Gareth Williams

It has been a busy month at Newport Makerspace!
Mae hi wedi bod yn fis prysur yng Nghreudy Casnewydd!

Makers’ Night has been super busy! We are at capacity most weeks now which is a fantastic problem to have. We are doubling down efforts to launch our makerspace membership, which is currently in a pilot. We expect that the makerspace will be open for use between 9.30am and 4pm on Weekdays and Saturdays for members in the very near future now – how…

A while ago I saw a post on a local Facebook page saying

“Help wanted from any local knitting group. One of the ladies in our sight loss club with sight loss is in need of help to carry on with her knitting. She had a gauge with Braille capability that enabled her to identify the size of the needles but unfortunately it broke and she has not been able to find a source of getting a replacement. She’s tried RNIB & Sight Cymru to no avail. If by any…

Our first open day is this coming Saturday 20th November. The doors will be open from 11am to 3pm so please come along and see for yourself the result of all our hard work. We hope to make open days a regular occurrence to make as many people aware of the Newport Makerspace / Creudy Casnewydd facilities and to encourage them to learn new skills. 

You can…

We have officially moved in to the Reuse Centre on Chepstow Road and a slow trickle of HEAVY stuff is arriving on pallets! Earlier in the week we were able to take some panoramic photos of the space which you can browse below – exciting!

Click and drag with your mouse to scroll around the rooms. Many more items arrived since the pictures were taken so it doesn’t nearly look as bare now:

We are currently unpacking, constructing and pondering to get the space ready for action, stay…

I had no experience of building a website until I got involved with Newport Makerspace. My first task was to find out what tools were available to make a website – there are lots. As funds were tight, free options were of course the favourite and even then there are lots to choose from. I played around with several tools, WordPress, Wix, SquareSpace and Editor x – to name a few. All seemed to do a job, with some more flexible than others. Most use “themes” which give a basic website layout that…