ParsonsMAKES Workshops

What is Parsons MAKES?

PARSONS MAKES! is a school-wide pilot program of workshops available to students across all Parsons schools and programs. The goal of these workshops, after taking the safety orientations, are to get you into the many Making Center shops and labs and actually MAKE something with the materials, methods, and equipment available to you! 

This Fall (21), we will start with a series of 5 Basic Workshops. In a 3 hour workshop (on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) you will complete the process of making something ‘basic’ using specific tools + equipment from our Shops/Labs as well as a step-by-step guide of what you just did as reference for future use in the Making Center! These Basic Workshops are a hands-on, exploratory space to learn the very basics of what our shops/labs are capable of making.

For this Fall, the attendance will be on the first-come-first-serve basis until the workshop is at capacity. If workshops are running back-to-back sessions, any student who did not get into the first session will have first chance at the next session.

Please fill out this brief form to let us know about your interest to attend!  

Workshop Schedule

The following workshops are expected to begin in late October, and will continue throughout the semester. Specific dates, times, and locations will be posted to this page soon.

  • Intro to Woodworking (prerequisite: N2 General Shop // Tier 1 Wood Orientation)
  • Lasers! Intro to Laser Cutting + Etching (prerequisite: Laser Lab Orientation)
  • Getting to Know the Domestic Sewing Machine (prerequisite: Domestic Sewing Machine Online Orientation)
  • Intro to Plaster Casting + Alginate Molds (prerequisite: Wet Shop Orientation)
  • Intro to Industrial Sewing Machine (prerequisite: UC Sewing General Orientation and

Please be sure to complete all the required safety orientations beforehand.  Sign onto the Making Center Trainings and Authorizations course page using your New School login to complete the “General Orientation” module, and any required pre-requisites as listed above.

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Woodshop

Location：N2 Shop 2 West 13th St, 2nd Fl

Learn to measure, cut, and assemble a simple wood box with a lid. You will get comfortable using the bandsaw, drill press, belt sander, drill gun, and combination square in the N2 shop.

Pre-reqs
Completed online and hands-on components of Shop/Lab Safety Orientations: 1. Making Center General Orientation, 2. N2 General Shop // Tier 1 wood orientation

1. Computer or Tablet to receive and open Student Workshop Hand-Out
2. Mechanical Pencil + Sketchbook
3. Appropriate attire for working in the Wood Shop: Close-toed shoes/no heels, hair pulled back, no dangly or loose clothes.
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What YOU need to bring with you:
Please be sure to complete all the required safety orientations beforehand. Sign onto the Making Center Trainings and Authorizations course page using your New School login to complete the “General Orientation” module, and any required pre-requisites as listed above.

Who Can Attend?

The Parsons Makes workshops are open to all upper year undergraduate students and graduate students for the Fall (21) semester.

If you’re a First Year student, these Basic workshops will be available to you in future semesters. Check back in the Spring 2022!

If any of the following apply to you, these Workshops are for you!

  • I’m just excited to try a method or tool and haven’t had the opportunity in my classes so far
  • I’m a sophomore who normally would be introduced to these labs/shops methods in FY curriculum but missed them due to the remote school year
  • I’m a junior or senior who had an intro to these First year but have forgotten the basics after a year remote and just want to brush up again
  • I’m a student who is excited about a process, tool, or method but my program doesn’t offer it and/or I couldn’t get into an elective that encapsulates it
  • I’m worried I will be “behind” going into my sophomore year because I missed using the Making Center last year (P.S. you aren’t behind! Learning is a process and this is all just part of it for you)
  • I’m excited to meet and learn with students from different programs

Are there any Prerequisites to attend?

  • These Basic Workshops are a hands-on, non- threatening space to learn the very basics of what our shops/labs are capable of, therefore there will be very few prerequisites to attend. 
  • The most important prerequisites to attend and complete will be the Safety Orientations for the Shops and Labs associated with your Basic Workshop.  All Basics Workshops require that you have completed the online Making Center General Orientation.  Additional shop-based orientations associated with the Basic Workshop you are attending are noted in the Workshop Schedule above.
  • Other prerequisites will be minimal and updated as the workshops develop. Examples might include bringing an illustrator file or scanning a sketchbook page. These Basic Workshops are an INTRODUCTORY space after all!

Common Questions

Do These Workshops replace the Shop and Lab Orientations?

The PARSONS MAKES! workshops do NOT replace the required Shop/Lab Orientations. The purpose of our current Shop/Lab orientations is to review health and safety aspects of the tools and labs. The Basic Workshops will act as a companion to the Shop/Lab Orientations by reiterating/reinforcing what was learned as well as expand to become more specific around the making that can happen within these shops and labs!

Will there be Intermediate/Advanced Workshops?

Intermediate/advanced  Workshops will be introduced in the Spring. These are a place where the more granular knowledge of our faculty and techs can be shared within the context of deepening the capabilities of what is possible within our shops/labs as well as more specific techniques and methods!

Over the next few years, the goal is to run the Basic workshops each semester as well as a rotation of the intermediate/advanced workshops.

Please fill out this brief form to let us know what kind of workshops you would be interested in! 

Workshop Schedule

Workshop Prerequisite(s) to attend Registration / Dates