and craft making. Doing these puppets really seems to have attracted a good mix of people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjxYHAlehU
Gil & Artemus Video of Puppet show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIqoLOo52cc
Robyn’s
This course was successful and informal. Here are some quotes from feedback.
Friendly, informal, informative, student-centred, fun. Tutor responded to queries as they arose in a mixed ability class. We covered a lot of ground in 4 weeks.
Student Feedback
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Using a pre-cut lino block to create a wall border with block printing inks. A couple of these workshops have been run already and we’re hoping to do more in the new year.
Date: to be confirmed. Sign up for next session: If you are interested fill out this form with your email and we will contact you in August to arrange.
Inspired by Karl Roscoe’s reloved project we have an area of the workshop where we display some of the objects, that have been donated to be fixed up by the Makery Workshop.
It would be amazing to have a volunteer have a good look at this space to be able to get across what it is all about. The ethos of fixing up, caring for objects and re-gifting them. Any way of organising this - adding art - adding text would be really welcome.
“All donations and contributions go towards the running of this space. Including rent, materials and volunteer costs "
We have a shop where people can pick up some of the things we have repaired at the workshop.
Could you help us by making a fancy donations / money box to encourage contributions? If you think you could help us by taking on this project please get in touch with todmordenmakery@gmail.com or come down to one of our open sessions - see our events page for details.
We have a lot of donated games consoles - some from the youth service. Let’s check them out and see if they can be modified ready for a Games Console Library.
Families or individuals could borrow an original retro console for a few weeks and then trade it in for another.
2 x xbox 360
Thanks to a generous donation we have two working - but in need of refurbishment - mitre saws. They need cleaning and some rust removal and potentially new blades.
Project Status: Needing a Volunteer
Project Outcome: A useful tool for our workshops, for a member or to sell via ebay
Is this a job you would be up for helping with? If so email todmordenmakery@gmail.com – Stay Well!
We have been donated 2 laser printers.
Laser printers are much better for printing large volumes of documents quickly and quietly - making the best laser printers ideal for home office use. Laser printers also won’t demand a new ink cartridge every hundred or so pages!
These ones need to be cleaned and tested. Let’s keep one for the Makery and then we can find a good home for the other one.
This project involves reusing workstations from another room in the college and attaching them to the walls.
There are metal rods and feet that we can use too. They are pretty wide so we may be able to split them in two. If you can take on or support this project email todmordenmakery@gmail.com - Thanks!
