Much of what we do at the makerspace starts with a project from an individual member.
Category: Projects
Making holograms – Tuesday 5th April 2022
Holograms are images of a 3D object stored on a 2D photographic film or light-sensitive plastic. Almost everybody has heard of holograms, given that they are staple themes in Sci-Fi movies, yet most people have no idea how to create one or how they work. Tuesday open evening, […]
Blender Introduction: Shapes, Scenes, Movement and Videos
Blender is a free software suite that can create 3d objects, render scenes, animate sequences and even edit videos. This incredibly powerful tool can be pretty intimidating for new users. This short video above is an example of what Blender can do. It shows the output […]
Noticeboard assembled – 12th Feb 2022
Two Steves show off the new noticeboard. If you’ve visited the space recently you may have spotted the new noticeboard outside the space. It is weatherproof and has a slot for inserting notices. It was assembled during the maintenance day on 12th Feb. Combining efforts from Steve D, […]
D & D Project- “Ghosts of Saltmarsh” – 3D Gameboard
Many D & D games use maps to help players visualise what is happening to the characters. "Ghosts of Saltmarsh" extended the map idea to 3D gameboard of a ship. We decided to make a 3D game board at the makerspace. We starting from the basic four level design in the Saltmarsh manual ...
Nontransative Dice
This set of dice are “nontransative”. In other words the red one beats the green, the blue one wins against the red and the green one defeats the blue. With this set of dice you can always have a 55% chance of winning. First get your victim to […]