Hobbyist makers and their makin'

Let's backtrack a few years when John and I were boyfriend and girlfriend. We'd gotten to a stage in our relationship when date nights just weren't enough anymore, we wanted to do something. I mean, something productive. Something that has longevity in the way our professional world of IT doesn't. We wanted to build things. Then we heard about our local hackspace; a community of fellow geeks who tinker with lasers, computer-controlled routers and 3D printers.

Fast forward to today and we've both learned a mountain of new skills, broken many things, built other things and had a blast. Recently we built a CNC router, hacked a knitting machine, dabbled in aquaponics and laser cutting. We've become a husband and wife team of hobbyist makers.

We prefer to focus on challenging ourselves rather than making a profit, but every now and again we make a thing we're proud of. We hope you enjoy this shop and our creative explorations with technology.