FABLAB Devon Home-Ed Digital Academy WEDNESDAYS (Autumn 2025 Second-Half)

Welcome!

Please do take a couple of minutes to read the details below as it explains what you can expect from our workshops.

Our NEW Home-Ed Digital Academy is a new blend of digital skills and design skills. Some workshops focus on digital skills without a specific outcome and some focus on design skills aiming towards designing a product which we will make. See the dates and projects listings below for dates of what is happening in each workshop.

Places are very limited so booking is essential. It will not be possible to turn up without a ticket. For this workshop, participants need to be aged 8 to 15yrs. Emergency contact details will be completed during the checkout process.

Please note that we need a minimum of four people to book for the workshop to go ahead. If less than 4 tickets are sold, we will contact you and refund your payment. Participants should be dropped off at the FabLab and collected at the end of the workshop unless you give permission for them to leave without an adult collecting at the end in the checkout process.

About this Workshop:

In our workshops, our Digital Making Tutor, Marcus Brown, will briefly run through how the process works and will give a shirt demonstration pointing out some of the key design techniques needed for the session. Following this, attendees get to develop their own skills or create a design.

Buying additional designs:

Sometimes when people see their design, they decide that they would like to buy more of them. If this applies to you, this is completely possible. Please email and I will quote for the cost and will contact you when it has been made and is ready for collection. Through the summer (which is my busiest period) it might be that the additional copies will be made in September but I will make them sooner if possible. I keep their designs for a year after the workshop date.

Design Making

If the session includes a product to be made, we will make this after the workshop. We will let you know by email when it is ready to be collected or we can send it to another Library in Devon or Torbay for collection.

Workshop Sessions and Focus:

WED 12 NOV - Create a design for their very own mug. Using Canva, we will create a design and will then print it using dye-sublimation and heat-press it onto their own mug. We will print some mugs in the workshop but there may not be time to finish them all. If necessary, we will make the remainder after the workshop and will let you know when they are ready to collect.

WED 19 NOV - AI Image Generation. Using a generative AI website, we will show your child/ren how to generate their own unique images. We will also discuss the pros and cons of AI images and will discuss the law and Copyright. Their images will be shared after the workshop.

WED 26 NOV - Designing laser-cut wooden Christmas Decorations. They will learn to create a vector-based design for up to 6 different hanging decorations. It should be possible to make these in the workshop but if time doesn't allow for this then the remainder will be finished after the workshop.

WED 3 DEC - Design their own jigsaw. Using Canva, they will create their own design for a jigsaw. We will print it using dye-sublimation and will then heat-press it onto an A4 jigsaw blank. If all goes to plan, they will bring it home with them.

WED 10 DEC - Learn how to sculpt in 3D. Your child/ren will learn how to use a 3D sculpting website. They will get to create their own design. 3D printing takes a long time so they won't be able to take their print home with them. We will print them after the workshop and we will email when they are ready for collection. This is normally in around 10 days.

WED 17 DEC - Learn AI Song Generation. Using an generative AI website, your child will learn how to create their own songs using AI. By typing in some prompts they will be able to write their own songs. Following the workshop, their songs will be emailed home for you to keep. As this workshop is so close to Christmas, it could be a Christmas Song. Other themes are good too!

A few things to note:

Refunds - our policy is no refunds. If you are unable to attend, please let us know as we are running a waiting list and, if we can resell your ticket, we will refund your ticket (but not the Eventbrite fee). If we cannot resell your ticket then no refund will be issued. If you are unable to attend then please notify us as soon as possible and then we can 'release your ticket'.

If we have to cancel a workshop for any reason, we will refund you your payment in full.

Late Arrival - It will not be possible to join the workshop if you arrive more than 15 minutes late. By this time, we are getting into the technical content of the workshop and it's not possible to go back over what we have already covered.

Mobile Phones - Mobile phones should not be used in the workshop. It is ok for participants to have a phone with them but they must not be used in the session. If you have any further questions - please do email us at:ZmFibGFiIHwgbGlicmFyaWVzdW5saW1pdGVkICEgb3JnICEgdWs=

Appropriate Design Content - In some recent workshops I have had to say no to some image and text content attendees have selected. I mention at the start of workshops that the content must be age appropriate and not offensive or illegal. If there are any issues with this I may phone an emergency contact to check if they are happy. All of our internet delivery in the library has a filter running to minimise inappropriate content.

Any questions? If so, please do email me and I will come back to you. I work part-time so it can take 2-3 days to receive a reply sometimes.

Many thanks,

Marcus Brown

Digital Making Tutor

FabLab Devon (Exeter)

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