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All A-Gourd: Learn Pyrography (Woodburning Squash)

Ashley Zdeb
Oct 24 2023 - 6:00pm
Open Public
Ticket Purchase Required

1st Floor Room

This educational room has seating and tables suitable for instruction away from the noise of the main workshop. It is located on the first floor of 770 Chapel Street. Guests should ring the MakeHaven doorbell, then proceed down the long hallway. When you get the main MakeHaven staircase by the double elevators, rather than go downstairs, proceed through the double glass doors, take a right down the hallway and you will see a room with a big robot sticker on the door.

Gourd pyrography, or wood burning on gourds, is the art of decorating gourds with burn marks using various heated tools. This workshop will provide an overview of the art of gourd pyrography and allow participants to wood burn their own design into a dried gourd of their choice. Participants will learn how to use a wood burning tool, how to deal with the somewhat tricky surface of gourds, and how to stain and seal their gourd design.

Operation Opaque: Create Your Own Stained Glass Panel

Ashley Zdeb
Sep 26 2023 - 7:00pm
Open Public
Ticket Purchase Required

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Hello! Have you ever been curious about stained glass, well now you can learn and make your own! Join Tim for this 4 part class where you will learn the "Tiffany" method of stained glass. This includes designing, cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering glass. And, at the end, everyone will have their own glass panel image to hang wherever they like!


Schedule (subject to adjustment):

All A-Gourd: Learn Pyrography (Woodburning Squash)

Ashley Zdeb
Open Public
Ticket Purchase Required

1st Floor Room

This educational room has seating and tables suitable for instruction away from the noise of the main workshop. It is located on the first floor of 770 Chapel Street. Guests should ring the MakeHaven doorbell, then proceed down the long hallway. When you get the main MakeHaven staircase by the double elevators, rather than go downstairs, proceed through the double glass doors, take a right down the hallway and you will see a room with a big robot sticker on the door.

Gourd pyrography, or wood burning on gourds, is the freehanded art of decorating gourds with burn marks using various heated tools. This workshop will provide an overview of the art of gourd pyrography and allow participants to wood burn their own design into a dried gourd of their choice. Participants will learn how to use a wood burning tool, how to deal with the somewhat tricky surface of gourds, and how to stain and seal their gourd design.

Art Walk 26

Jordon Rambert
Open Public

Off Site

Any event or activity that happens on the property of another orgnization. For example tours of factories, or other community events that we feature. 

The Westville Art Walk in New Haven, CT is an annual event that takes place in the Westville neighborhood of the city. The art walk typically features local artists and galleries showcasing their work in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media.

During the event, visitors can wander through the streets of Westville and explore the many participating galleries, studios, and businesses. Many of the galleries also host special events and activities, such as live music, artist talks, and workshops.

Screen Print Basics: Prepping & Printing a Screen

Ashley Zdeb
Open Public
Ticket Purchase Required

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Join us for a screenprinting workshop with instructor Irene Bednarczyk. Students will learn the photo emulsion method of burning an image to a screen and will have a chance to print their image onto either paper or fabric (think poster print or t-shirt). The emulsion method is a great way to print a highly detailed image repeatedly on paper or textiles. MakeHaven will have pieces of fabric that can be used to learn on, participants are encouraged to bring t-shirts from home to print on and/or other materials.

Stain & Deliver - Intro to Stained Glass Designing

Ashley Zdeb
Open Public
Ticket Purchase Required

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Hello! Have you ever been curious about stained glass, well now you can learn and make your own! Join Tim for this 4 part class where you will learn the "Tiffany" method of stained glass. This includes designing, cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering glass. And, at the end, everyone will have their own glass panel image to hang wherever they like!


Schedule (subject to adjustment):

Learn-Together: Bookmaking

Kate Cebik
Members Only

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Join MakeHaven member Nancy for a casual, learn-together adventure. All experience levels welcome. We will be exploring bookbinding together, and experimenting to see if it will be a good regular class. Members & their guests are welcome to come learn with us for just the cost of materials in this get-in-on-the-ground-level gathering! Create your own 4 x 5 bound journal/art book.

 

First week (3/21): fold and prep book signatures, create covers.

Second week (3/28): sew it up and finishing

Jewelry Maker Meetup

Kate Cebik
Free Registration Required

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Calling all jewelry makers! Join our meetup to talk with like-minded makers. Just starting out (or hoping to start) or been creating for years, all are welcome! Bring projects to show, ideas to share, dreams for the future, sketches, materials, or just yourself. We'll talk about what we'd like to see in our jewelry area in the future, and how we can support each other as makers. Whether you work in metal, acrylic, glass, enamal, lasercut or something else, we'd love to chat. BYOB welcome.

 

Hand Lettering 101

Ashley Zdeb
Open Public
Ticket Purchase Required

1st Floor Room

This educational room has seating and tables suitable for instruction away from the noise of the main workshop. It is located on the first floor of 770 Chapel Street. Guests should ring the MakeHaven doorbell, then proceed down the long hallway. When you get the main MakeHaven staircase by the double elevators, rather than go downstairs, proceed through the double glass doors, take a right down the hallway and you will see a room with a big robot sticker on the door.

This workshop introduces you to basic skills with a focus on font characteristics and an intention to lead you to study the way to draw and build letter forms and symbols.  

You will learn the Art of Hand lettering" with readily available, inexpensive brushes and acrylic paint by employing tried and true "old-school" signpainter tricks combined with today's computer technologies.

"Artists Co-Working Session, hosted by Fair-Side"

Jordon Rambert
Open Public
Free Registration Required

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Gather in community with fellow artists for a co-working session at MakeHaven, hosted by Fair-Side. All visual artists are welcome to bring anything that they're currently working on, and meet other artists.Non-makehaven members are welcome and tours will be available. Snacks and refreshments provided.