Clay: from digging to final firing – 18 Jun – 8pm

Clay (not mud) is in the ground waiting to be dug: Ball Clay Earthenware Stoneware Porcelain Making treasures from these clays and getting dirty in the process This demonstration by Alan G aimed to get everyone fired up about Clay. It showed the complete process from digging raw […]

Repair Cafe – 15 Jun 2024 – 10am to 4pm

From time to time, we all throw away things that have very little wrong with them and could easily be used again after a simple repair. If you have something broken but could be repaired, then bring it along to 2024 Green Week Repair Café at the Basingstoke […]

2024 Bond Issue

In order to secure our future we are raising money by issuing a bond.  Members and the public can get 6% interest on a bond that is repaid in 7 years while at the same time allowing the MakerSpace to secure its future. An initial draft of the […]

MakerSpace on Community Radio

Kevin R and Andy P were on Basingstoke Community Radio on Monday 29th April  between 11 and 12:30 in the morning.  They talked about the space, what we doing in it and our money raising efforts. Here is what they said: Basingstoke Community Radio can be live streamed […]

Running AI at home: Tue 9 Apr 2024 8pm

Adventures in Latent Space, or how I am using my new computer In the first two parts of this series (one and two) we built a PC specifically tuned to be good at AI. What next? This presentation explored the fascinating world of stable diffusion models to conjure […]