We are very excited to be hosting Processing Playground course – come learn a really cool multi-use coding programme for anyone with a visual mind – book tickets here! more »
15th June – Blender classes!
Starting 15th June Machines Room is hosting classes on Blender – an extremely useful, open source software which can be used in all kinds of fabrication and animation! Book tickets here! more »
Free Bike Fixing 1st June!
The Dr Bike programme, part of Life Cycle UK, is visiting Machines Room – we will be hosting an experienced mechanic who will check over bikes and make simple repairs and adjustments to ensure they are in good working order, for FREE! Bring your bike! 1st June 5-8pm more »
Precious Plastic Meetup #2
Join us for the next Precious Plastic meetup, where we will set in motion the next phase of sourcing and building our very own plastic recycling system! Check out the inspiration, get involved and follow our progress! 1st June 6:30pm Free! more »
MA Fashion Futures Exhibition
A work in progress show from the students of MA Fashion Futures at London College of Fashion. As humans we operate primarily at intimate scales, looking for connection both to ourselves and to others around us. Yet fashion, a supposed marker of our relationships to one another and the world, outwardly […] more »
18/05 Maker Library Resident Workshop: Mechanical Lamps
Maker Library Resident Workshop: Mechanical Lamps Join March’s Maker-In-Residence Matt Gilbert at Machines Room to create (and keep!) lamps using his unique scissor structure technique. All materials included in the cost of the ticket. WHEN Wednesday, 18 May 2016 from 18:00 to 21:00 (BST) – WHERE Machines Room – 45 Vyner Street, […] more »
Weeknotes 29.04.16
PLASTIC EXTRUSION! The very generous Tom Fox arranged the donation of a plastic extruder – an ancient retro precursor to the 3D printer! The whole kit is amazing, complete with plastic moulds and barrels of plastic beads to melt down (like old-fashioned PLA!). Next steps are to figure out how […] more »
Weeknotes 23.04.16
A bit of a #makermile success story this week. Working with Helen from East London Printmakers up the road we have printed 200 of our new flyer/pamphlets designed by Phillip Raiford Johnson. They look brilliant! come and grab one they are full of the next two months events and workshops. […] more »
Learn about Internet of Things!
The Internet of Things (IoT) is profoundly changing the way we live. Join this industrial revolution and learn how to remotely monitor and control your environment. This workshop is for beginners who want to control heating with a smartphone app or have their oven send a tweet when the pizza […] more »