Artwork added to Makerspace!
The TRU Library Makerspace is happy to share that we’ve added some new life into our space by adding four artwork pieces from the TRU Permanent Collection to our walls alongside our very own #TRUMakes…
TRU Repair Café free for TRU and Kamloops community members
Do you have small household items or clothing/textiles that need to be repaired or altered? Don’t throw them away; bring them to the TRU Repair Café March 5 at TRU. The Repair Café is a…
The Makerspace Grant: Adding Innovation into the Classroom by Harshita Dhiman and Katelin Pietrusinsk, Department of Career and Experiential Learning
Cooperative education is a form of experiential learning where students alternate their semesters of study with related professional experience. Co-op 1000 is a pre-requisite course in the co-operative education program. Students learn career management strategies…
3D Printing Journey
Guest Post by Cassidy Jean It all started with a project, and an idea. The project: create a table display that representedKamloops. The idea: what if I created a cityscape of sorts? Or made important…
Makerspace Team Grows!
Makerspace is happy to announce that our team has grown! We are also excited to welcome back our Student Ambassadors for the 2023-2024 school year, including some new faces. Head to Our Team to learn…
Unmade Monuments: Exploring Public Space Through Prototyping Monuments and Public Sculptures by Twyla Exner, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Communication & Visual Arts
Unmade Monuments asks students to be curious about how art can and does occupy and activate public spaces and the rights and responsibilities of artists and the community in relation to those public spaces. From…
Guest Post: Freehand Drawing Shapes for Tinkercad by Syreena Bhattacharya
If you’re wanting to 3D print a simple design that you have in mind, drawing it might be the way! There are a couple of different ways you can do this using Tinkercad, the main…
Layered Vinyl Stickers
My close friend Mikaela Kalmar gifted me this portrait of my cats in 2022 for my birthday. When I asked her if it would be okay to replicate it to make a layered vinyl sticker…
TRU Library Family Day!
Are you a TRU student, staff, or faculty member with kids interested in making and STEAM? The TRU Library Makerspace is doing a Makerspace Family Day event this summer, July 19th! Anyone with kids interested in making…
New Lendable Technology!
The TRU Library Makerspace has added new technology into our lendable collection. You can now use your TID to borrow: a Blue Yeti Mic to record audio at home an iPad to create digital art…