Coco Sato is an award-winning Japanese artist based in the UK. Her work uses origami to change the way people see the world. The next part of the world she will be working in is here at Machines Room, as our newest Maker in Residence. Coco is best known for translating traditional Japanese aesthetics intoContinue reading “Coco Sato’s ‘Electro Origami’”
Category Archives: Meet Our Makers
Mushrooms, Boat Beds!
Susanna Gibson is a maker who has been involved at Machines Room for a long time now, and starting as a Maker in Residence is yet another fascinating chapter in her time here! We caught up to see what she has in store for the residency. Can you tell us a bit about your backgroundContinue reading “Mushrooms, Boat Beds!”
Maker in Residence Q&A
So many exciting projects simmering away in the laboratory that is our residency programme here at Machines Room. Beck O’Brien is here on a month-long residency, and we caught up with her to see how it’s going: Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, your practice and areas of interest?Continue reading “Maker in Residence Q&A”
Newest Makers in Residence
Our newest Makers in Residence Laura Martinez and Natsai Audrey Chieza are up to some fascinating experimentation with biological dyeing processes and are pushing the boundaries between traditional craft and technology. We asked them how their residency was going and got some insightful answers: Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, andContinue reading “Newest Makers in Residence”
Hello Shenzhen Update
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 and Kang and his teamContinue reading “Hello Shenzhen Update”
Meet Zaynab Hamdi
We caught up with Zaynab Hamdi, who is currently crowdfunding her first product Letter Connector, an Arabic language teaching tool. She developed her product at Machines Room over the first year of her membership here. Help support the launch of the product here! Can you tell us a bit about Letter Connector and where theContinue reading “Meet Zaynab Hamdi”
Perpetual Printing Process
Julien Vaissieres and Dylan Bahnan, founders of Plyset, have created a new auto-print technique and you can download their instructions
Turning plastic into treasure
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 jewellery, broken Victorian brooches andContinue reading “Turning plastic into treasure”
Hello Shenzhen residency
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 Room until the end ofContinue reading “Hello Shenzhen residency”
Making tiny farms
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 interest? My first experience asContinue reading “Making tiny farms”
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