Anti-Making Making Club #01:ย 
Laser Cutting 101
with Interaccess

Facilitators : Lily Jeon & Nam Hoang


Saturday December 7, 2024ย 
1pm - 5pm ET
at Interaccess (950 Dupont St, Unit 1)

$30, All materials + snacks provided

Register through Interaccess ย 

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The facilitators, Nam and Lily, are co-founders of SHEEEPschool.


Lily (she/they) applies multi-disciplinary methods, intersectional lenses, and creative approaches to design, education, and community organizing. Their work centers on building empathy, engagement, and empowerment through hands-on experiential learning and co-creative praxis. They currently work as the Studio Technologist at U of Tโ€™s Faculty of Architecture by day. They have established and overseen a range of workshop facilities/ makerspaces and programs in past roles including at U of Tโ€™s Faculty of Engineering, TMUโ€™s Design Fabrication Zone, and Toolbox Initiative.ย 


Nam (he/him) aims to create more meaningful community participation and advocacy in issues of architecture, making, and urban futures. He is a systemic designer, artist, and foresight practitioner, and is the co-founder of Makeshift Collective โ€“ a multidisciplinary arts and design collective that used to operate a woodshop, photo studio, and sewing studio in Chinatown. Together, we built a space of collective care, creative agency, and experimentation, building a culture of mentorship and skill sharing, running community build projects, and learning the messiness and joy of collective empowerment through making.ย 


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Curious about learning fabrication techniques, but want to understand the larger context and critiques about it? Want to learn the skills, but donโ€™t see yourself fitting into the โ€œmakerโ€ mold? Have reservations about how the ease of these technologies can result in waste?

Then please join us for Anti-Making Making Club #1: Laser Cutting 101! This is the first workshop of a series where SHEEEPschool gathers a community of like-minded creative critical thinkers and anti-maker-makers for collaborative learning, play, discussions, and making, as we unpack together how we might make things in a meaningful, anti-consumerist, good way. All levels of experience (none to expert) with laser cutting are welcome.


โšก Learn how to laser cut, and deep dive into nuances of the technology

๐Ÿงฉ Co-create small artifacts to laser cut and keep

๐Ÿค Reflect together on intentional making, and exchange tips and tricks with each other

๐Ÿ”— Connect with like-minded people, and help build up this new club!


Limited capacity

Photos courtesy of Lily