Every Friday night starting at 6 pm, we offer tours of MAKE Santa Fe! We’re like a gym, but with powerful tools instead of exercise equipment and skilled craftspeople instead of personal trainers. We invite you to get an up-close look at the many shops and disciplines we host, and get your questions about members, costs, and classes answered!
Are you enthralled by watching glowing red-hot steel be manipulated and transformed? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at blacksmithing? Here’s a chance to learn the safety precautions, basic techniques, tools, and nomenclature to get you started.
Ceramics, one of the oldest and most captivating art forms, offers a unique blend of tactile, creative, and meditative experiences. If you want to express yourself, create functional items for your home, or want to explore a new medium, the Make Clay Ceramics studio is all you’ll need. Anyone can take this class, no experience required!
Learn the ins and outs of our 30-watt Epilogue Zing laser cutter AND our 150-watt Boss LS-3655 laser cutter. Learn how to personalize just about anything by etching and cutting material. Wood, ceramic, acrylic, paper, glass, you name it!
Embark on learning the centuries-old craft of woodturning. Initially, a craft born out of necessity, using a lathe has gained tremendous popularity as a hobby over the last 50 years. Develop an understanding of how to safely operate a lathe while building wood grain knowledge in this beginner-friendly workshop. This is a satisfying craft and one where you can create things you’ll actually use!
Casting metal is a 6,000-year-old process still used in manufacturing and fine art. The founder melts metal (usually aluminum, bronze, or cast iron) in a crucible, pours it into a mold, then removes the mold material or the casting once the metal has cooled and solidified. In our classes, beginners learn the safety associated with pouring 1800 degrees of molten metal, how to pack a sand mold, and how to pour liquid metal into the mold.
Sew a beanie hat made of knit fabric using a serger! Stretch and Knit fabrics have very different properties from standard fabrics; learn to work with them in the sewing shop, which includes learning the ins and outs of serger sewing machine use.
Are you a sewing enthusiast? Our instructor Echo Cincotta is available as a sewing resource every Wednesday evening from 4-7!... View Article
This class will go over applications, vectorizing, and exporting to help you optimize for your projects here at MAKE. We STRONGLY recommend this class before taking our Laser, CNC, and Plasma cutting Badge classes!
Brazing is a metal-joining process in which two or more metal items are joined by melting and flowing a filler... View Article
Join us on the third Friday of each month for Open Forge, an opportunity to watch and learn the art and craft of Blacksmithing. Open Forge Fridays will include demonstrations, Q&A, and hands-on smithing! All are welcome!
Every Friday night starting at 6 pm, we offer tours of MAKE Santa Fe! We’re like a gym, but with powerful tools instead of exercise equipment and skilled craftspeople instead of personal trainers. We invite you to get an up-close look at the many shops and disciplines we host, and get your questions about members, costs, and classes answered!
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