(27/07/2018) "Mini maker week"

What the f... Mini maker week ?


Mini maker week was an idea to make in one week many workshops to promote the activity of the makerspace, invite people to come and visit us and improve our place. I was responsible to organised everything so it was difficult and first time for me to connecting many workshops, partners and communication. Obviously the team was here to helping me during harder moment.


And this was the program
Monday - initiation 3D printing and modeling 2h, come saturday to bring your 3d prints
Tuesday - initiation coding with Mblock and writing a song workshop 2h
Wednesday - Make a Vr movie (1/2 part) 4h (for kids between 12 and 16 years)*
-Evening retrogaming
Thursday - Make a Vr movie (2/2 part) 4h, watch the movie saturday on virtual reality headset*
-Evening discovering coding toys
Friday - Initiation robotic and create your own jewelry 2h

Saturday - Makerspace opening from 10 to 20h

During the week many workshops was ran by some intervenant like Brigitte Wild an french artist who was running the VR workshops assisted by Piotr Kedielski, Marek Kocon (Nut cane) who was running the music workshop, Aleksandra Otrowska for the Jewelry also Michal and Ida Fischer for everything during the week and Ana Elke for translation and communication with parents.

 During the week we also had a visit of the office of unemployement for showing to entrepreneer, unemployed people in the way of creating company, an example of "solidarity company" different that what public are used.

 The calm before the storm.


And an original song wrote by kids, it's about an hamster.

(23/06/2018) Last month

June is also my last mont in the Evs adventure... The end of discovering an new culture, country, way of living, inhuman crazy cold winter...
What can i say...

RRRRIIINNNGGGG (old phone style ringing)
What ? I heard good ? 2 month more of EVS, For sure I accept.

So maybe it,s time to talk about volunteering with Erasmus+. Last year at the same period i was aware about the existence of the Erasmus+ program concerning mobility project and mobility for youthworker because i'd apply to participate to one in Luxembourg. It's clearly after this training about "makerspace in digital youthwork" and the meeting with many interesting peoples that my practice of making started to have access to an higher level, an european level.

it's an really nice adventure to do volunteering abroad because everything is little bit new and different so new taste... A taste of Europe

A selfie from my shitty previous smartphone one year ago (in July in fact)

In my geek practice we don't really have border we are doing stuff and exchanging with peoples on internet from everywhere around the globe without taking care from where are people, what color they have or religion... We are just sharing information and good time.
So experimenting that in real is completely different and is the reason of the existence of hackerspace, makerspace, fablab... we needed a place for sharing a coffee.. or a beer !

During my studies i never heard about European volunteering service and i think it's sad because it can change lives, give you another point a view of the world and your place in. I was really lost in my studies but one year to think and live an experience can help you to find you and what you want to do.

The Pralnia team offer me also to maybe stay after my EVS, and work for them to continue the projects i started and develop the place and more. They offer me to also take a part of the recruitment of new volunteers for the next year and be in charge a part of their activities be one of coordinator and take care of them. It's really an great proposal because it's an really good way to share my experience and give opportunities to upgrade the project. 

(23/06/2018) Relaxing month ?

June, it was one of the month
In Poland, the winter was an not so rude experience finally i was more scared about before and in fact i possible to survive so i was waiting to see the summer coming... Sadly or strangely summer was not here during June but autumn YES ! arrrrgh the most depressing month grey everyday and often an small rain between some thunderstorm... and i just wanted a barbecue...

Anyway i spend a long time inside and it gave me time to improve my skills in 3d printing, i tried new settings, adjust temperature, speeds... and the spiralize mode really interesting for fast printing.
It create empty object just a shell strong enough to be touched and manipulate and be used like decoration object.
So i print some design find one the web for decorate the makerspace.

i was waiting for when i was a child, it's the beginning of summer and the announce of great moment during vacation.
As i said it was the end of school and the beginning of the vacation, so less work 'outside' and more groups was coming to the makerspace. It's really nice to "work at home" no needs to search the remote of the video projector, the electricity plugs... So easier but also nicer because all thoses kids was giving more life to the space.
The space is clearly not perfectly finished and some work left but step by step is operational.

So we hosted an groupes of space architect to design Mars houses some looks really similar of on our planet but somes designs are more interesting, we can maybe send that to Nasa ;-)

Bonus or not

EUH.... Is that the beginning of summer in Poland ?