Code Clubs are free and open to all school-aged young people. They are fun and supportive places where young people learn coding at their own pace in a way that works for them.
Starting on November 16th and running every 3rd Sunday, regular code clubs will begin at Lancaster University Library. Join in the fun (And coding!)
https://codeclub.org/en/clubs/gb/lancaster/lancaster-lancaster-university
We are starting the new year with several sessions that will offer a solid introduction to 3D printing. Each will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday afternoons in January (5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th). They will be hosted at the Makerspace and will consist of small groups of 4 learners (and any parents or guardians that need to accompany younger makers)
Enthusiasts of all ages will be receiving 3D printers as a festive gift and will want to learn how to use it. Or you may have received one in the last few years and have found it difficult to use?
You even might be giving someone a printer this Christmas and want to make sure the receiver gets some expert assistance with a very welcome gift of an introductory session. See our buying recommendations.
Book now! Further details and to book a ticket
We have a couple of whittling events coming up soon, including a full day of woodcrafting fun on August bank holiday, which lets you really get your teeth stuck in! All our events are pay-what-you-can, so we expect them to be very popular indeed, just like the two spoon carving events we’ve already successfully run this year. Both of these events are run by the talented Rick from Woodies Woodland Craft Training & Education.
Spoon carving – Monday 8th July, 6-8:30pm (£5-20)
Whittling day – Monday, 26th August, 10am-3pm (£10-40)
There is also still a single place left on Bil’s bench top carving class in a couple of weeks:
Another splendid selection of cooking utensils created, as if by magic (but probably mostly with knives and gouges). Thanks to all the friendly folk who came down this evening and who hopefully won’t be strangers in the future!
We have more events coming soon!
After our first whittling class was such a success, in spite of it being on April fools’ day, we’ve added another two events to our summer schedule. One of those is a bumper session on August bank holiday!
Our first wood whittling session went off well today. Lots of spoons and a cute little mushroom were hand crafted with the help of the lovely lads from Woodies.
Some of the crafters also personalised their spoons by engraving them with a photography stylus.
We have another whittling session on Tuesday, 7th May at 6pm – (https://lamm.space/spoon-7-5-24). We are organising more sessions for July and August, which we’ll announce shortly.
We have a fun spoon carving event on the 1st April at 1pm https://opencollective.com/lancaster-and-morecambe-makers/events/spoon-carving-bb64e94a – come and practice some whittling, indoors, at our workshop on White Cross! It is £20 to attend, but we encourage you to pay what your can afford (minimum £5).
All materials, tools and safety equipment will be provided for you and your get to take your spoon, spatula or mushroom home! Under 18s must be accompanied, min 10 years old.
We have other events coming up in May and June and beyond: https://opencollective.com/lancaster-and-morecambe-makers/events
We will be making festive decorations from out of date maps and scrap materials at the new Lancaster Sustainability Hub in Marketgate on Saturday. Just pop down between 10am and 2pm and make something for yourself!
Yesterday, Saturday 4th November, 2023, we were in the nearby village of Brookhouse getting involved in a repair event. We found lots of young repairers to help us and made a record of what was achieved!
We actually had more repair experts than clients, which was disappointing, but people still need to be educated about even the possibility to repair a lot of items!
You are welcome to bring broken things in to our regular open evening at our makerspace in the centre of Lancaster!
a confused jumble of spider babies on acid
On Saturday and Sunday (19th-20th January) we held a Hack the Space weekend to clear down some of the clutter and change the layout of our community hack space.
It had become, in the words of one ‘a confused jumble of spider babies on acid’*.
So we gathered, at first there was Tom, Bill and I, but it quickly grew into Kay, Rob, Col and Rhiannon (and Ben the habitual vallium hound).
** The end result is that our little Space looks twice as big now. There is more room to do crafting and art, to make, mend, repair and invent. It is cleaner, more logical and better.
A huge shout out has to go to Tom and Kay who had all the ideas and discussions ahead of the day to make sure we had a semblance of a plan and to everyone who took the time to come and help.
As always thanks to all the members who gave suggestions, support or even just the heartfelt thanks.
