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UC Berkeley Library Makerspace: Projects and Inspiration

Projects and Inspiration

Find guides to create a project for the Make of the Month, or a workshop, tool templates and patterns, and photos of what students are currently working on in the Makerspace. 

Make of the Month Guides 2024-2025

Create a toadstool mushroom with needle felting!

Create a greeting card that can slide to reveal a message. Choose a design made with our Silhouette cutting machines, or customize your own!

Templates

Workshop Guides 2024-2025

Create your own single color laptop stickers out of adhesive vinyl! Stickers will be cut using our Silhouette cutting machines.

Learn to embroider mini felt pumpkins to string together into a gourd-geous garland.

Learn to carve stamps of your own designs! These stamps use relief printmaking techniques on rubber-based printing material. All materials are available in the Makerspace upon request.

Inspiration

D&D Figure

A Dungeons and Dragons miniature made on the Ultimaker 3D printer and painted in the Makerspace.

A set of D&D miniatures.

A full set of Dungeons and Dragons miniatures printed on the Ultimaker.

Using the sewing machine

Learning to use the sewing machine by sewing a pencil pouch with zipper.

Finished zipper pouch

Needle Felted Bumble Bee

Sewn pouch with button hole

A small pouch with a button closure made on the sewing machine. 

A set of laser printer transfers.

A sheet of laser printer transfer vinyl. Printed on the laser printer, these sheets can transfer full color images to fabric.

Successful laser printer transfer

Using the binding machine to bind a course reader.