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Learn plastic bottle joinery
Take home your own stool and learn this heat shrinking bottle technique with designer Micaella Pedros. You will gain a hands-on experience with the Joining Bottles technique through the making of a functional structure. About Joining Bottles: Joining Bottles is an alternative wood-joining technique using shrunk plastic bottles. By heat, a […] more »
Spring into making: Friday
Spring into making this Friday as we open up for 2 maker workshops: vertical farms & upcycled plastic jewellery Up-cycled and perspex jewellery workshops Our Maker in Residence Elizabeth Joseph will be running jewellery workshops all day. Using acrylic scraps from our laser cutter, and up-cycled jewellery and charms, she creates […] more »
Sculpt with arduino
Get to grips with microcontrollers and electronics by making an Automaton truly autonomous using Arduino, some code, sensors and a variety of other electronic components. Will you make yours respond to sound, light or motion? The cost includes the Automaton, Arduino and sensors to take away, so you can continue […] more »
Create beautiful robots
Get to grips with Arduino and electronics by making a moving sculpture! more »
Code Liberation workshop at Machines Room!
[youtube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrnxcHMG9Fo?rel=0&showinfo=0] Tiny alien friends that interact with your laptop by @_caroline6868 Such a great Saturday! Last weekend Machines Room hosted the final workshop in the Code Liberation series, a seven week collaboration between V&A, Machines Room, and Goldsmiths. The workshop was led by Phoenix Perry and driven by a great […] more »
Code Liberation workshops: V&A, Goldsmiths and Machines Room
Ever wanted to make an interactive toy or game but not known how? In this V&A workshop series starting October and ending in an exhibition of student projects at the V&A Late, you will learn everything you need to get off the ground in the world of basic game design. One […] more »
Waste sorting design workshop with Wrap and B&Q
Join Katrine Hesseldahl and B&Q here at Machines Room on Wednesday 7th September from 10am til 1pm to work with designers and makers to create a waste sorting system specifically tailored to your home. If you’re interested please email katrine.hesseldahl@wrap.org.uk for more info. more »
Fix Our City exhibition 19th-23rd September: Full Schedule of Events Announced!
Image courtesy of Smile Plastics. The full schedule of events to accompany Fix Our City exhibition is now available! Choose from an exciting, huge range of activities, workshops, and presentations for all levels and ages! Schedule of Events Monday 19th (open 12-8pm) 1-3pm: Clear Village/Bedfords Park Walled Garden Vertical Angel Garden […] more »