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makebright.com

makebright, “making stuff in waterloo”, is a site on makebright.com, in English, funded by its readers: 15 people pay through Patreon, as the platform publishes it.

A blog by dw on makerspace building and library maker projects, with field notes from the Laurier Library Makerspace in Waterloo.

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Latest posts

• Creating makerspaces: go beyond your walls2019-05-13
• Creating makerspaces: the power of examples2019-05-06
• Creating Makerspaces: from learners to teachers2019-04-29
• Creating makerspaces: building capacity in people2019-04-22
• kwartzlab v3 build out2019-01-14
• kwartzlab on the move2018-12-03
• Artist Dave Hind–the medium is the metal2018-10-22
• Art + awareness–toward safe affordable housing2018-04-11

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