New 3D Printing Rules and Guidelines
Since we opened almost 2 years ago we’ve learned a lot about 3D printing. We’ve helped hundreds of students, faculty, and staff learn to 3D print, and our printers have run for around 10,000. Now…
2022-2023 White Board Questions of the Week
You may have noticed a whiteboard with a different question on it each week while visiting Makerspace. There have been lots of questions and even more answers over the past couple years we’ve been open….
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…
A Tail of 2 Failed 3D Prints: Printing Complex Objects
by Franklin Sayre, Makerspace Librarian It can be hard to 3D print large, complex objects. Longer print times, more complex objects, and multiple material types lead to more failures. Recently, I printed a sculpture created…
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…
Guest Post: Making My World – A Reflection by Kirsten Glass
Throughout my time at TRU Library Makerspace, I have been fortunate to witness a myriad of unique projects that have captivated my imagination. From artists creating intricate 3D figures to engineering students skillfully learning embroidery for club sweaters to education students using various technologies to enhance their teaching experiences – each day brings a wave of remarkable creations that students, faculty, and staff bring to life within Makerspace.
2023 CELT Faculty Makerspace Grant Awardees
The TRU Library Makerspace is delighted to announce the two successful applicants for the Spring 2023 Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Faculty Makerspace Grants: Harshita Dhiman and Katelin Pietrusinski from the Career…
Makerspace featured in podcast episode of You Got This!
Makerspace has been featured on TRU’s Brenna Clarke Gray’s podcast You Got This! Brenna is a coordinator of educational technologies at Learning Technology and Innovation where they support TRU’s community in using technology and media…
Minimalist Making
Minimalist Making is a framework for integrating Makerspace and maker activities into curriculum, with four main principles: keep it simple, make it fun, it must be relevant, and keep it low impact. The framework encourages users to simplify the activity, make it enjoyable and creative, connect the skills to real world problems and situations, and to consider the impacts of their making on the environment, community, etc.