MAXT Junior Creatives Chapter 2: Maker's Market
Climb aboard our entrepreneur-ship and sail off on a new adventure with Junior Creatives, sign ups are now open for our Spring session.
Each themed session brings new and exciting ways for middle schoolers to express their creativity, build some fantastic maker skills and work as a team to produce a final piece they can all be proud of!
Chapter 2: Maker's Market
Wednesdays 3-5p
Mar 20-Apr 17 / May 1-15
This session our Junior Creatives mean business!
On May 15, MAXT will be turned into a beautiful miniature market full of fantastic creations, open to friends and family. Only one problem, we have no booths, no goods, we don’t even have any artisans!
Time to get to work! Our Junior Creatives will start with getting right into making, creating pieces with 6 different types of media and skills in the Makerspace. Each week they’ll be given the freedom to pursue their own theme and designs.
Then it’s on to designing their booths, turning their works into a display they can be proud to say is all their own work.
Finally we invite friends and family to the big party, if you’ve been to Night Market, you know that MAXT likes to make a big splash to show off our artists!
Creating Crochet Garments
Crochet yourself a new wardrobe with Nicole! This 2 part class will teach the process of measuring, swatching, pattern adaptation through to crocheting and finishing your pieces. Class one will focus on preparation and getting started. Class 2 will teach you some great crochet techniques, get hands on help with your project and learn techniques to get great finished items.
Practice materials are included. Students will need to provide or purchase materials of their choice for their garment.
Introduction to Travel Sketchbooks
We all take photographs when we travel, but they are fleeting moments captured in our phones. A travel sketchbook is a way to record important memories with words and visuals. This documentation slows down your thoughts and describes your trip with more detail and emotion.
You will learn basic quick sketching techniques that will help you find your style. Perfection is not the goal, taking the time to reflect and draw has more power than a perfect sketch.
There will be an introduction to perspective, techniques for capturing a space or object quickly and insights into light and contrast. We will use pen and watercolor and create a small sketchbook for you to use during the class. There will be two classes held at MAXT and one meet up in Peterborough where we will sketch on location. Practice is encouraged during the week between classes, but not required.
CNC for Beginners: Make a Sign
The perfect introduction to CNC with expert Vince! V-Carve a sign or decorative item on our CNC. Over 3 sessions, the class will cover:
What is v-carving?
Compiling and customizing a 2D design using Inkscape. (Sample designs and fonts will be provided.)
Importing and preparing your design for v-carving using Fusion 360 and Simulating your toolpaths.
Setting up and cutting your design on the CNC, and finishing your item.
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Colorful Coil Baskets
Dive into the meditative art of coil basketry with local artist Devin. Using natural rope and locally produced yarns, students will learn the foundations of coil basketry and build up unique and beautiful small vessel. A perfect beginners class for relaxation and colorful expression!
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Turned Boxes
Dive a little deeper into woodturning with this beginner friendly two part class. Students will learn to turn the box shape and then create a close fitting lid. Perfect for a first project to keep or gift! Jim will guide students through all the steps from box blank to finished piece, whilst learning about the fundamentals of wood turning and lathe safety.
Age Range: 18+
Level: All Levels
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Fools Guide : How to Clear a Printer Blockage
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Clear a Printer Blockage
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Stained Glass for Beginners: Suncatcher
Bring some sparkle and shimmer to your life by learning all about stained glass! We're excited to open up a new stained glass area at MAXT for spring 2024 and kick it all off with some great beginner classes.
Learn to create in stained glass, making your choice of a star, kite or bird suncatcher. Students will learn how to safely handle glass, to select the correct pieces for their project, cut, grind, foil, solder, and polish. A full introduction to this beautiful artform.
2 2hr sessions per course
May 1 and 8 6-8p
Craft + Beer @ Frogg: Bookbinding - Notebooks
Hop on down to Frogg for an evening of beer and books with Kelsey. Students will learn how to create a notebook from a variety of papers and cardstocks using basic bookbinding techniques. From cutting to folding, stitching and finishing. There will also be the opportunity to add embellishments like decorated covers and ribbon bookmarks for adventurous makers. Plus your first beer is on us!
This is a 21+ event hosted at Frogg Brewing, 580 Sawyers Crossing, Swanzey, NH
Get Hooked - Crochet Stitch Series
Get Hooked on Crochet with this new series. Join any time in the series, come as often as you like, your $20 registration fee covers all your materials. The Get Hooked series takes you from which way round the hook goes, through basic stitches and pattern reading to more complex stitch designs. You'll end the series with a fun sampler scarf. Get Hooked is also supported by a full learn to crochet booklet, with linked videos and your starting kit comes with a bamboo hook and high quality hand dyed yarn!
Nicole has generously donated her time for this course so donations on site are appreciated to help fund more fiber arts programs at MAXT.
Weekly sessions May 2 - June 6 6.30-8p
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Urban Sketching Meetup with Liz Knight
For all our sketching fans we're excited to announce a new FREE urban sketching meet up with Liz Knight!
She's created a new Facebook group for all her previous students or simply interested artists of any skill level to come together and sketch together outside.
Join the group for news here:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558379649903
Check out the first event 10-12 May 4 here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/421108617295137/
All welcome, meeting at Putnam Park, Peterborough
Sew a T-Shirt!
Join Siobhan for this fun, introduction to garment sewing. Learn the basics of measurements, pattern reading, cutting, sewing and finishing all in a single afternoon!
Students will work on the free pattern Augustina, a piece designed for women's sizes XS to 4X. All materials are provided and students will head home with a custom cut pattern for their size to recreate.
Introduction to Wood Turning: Green Wood Bowls
A wonderful introduction to woodturning and using green wood, this is a perfect introductory class. Bryan will take students through the first steps of safety and use of the wood lathe including tool sharpening and blank preparation. Then students will be guided through turning a bowl with a single gouge using green wood, to produce a beautiful bowl that will naturally change shape into a softened organic form as it dries.
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Art and Wine @ diVINE - Abstract Inspirations with Cassidy Kehlenbach
Join Cassidy for an afternoon of free art exploration to create some wonderful abstract pieces. Enjoy a glass of wine or an appetizer from diVINE as you work on blind contour drawings of plants and human figures with a curated playlist of music. Be expressive during this sensory experience to create free flowing designs with markers, pencil and pastel before turning your inspirations into an abstract painting with acrylic on board.
This class is hosted at diVINE on Main - 32 Main St, Peterborough
Fools Guide : How to Fix a Window Screen
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Fix a Window Screen
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Are You Drawn to Art? - Introduction to Drawing
Have fun and meet new people while learning about art and drawing.
The class will explore art history while learning basic drawing techniques. If you have done some drawing and want to hone your skills, you can work at your own level. The goal of this class is to improve the student’s drawing ability, develop art appreciation, and to produce at least one finished portfolio piece.
The instructor, Andrew Bills, is an accredited art teacher with decades of experience, both as a professional artist and as an art educator.
4 weekly sessions May 7, 14, 21, 28
Linocuts: Multi Color Reduction Prints
Have you dabble in linocuts or taken a beginner printmaking course? Are interested in developing your printmaking skills? Come join us as we learn to make a two color reduction print! In this course we will start with a single linoleum block, and go through the process of carving and printing with two colors of your choice, based on your design. We will practice registration and color mixing. At the end of the three classes you will have a finished print to take home!
3 sessions 5.30-7.30 May 8, 15, 22
Wood Turning for Beginners: Candlestick
Join Doug for this fabulous introduction to spindle turning techniques on our lathes! Students will learn how to produce a beautiful, unique candlestick from a single, solid blank. The class will cover basic lathe tools and safety and explore the process of turning straight, concave and convex shapes, learning about sequencing production steps and discussing form and function.
Solar Printing
Join us for a unique way to capture the beauty of Spring and the returning sun! Students will use sun activated dyes to print their own unique designs on a cotton tote. A huge variety of images can be captured and the class will include some time to forage for fallen leaves and other natural materials to include in their designs. We'll also have on hand some fun tools and items from the makerspace to incorporate!
Introduction to Woodworking: Book Tree
Get a great introduction to the woodshop at MAXT and make yourself a fun, rustic shelf for your home. In this 3 part class students will learn how to select, measure, cut, plane, use the router and finishing techniques. Your finished book tree can be wall mounted or free standing and makes a beautiful addition to a reading space.
3 Sessions 6-8p May 9, 16, 23
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Acrylic Pour Art - Family Fun
Bring the family for this fun, spontaneous art class with Gabby! Learn how to mix, pour and create with acrylic paints and pouring mediums. We'll have a range of fun colors including neons and metallics to play with. Each student will create multiple pieces on small canvases.
Suitable for ages 10+, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Fools Guide : How to Fix a Zipper
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Fix a Zipper
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Design and Create: InkScape and the Laser Cutter
Join Jeremy for an exciting dive into the world of digital design and creation. InkScape is a powerful open source graphics tool for creating vector illustrations. Jeremy will guide students through how to use the program to create their designs, from simple shapes to importing elements and drawing more complex pieces. The second class, students will focus on turning those graphics into their own 3D pieces on the laser cutter.
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Introduction To Papermaking
This workshop guides you through every step in the process of hand-making paper with recycled materials, using traditional papermaking methods. You’ll also get to experiment with different methods such as stenciling and embossing to make your paper that much more unique! Materials are generously provided by donations to MAXT, though you’re encouraged to bring some of your own junk mail and other paper items to recycle.
Screen Printing in a Day!
Learn the screen printing process from start to finish in a single day class with Carrie!
Students will learn the process of screen coating, development, washing and finally printing their designs. Each student will leave with 3 finished t-shirts from a wide choice of sizes and colors provided by Carrie, plus practice shirts from the MAXT supply.
Students can pick from hundreds of designs for their pieces from Carrie's stock (from years of professional screen printing) or bring their own.
Design parameters:
Design must be printed in black ink using an inkjet printer on an inkjet transparency. Design must fit on an 8.5" x 11" sheet. No lines in any element of the design should be smaller that 2mm.
This class includes a 1hr break for lunch.
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Fools Guide : How to Sharpen a Basic Tool
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Sharpen a Basic Tool
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Introduction to 3D printing
Join our 3D printing expert John for a full introduction to using the FormLabs resin printers here at MAXT! Learn about the properties and capabilities of resin prints and the printing process. Students will then prepare an stl file for a miniature model for printing and see their creation starting to emerge. Fully printed and cured prints will be available to pickup within approximately 1 week. Age Range 18+ Level: Beginner
Stacked Rings with Joy Raskin
In this one day class, we will make several rings that will stack together. Each ring is different yet all go together. Using assorted wire of different thickness and width, we will shape them into rings, solder them, and using hammers to create textures. We will also add beads pre-made silver bezel cups with small cabochon stones and other decorative elements on each ring to provide a variety of rings.
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Turning Start to Finish: A Skill Building Series
Have you taken some of our beginning wood turning classes here at MAXT? This is the perfect next step, Turning Start to Finish is a multi week course designed to enhance your skills and learn the art of designing pieces from wood selection to final high quality, finished pieces. Students will have the opportunity to explore different types of gouges, attempt more challenging forms and will produce multiple pieces throughout the series.
4 sessions 6-9p: May 30, June 6, 20, 27
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Linocut Prints Inspired by Nature
Join experienced art educator Kelsey for this fun and creative linocut course. Students will explore nature themes through sketching and carving their own linoleum block design. Students will have the opportunity to print their design on a variety of paper and cards to show their work to the world!
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Introduction to Wood Turning: Green Wood Bowls
A wonderful introduction to woodturning and using green wood, this is a perfect introductory class. Bryan will take students through the first steps of safety and use of the wood lathe including tool sharpening and blank preparation. Then students will be guided through turning a bowl with a single gouge using green wood, to produce a beautiful bowl that will naturally change shape into a softened organic form as it dries.
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Python Programming with the MicroBit
Dive into programming with Python and take away your very own MicroBit computer to experiment and grow your Python skills!
Chris will guide students through a series of mini tasks using the MicroBit mini computer and a simple web based interface. Students will build programs to use the MicroBit's inbuilt LEDs, buttons and sensors to create their own pocket snake game.
That's right, we're making snake with Python!
Bringing your own laptop is advised, PCs are also available for use in our computing lab.
Age Range 14+
Level: Beginner
4 sessions - June 4, 11, 18, 25 6-8p
Stained Glass for Beginners: Suncatcher
Bring some sparkle and shimmer to your life by learning all about stained glass! We're excited to open up a new stained glass area at MAXT for spring 2024 and kick it all off with some great beginner classes.
Learn to create in stained glass, making your choice of a star, kite or bird suncatcher. Students will learn how to safely handle glass, to select the correct pieces for their project, cut, grind, foil, solder, and polish. A full introduction to this beautiful artform.
2 2hr sessions per course
June 5 and 12 6-8p
Felted Tapestry - Woodland Scene
Join fantastic fiber artist Devin Donohue for this creative class. Students will learn the principals of needle felting and creating compositions with fiber. Each student will head home with new skills and a unique 10"x12" landscape of a woodland scene.
Wooden Bowl Turning for Beginners
Craft a beautiful, functional bowl in this fun class. Doug will guide students through taking a rough sawn board to a complete bowl ready for your morning cereal Bowls start with kiln-dried lumber. We’ll mount the blanks on the lathe then use gouges and scrapers to bring our bowls to shape. We’ll also learn about reverse-chucking, which will allow us access to both the outside and the inside of our projects. Finally, we will sand, apply finish, and clean-up the bottom. We will also touch on design considerations and various surface treatments.
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner / All Levels
Miniatures Painting - Vehicles and Weathering
In this course we'll cover techniques for making your vehicles look factory fresh with the airbrush and brush painting. Then we'll mess them all up with weathering! Take your model making to the next level.
This class will cover model preparation, preshading, color selection, track and wheels, heat blooms and exhaust soot, glow effects, decals, chipping, dusting, oils and weathering powders.
Some example models will be available for this course but it is recommended you bring your own piece to work on. Please let us know ahead of time if you don't plan to bring a model.
Examples of suitable pieces to work on:
Any 28mm scale wargames piece (Games Workshop or similar). 1/35 scale military models, cars or similar. Fully assembled and primed grey.
Introduction to Quilting: Using the Long Arm Quilter
Stretch your sewing skills and get started with our long arm quilter here at MAXT. Students will learn how to prepare and load a fabric 'sandwich' for quilting and learn the basics of operating the long arm before practicing on a simple whole cloth piece.
Introduction to Bookbinding: Custom Sketchbook
Explore the fascinating world of bookbinding and create a unique home for your artistic exploration with this course. Students will learn how to create folded signatures using a variety of papers, cut, stack and bind them into a cover of their own design and finish with a tough waxed cord binding. The perfect class to accompany our wide variety of art courses this season!
The MAXT County Fair - Junior Creatives Summer Program
The MAXT County Fair
1-5p Monday June 24 - Friday June 28 2024
Roll up! Roll up! To the MAXT County Fair. There's a whole host of games and fun… or, there will be. Let’s just say our fete is in the hands of the Junior Creatives!
In this intensive summer making program, our wannabe carnival entrepreneurs will build and test fairground games, with expert guidance from MAXT staff and instructors. From boat racing to target practice and ring toss we’ll have a variety of summertime favorites.
They’ll get to work with a wide variety of materials around the workshop: building with wood, sewing, painting and creating something they’ll be proud of. Then, there’s a chance to show off to their families on our final day during the MAXT County Fair with refreshments, fairground prizes and good old fashioned fun.
Junior Creatives programs are designed for grade levels 5-8. If you have questions about if this program is suitable for your child, please contact us.
Screen Printing in a Day!
Learn the screen printing process from start to finish in a single day class with Carrie!
Students will learn the process of screen coating, development, washing and finally printing their designs. Each student will leave with 3 finished t-shirts from a wide choice of sizes and colors provided by Carrie, plus practice shirts from the MAXT supply.
Students can pick from hundreds of designs for their pieces from Carrie's stock (from years of professional screen printing) or bring their own.
Design parameters:
Design must be printed in black ink using an inkjet printer on an inkjet transparency. Design must fit on an 8.5" x 11" sheet. No lines in any element of the design should be smaller that 2mm.
This class includes a 1hr break for lunch.
Don't Stop the Presses! - Junior Creatives Summer Program
Don’t Stop the Presses!
1-5p Monday July 8 - Friday July 12 2024
This summer program is one that’s sure to make a big impression!
In this intensive art and making program we will explore a host of creative printing techniques in our printshop. We’ll screen print shirts, explore relief, intaglio and mono printing methods, carve, etch, build with Lego, and even make the paper.
We haven’t forgotten it’s summer and they’ll be etching….. I mean itching to go outside - so we’ll be super sizing some printing techniques to print on giant paper!
We’ll wrap the whole week off with an art show for family and a portfolio of work to take home in their own accordion artbooks.
Junior Creatives programs are designed for grade levels 5-8. If you have questions about if this program is suitable for your child, please contact us.
Introduction to Wood Turning: Green Wood Bowls
A wonderful introduction to woodturning and using green wood, this is a perfect introductory class. Bryan will take students through the first steps of safety and use of the wood lathe including tool sharpening and blank preparation. Then students will be guided through turning a bowl with a single gouge using green wood, to produce a beautiful bowl that will naturally change shape into a softened organic form as it dries.
Spoon Carving for Beginners
Learn to carve a spoon from a tree. This class will focus on gaining skills with two main tools of spoon carving – the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife. We will explore wood grain, learn different strokes and maintenance with each knife, and learn how to care for your body while carving. Students will leave the class with their own spoon, handouts of further resources, and the empowerment to continue learning and making things out of wood. This is a great class for beginners, as well as folks with some experience carving who are looking to brush up / reengage!
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Simple Metalsmithing with Joy Raskin
This one day workshop will introduce you to simple metalsmithing skills such as working with wire to make simple wire jewelry and some sheet metal that we will cut out, texture with hammers, drill holes to connect ear wires or link together. Simple hand tools will be used like pliers, metal shears, hammers, and more used to work with metal. Copper and brass will be provided for students to use.
Craft + Beer @ Post & Beam - Fly Tying
Craft + Beer is an opportunity to make something awesome with your friends in a relaxed setting. A pint is included in the cost of admission!
For our next Craft + Beer night, Larry Antonuk will introduce us to the world of fly tying. Did you ever want to tie your own fishing flies? Or tie them for someone who fishes? In this class we’ll learn all the basic concepts needed to produce some simple (but very effective) dry and wet fly patterns.
All materials and tools will be provided – you’ll be going home with several flies of your own design. This class is good for all levels, but especially for those just testing the waters.
Craft + Beer happens at Post and Brewery in Peterborough, monthly.
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Fools Guide : How to Fix a Lamp
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Fix a Lamp
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Cold Process Soap Making
Learn to make 100% natural skin loving soap with Andrea. Now based in Marlborough creating art with her new business Big Barn Pottery, she still makes soap after years of being a professional soap maker in NYC.
In this class you will learn the basics of cold process soap making. As an introductory class we will cover safety procedures, ingredients & adding natural colorants and scent.
During this three hour class as a group we will first discuss what makes a good bar of soap, then measure out ingredients, blend and pour our soap, getting an understanding of saponification.
After 48 hours everyone in the class will be able to pick up and take home several bars of soap.
*** This is an 18+ Class. Soap making requires caustic lye. For Safety students must wear long pants, long sleeve shirts and footwear that completely covers their feet. ****
Earth Day Workshops at MAXT
Celebrate sustainable making at MAXT with our Earth Day Workshops. We have two great upcycling classes to learn some new skills, plus a pair of FREE Open Studios!
Feed Sack Zippered Bags 10a-1p
Join Sarah for this family friendly beginning sewing class and journey into upcycling! Learn how to cut, sew and install a zipper into a bag using some fantastic donated feed sacks. Turning heavy duty, plastic feed sacks into rustic treasure and get some great skills along the way.
Family friendly age 10+
16 and under must be supervised by an adult.
Smash The Stash - Upcycled Jewelry 1-4p
Smash! Dig deep into our treasure trove of jewelry parts and pieces with Gabby to create your very own upcycled creations. We have pound and pounds of vintage goodies here at MAXT to harvest for parts and expert guidance from Gabby to use our jewelry tools and notions to create something new and unique. Students will leave with a minimum of one finished bracelet, necklace or set of earrings - anything you can make, you get to keep!
FREE Open Studios
Upcycled Art 10a-2p
Get creative with Anneli and dig into a pile of soon-to-be treasure to create something wonderful. From breadclips to maps, dice to doodads there’s a lot to explore.
Bike Maintenance 10a-2p
Dust off the cobwebs and oil those chains with Zach. Get help with preparing your two wheeled transports for spring and summer rides.
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Introduction to Woodworking: Patterned Coasters
Take some time to get comfortable in our woodshop with John. This is a perfect introductory course to woodworking, learning how to cut, plane, joint, laminate and generally get a good tour of what our space has available. Students will work with a variety of woods to create their own set of beautiful, patterned coasters.
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Fools Guide : How to Sew a Patch
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Sew a Patch
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Make Your Own Findings and Chains with Joy Raskin
Learn to make your own jewelry findings and wire chains. Customize your designs by crafting your own ear wires, clasps, pin backs and simple chains by hand without use of a traditional torch and gas tank. In addition, participants will learn to use cold connections (such as rivets) to connect pieces together without soldering. Joy will teach piercing, sawing, drilling, and other low-tech jewelry techniques designed to allow you to work in metal with no need for a lot of tools.
Spring Cleaning - Tool and Supply Sale!
Roll up, roll up for a bargain or two at MAXT! We're clearing out some excess items our studios, Great deals on good quality equipment and supplies for makers, plus every item sold will go directly back into more studio upgrades and programs.
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Introduction to Miniatures Painting for Gamers and Collectors
Get your geek on with this multi week miniatures painting course. Students will learn how to prepare a commercial minature, collectable or 3D print for painting then work with a pre-prepared example piece to learn techniques. This class wil cover the principals of lighting, airbrush use, brush layering, washes, drybrushing, metallics, organic textures and weathering. We'll also cover the best practices for choosing paints and tools for future projects.
Craft + Beer @ Frogg - Cursing in Cross Stitch
What better way to relax in an evening than drinking a beer and slowly, carefully embroidering some choice language. Vent your frustrations artistically in this fun class. Learn the basics of cross stitch pattern reading, simple design and create a colorful (language) mini masterpiece in cotton or hand dyed (pardon my) French silk. Plus your first drink is on us.
This is a 21+ event, hosted at Frogg Brewing. 580 Sawyers Crossing Rd, Swanzey, NH 03446
Wooden Bowl Turning for Beginners
Craft a beautiful, functional bowl in this fun class. Doug will guide students through taking a rough sawn board to a complete bowl ready for your morning cereal Bowls start with kiln-dried lumber. We’ll mount the blanks on the lathe then use gouges and scrapers to bring our bowls to shape. We’ll also learn about reverse-chucking, which will allow us access to both the outside and the inside of our projects. Finally, we will sand, apply finish, and clean-up the bottom. We will also touch on design considerations and various surface treatments.
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner / All Levels
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Fools Guide : How to Cut Glass
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week: How to Cut Glass
Textiles Open Studio
Join our Textiles volunteers for a weekly Open Studio session. Get help with your projects, learn about our machines or just bring something to work on with company.
This is a FREE event, donations appreciated.
Please register so we know numbers expected.
Introduction to Wood Turning: Green Wood Bowls
A wonderful introduction to woodturning and using green wood, this is a perfect introductory class. Bryan will take students through the first steps of safety and use of the wood lathe including tool sharpening and blank preparation. Then students will be guided through turning a bowl with a single gouge using green wood, to produce a beautiful bowl that will naturally change shape into a softened organic form as it dries.
Spoon Carving for Beginners
Learn to carve a spoon from a tree. This class will focus on gaining skills with two main tools of spoon carving – the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife. We will explore wood grain, learn different strokes and maintenance with each knife, and learn how to care for your body while carving. Students will leave the class with their own spoon, handouts of further resources, and the empowerment to continue learning and making things out of wood. This is a great class for beginners, as well as folks with some experience carving who are looking to brush up / reengage!
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Open Game Night
Join us at MAXT for a community board game night now weekly!
Every Friday, we have a great variety of games on loan from some of our geekiest members and staff, or bring your own to play with us.
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, meet some of our members eager to share their skills and a game with you!
This is a free, family friendly event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Woodshop Open Studio
A new Open Studio for 2024! Join our woodshop daring duo, Rick and Rhonda for help with your projects. This is a great time to get assistance with our equipment, get general woodworking advice and to catch up on your projects from our series classes.
This is a free event, donations are appreciated to help with running costs.
Fools Guide : How to Glue a Wood Joint
Feel lost with basic skills? Feel like a fool around the most simple of repairs? Did your dad never show you anything?
MAXT volunteers are here to help! Our new Fool’s Guides Series, Mondays 5.30-6 are quick, FREE mini classes on basic skills. Drop in and learn in our judgement free zone!
This week, a basic guide of how to glue wood joints with member John Whelan.
Pysanky: Traditional Wax Resist Egg Dyeing
Get eggcited for this cracking class! Learn the satisfying art of Pysanky, the traditional Ukrainian art of wax resist egg dyeing. Students will learn how to use the kitska tool to apply layers of wax, dye their creations in successive colors and how to finish their piece by blowing the egg for preservation. Students will end the class with at least one intricate egg, depending on their pace most students will create multiple pieces.
Craft + Beer @ Post & Beam : Lego Letterpress
We've got a great new excuse for playing with your kid's toys! Lego Letterpress is a great introduction to relief printing with movable elements. Make your own printed signs and pixel art, plus it's just really fun. As always at Craft + Beer your first drink is on us.
This is a 21+ event hosted at Post & Beam Brewing, 40 Grove St, Peterborough
Silver Bezel Pendant
Dive into the world of silver smithing with this introductory class with Krytsal Hjelm. Students will learn how to work with sheet silver, wire and prepared stones to create their own unique piece of fine jewelry. A fantastic introduction to the use of our jewelry shop from hand tools to bench top polishers, rotary tools and our high temperature soldering setup.
Textiles Open Studio
Get your textiles questions answered and build your skills with our Open Studios!
This season we're adding something new, the studio will be open for all projects but we'll have special focus on some skill building and social time!
Weeks 1 and 3 of each month: Simple starter sewing, we'll have a project each month to help new sewists and those who need to dust of their skills to get comfortable using the machines
Week 2: Mending circle, Sunday's after Repair Café are a great time to learn your own fixing skills from zipper replacements to visible mending and embellishments
Week 4: Fiber circle, bring your knitting, crochet or other fiber art and join our cozy group stitch and chat in the textiles room with expert advice from our textiles leads on those stubborn stitches.
This is a Free event - Donations are appreciated to help with running costs at MAXT
Practical 3D Printing: Stamps
Get to grips with the basics of digital design and turn your ideas into reality with this practical 3D printing class. John Anderson will guide students through image sourcing, manipulation in vector graphic software and converting into a printable stamp face object in 3DSMax. Students will then be guided through the basics of printing, cleaning and creating their own papercrafts with personalized stamps produced on our FormLabs printers.