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.
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.
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
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.
Workshops will take place in the Makerspace – Todmorden Makery and other rooms in Todmorden College. We will be camping in a scenic and sheltered location within Todmorden which is 10 mins walk to the college. Cost: £25 covers room hire for venue and 2 meals (Sat lunch and Sun brunch – vegetarian with vegan options) – payable on arrival – please add any allergies to the comments section of the form.
Arrive with ideas of what you want to share and we’ll work together to create a schedule for the weekend. While this is an unconference and you are free to arrive with rough ideas. It is helpful to have some workshops planned and shared in advance. If you can please do add on to the workshops page here see our wiki page for the Event
Keeping in touch – Before the event it is a good idea to be on the hacktionlab email list and to ask questions there – you can sign up for that here.
Please do make sure you have a good understanding of what to expect from the event. Please see our wiki page for full details
Learn about energy efficiency and making home improvements
Sat : 10.00 – 11.30 : 14th May 2022 ; FREE Makery Workshop – Todmorden College Followed 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.
For: householders interested in energy efficiency and domestic retrofit, housing association staff, housing co-ops and landlords. Trainers: Jonathan Atkinson
What would you like to do or to see happen at the Makery next?
Friday : 11.30 – 13.00 : 8th April 2022 (rescheduled)
Makery Workshop – Todmorden College
Come share your ideas for what activities we should organise at the Makery.
We are a member-run space. Mostly we have been building up drop-ins which are going great. Also recently there have been some great one-off workshops run by volunteers. But we might want to do more and we also have a budget to pay workshop leaders who can’t volunteer.
Come to this event to decide
This event is to ask our members, friends and partners What we should do next.
Or in other words what would you like to see at the Makery.
Workshops for Spring and Summer – paid and volunteer-run
Ongoing Projects we should make happen as volunteers
Partnerships with other groups or freelancers
What resources should we buy to encourage making and fixing at our drop-ins
Other ideas for activities to attract a range of people?
How can we remove any barriers to people using our space?
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.
Places are limited so – Please Book – by emailing todmordenmakery <at> gmail.com
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/
Sign up as interested in DLSR Photography ClubSign up: If you are interested fill out this form with your email and phone details and we will contact you.
Friday Mornings 10.00 – 11.30 – Makery Workshop in Todmorden College – First session 26th of Nov – Second on the 10th of December
This ongoing occasional club is for people who have a DSLR and have had some experience using their camera perhaps only in automatic mode. It’s an ideal next step for those who what to play with more manual settings on their cameras. Members can join at any time, as each class session can stand on its own. The host of this workshop is Chris Foster a local professional Photographer.
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.
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
WordPress is an online system to allow you to create websites. It is flexible and relatively easy to learn. If you get more technically skilled you can alter it one a more flexible level. It’s also easy to move your websites from one place to another. All of these reasons make it a good choice if you want to learn to make your own website or blog.
The host of this website building group will be Mick Chesterman who is a tech teacher and has also written a manual on WordPress.
Friday 5th Nov – 10.30 – 12.00
Friday 12th Nov – 10.30 – 12.00
Friday 19th Nov – 10.30 – 12.00
Friday 26th Nov – 10.30 – 12.00
This is an informal set of workshops. We will work at the same time to improve the website of the Todmorden Makery – which is a WordPress one.
You will also work on a website as you go along as a way of learning. This may be a real project or just a test bed to practice your skills in a hands on way.
A lot of each week will be spent trying things out and working independently or in small groups on your websites. But each week we will have a special focus on one particular element of setting up a word press site. Including the following.
Creating (blog) posts and adding Images and Links to them
Creating Information Pages and Navigation Menus
Altering the look of your site by changing themes and adding header images.
Using Widgets, calendars and other media.
Project Status: Confirmed and booking in progress Project Outcome: A club of people who know more about WordPress and building websites
Is this club a project you would be interested in coming to? If so fill out the form below.
Project Status – Complete – but recruiting for next sessions
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.
In a nutshell: Learn how to print an attractive wall border for your home using a hand printed Lino Block. In this first taster session, you’ll start by using a precut block to create a wall border with block printing inks. In future sessions, you’ll be able to move onto cutting your own lino block with your own design. All materials and full instruction provided.
I used to make these to sell when I was at tod studios and always meant to run a workshop on this but never got round to, although several people told me they’d like to have a go! As I still have lots of ink/ rollers and ready cut lino blocks etc I just thought it would be lovely to give people an opportunity to have a go once the workshop space is sorted out.
We are running a ‘Beginner’s guide to using power tools’ next Wednesday 24th November between 11.30am and 3.30pm in the Makery at Tod College (a Saturday event will also be announced shortly). This is for beginners looking to gain confidence in using the Library’s tools such as circular saws, jigsaws, drills, nailers and sanders. The workshop will be hands-on and during the session we will make a Little Library for the town.
Thanks to the fantastic bike volunteers John, Will, Martin and Simon we can now offer weekly sessions – and the best bit is that you can just turn up.
These sessions are also informal workshops where you can ask about how to maintain your bike – it’s a great source of information.
However, if you are not sure if we’ll be able to help then it’s a good idea to email us to tell us what up with your bike and even send us snaps. You can do that on the following email – makery-bikes@ googlegroup.com