Category Archives: kwartzlab
kwartzlab–new home: same great community
My very good friends at kwartzlab opened the doors last Saturday on their new home on Charles St. just below Stirling Ave. at Kent St, and what a great space it is! If you’re completely new to this thread: kwartzlab … Continue reading
Agnes Niewiadomski is a maker’s maker
fabric, stitching – Agnes Niewiadomski My wickedly talented friend, artist, baker, and killah propmaker (rhyme!), Agnes Niewiadomski is the current artist in residence at kwartzlab. I popped by the lab on Sunday with James Bastow and once again Agnes’ work … Continue reading
What can you make with a laser cutter?
A pretty freakin’ cool clock, for one thing. I popped by kwartzlab last Tuesday for their open night to check out the new laser cutter, funded by CEEO. James Bastow was there with his latest project: a word clock, inspired … Continue reading
Quadcopter talk by Kareem Shehata of Aeryon Labs
So… now I know what I want for Christmas. Had a chance to drop by the old stomping grounds of kwartzlab for their Tuesday Open Night. James Bastow, the maker’s maker and a director of the lab, invited Kareem Shehata … Continue reading
kwartzlab rocks Hacky Halloween!
On Saturday, Waterloo Region’s super-duper makerspace, kwartzlab, set up shop at THEMUSEUM to engage the community in an awesome event that involved building electronic candles and carving cool pumpkins. Dubbed “Hacky Halloween”, this KW Awesome Foundation-funded event really highlighted kwartzlab’s … Continue reading
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Karl Williams–The Machine Art Exhibit opens
My good friend Karl Williams opened his show at kwartzlab last week. He’s playing with some interesting ideas around the translation of ideas to digital designs to realization of the work via machines such as his 3-axis CNC mill. Here’s … Continue reading
Etching aluminum
Andrew Mackie, kwartzlabber extraordinaire, etched the kwartzlab logo into this aluminum plate…
Change of focus…
Hey kwartzlab makers! I’ve decided to redirect my kwartzlab energy toward my new venture: makebright.com Been working on this for about 4 months now, contributing to the make-o-sphere under this new banner and starting to get some traction, which … Continue reading
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Ron Daniels rocked Monetizing the Making–massive thanks!
Massive thanks to Ron Daniels for his talk “The Organic Entrepreneur” at kwartzlab tonight in the Monetizing the Making series (‘cause it went well, so let’s call it a series). You really went above and beyond for us Ron with … Continue reading
Monetizing the Making–Mar 1–here’s your speaker, Ron Daniels
(photo: sourced from www.hawkertempest.se) Only 2 days until a very interesting talk at kwartzlab. Join us on Tuesday, March 1 for “Monetizing the Making”, a talk by Ron Daniels. Doors open at 7pm, talk begins at 7:30pm. To pique your … Continue reading
