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30 active instructors · members and local makers who teach workshops, badge classes and programs at MakeHaven.

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  • Alexander Platt
    47 sessions · since 2025
    WoodworkingWood, Metal & Fabrication
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  • Vannesa Reyes
    33 sessions · since 2024
    Fiber, Clay & Soft ArtsTraditional HandcraftsTextiles & Fiber Arts
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  • Brandon DaSilva
    28 sessions · since 2024

    I began learning manual machining in high school before graduating from technical school with a concentration in manufacturing technology, earning an…

    MetalworkingWood, Metal & Fabrication
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  • Ken Cotrona
    26 sessions · since 2024
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  • Glenn Mallette
    25 sessions · since 2024

    While making Furniture and natural wood items, like Jewelry Boxes, I found I had a great deal of small left-over pieces of valuable wood, and after a…

    Woodworking
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  • Laurel Lyngklip
    22 sessions · since 2024
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  • Austin Larkin
    18 sessions · since 2025
    MetalworkingPrintmakingWood, Metal & Fabrication
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  • Darryl Bray
    18 sessions · since 2024

    I have been teaching Metalworking courses since 2019 and continue teaching high school-level fabrication skills as a career path. Courses include…

    Metalwork
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  • Gayle Hawley
    16 sessions · since 2026
    Fiber, Clay & Soft ArtsTextiles & Fiber Arts
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  • Nancy Nearing
    13 sessions · since 2024

    I've worked with polymer clay for a long time, and love to share projects and techniques.

    Traditional HandcraftsJewelry & Small MetalsFiber, Clay & Soft Arts
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  • Young Le
    13 sessions · since 2024

    Young Le Do, or just Young, is a certified AJ&Smart Workshopper Master and founder of ecoAgiLean Consulting. With 15 years of hands-on product and…

    Life, Food & VenturePrototyping & InventionEntrepreneurship & Startups
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  • Audra Cannizzaro
    12 sessions · since 2024

    I have had a passion for art ever since I was young. There was something about hand making gifts for my friends and family that allowed my creativity…

    Casting/Mold Making
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  • Philip LaFleur
    10 sessions · since 2024
    CNC
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  • Toriana Sauro
    10 sessions · since 2026

    Toriana Sauro is a multimedia-based sculpture artist. Toriana's main focus is in textiles and has a passion to guide newcomers into the sewing world!…

    Fiber, Clay & Soft ArtsTextiles & Fiber ArtsJewelry & Small Metals
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  • Brenda Brown
    5 sessions · since 2025

     FCC Licensed Radio Operator Extra Class,  ARRL and W5YI Volunteer Examiner, Retired Social Security Adjudicator and Mentor, Certified…

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  • Ceresa Bolden
    5 sessions · since 2024

    Ceresa Newsome, Founder and Stitch Coach of Endangered Stitches, LLC, shares over two decades of expertise in knitting, crochet, and sewing.…

    Sewing & Textiles
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  • Ricky Rollins
    5 sessions · since 2025

    Ricky brings over 15 years of experience across a wide range of creative and technical fields, including branding and marketing, project management…

    Entrepreneurship & StartupsLife, Food & Venture
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  • Timothy Cowan
    5 sessions · since 2024

    Howdy, I do stained glass sometimes. And I have learned enough to share a bit of that with y'all. I am a lawyer by day, but previously…

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  • Clara Biesel
    4 sessions · since 2025
    Fiber, Clay & Soft Arts
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  • Linnie Hall
    4 sessions · since 2025
    Ceramics & PotteryFiber, Clay & Soft Arts
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  • Jane Copes
    3 sessions · since 2025
    Craft and Art
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  • Linh Grome
    3 sessions · since 2026

    Hi, I'm Linh Grome! I'm a New Haven-based Product Manager by day and a maker by heart. After years of crocheting and falling deeper in love with…

    Fiber, Clay & Soft ArtsTextiles & Fiber Arts
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  • Matthew Burke
    3 sessions · since 2025

    Matthew is an experienced product and mechanical design professional with experience in medical design, equipment development, product design, and…

    Software, Coding & ComputersElectronics, Code & Robotics
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  • Matt McGuirk
    2 sessions · since 2026

    Matt McGuirk lives in New Haven and has been a MakeHaven member since 2020. Matt's interest include cooking, woodworking, computer programming…

    Cooking and Kitchen
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  • Meredith Clark
    2 sessions · since 2025
    Leather & CanvasFiber, Clay & Soft Arts
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  • Christopher Chalsma
    1 session · since 2025
    MetalworkingPlastics & CompositesCasting & Mold Making
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  • Jahkel Robin
    1 session · since 2026
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  • Louise Mandumbwa
    1 session · since 2025

    Louise Mandumbwa is an artist working in painting, printmaking and drawing to explore the figurative, botanical and ideations of home. Her practice…

    Fiber, Clay & Soft ArtsFine Art (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture)Traditional Handcrafts
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  • Luis PerezLorenzo
    1 session · since 2026

    Background in aerospace engineering, and plenty of energy to design and build all sorts of instruments and devices

    Electronics, IoT & RadioPrototyping & InventionElectronics, Code & Robotics
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  • Martin Jose
    1 session · since 2026

    Food/bread enjoyer, home cook, Excited by practical science, happy to pass knowledge

    Culinary & BrewingLife, Food & Venture
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