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Today’s woodshop ASMR

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 Josh Jordan

Tip: play them all at once for an immersive experience! Continue reading Today’s woodshop ASMR

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a humanoid robot instructs a classroom of child robots in the use of a table saw

Is physical making “AI-proof?”

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 Josh Jordan

tl;dr: no But here’s some interesting questions to ponder about the reach of AI technology, the role of “creating” in a liberal arts education, and the meaning of making. Light stuff for a day with light rain. 1. How will … Continue reading Is physical making “AI-proof?”

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Sustainable Skills in the Makerspace

July 25, 2025July 29, 2025 Josh Jordan

This past academic year, the makerspace had the privilege and pleasure of helping support the President’s Sustainability Research Fellow Angela Gil and her excellent and impressive program of events and workshops throughout the Spring semester. The fuller picture is that … Continue reading Sustainable Skills in the Makerspace

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a work table in the makerspace with an in-progress print block and series of test prints

Fall Scenes from the Makerspace

December 18, 2024 Josh Jordan

A holiday wrap-up, of sorts: It was a busy and bustling season in the Makerspace, for people, projects, and planned events. We played host to three separate studio art courses as their primary workspace, and as a testing ground for … Continue reading Fall Scenes from the Makerspace

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Making through drawing

November 13, 2024 Josh Jordan

Drawing, doodling, sketching, charting, diagramming, whatever it is that puts your pen(cil) to paper is a ubiquitous, necessary, and sometimes overlooked feature of making things and makerspaces. I’d like to take a moment to sing its praises, from the perspective … Continue reading Making through drawing

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photograph of the exterior doors of the makerspace

Five Reasons to Visit the Makerspace Today!

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024 Josh Jordan

Tools! The Makerspace has an open library of tools for you to learn and put to use. We provide certification sessions for use of woodshop power tools, and you can sign up for a time for that course here. 2. … Continue reading Five Reasons to Visit the Makerspace Today!

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