It has been over a month since Machines Room said goodbye to our Hello Shenzhen Maker in Residence, Kang Cheng, but far from being a final farewell, the exchange programme has proven to be only the start of what we hope will be a long-term collaboration between our East London makerspace […] more »
Julien Vaissieres and Dylan Bahnan, founders of Plyset, have created a new auto-print technique and you can download their instructions more »
Elizabeth Joseph is Maker Library resident this month up-cycling melted milk bottles and acrylic laser cut scraps into jewellery Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practice and areas of interest? I’ve been making one-off jewellery for over 5 years. I use vintage […] more »
Join us on Thursday at Impact Hub Westminster to see how Kang has approached the Disrupt Disability brief to design a multipurpose hub for a wheelchair. > Register to attend here more »
Dan Chambers from Draft wheelchairs came to visit Hello Shenzhen resident Kang Cheng at Machines Room to show him how wheelchairs are measured and made. Crammed into the Maker Library we went through all the parts of the wheelchair and learnt about the purpose of the different parts. It was amazing […] more »
We welcome Kang Cheng as a new resident in the Maker Library, all the way from Shenzhen, China! He joins Machines Room as part of the British Council Hello Shenzhen maker residency programme. Kang is a 3D printing specialist and Techincal Director at Zealfull Tech, and is joining us at Machines […] more »
Chris Verbick wants everyone to have their own bag of land and he’ll be spending March as Maker Library Resident making tiny farms. We asked him a few questions about his plans. Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practice and areas of […] more »