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We're super excited to host @whimsy.guild for a special edition Maker Prompt-a-Rama at Protohaven!

Maker Prompt-a-Rama is a chance to energize your spirit by making something completely unexpected using creative constraints! Join us to spend the afternoon playing with art supplies and ideas as we each create something based on the same random prompt! Then share your unique make and enjoy the many wonderful interpretations by your newfound maker friends!

Will what we make be perfect? Beautiful? Groundbreaking? Probably not, but it will definitely be silly and fun.

Curious to see what Protohaven has to offer? Tours will be offered during the event!

This Saturday, May 9th, come to Construction Junction for our partnership with @protohaven and our Maker Market! Get your sugar fix, shopping fix, and social fix all in one place. We'll have ice cream from @millies and local artists and small business owners at booths showcasing the items they have available for purchase. It's a reuse wonderland you won't want to miss out on!

Join us in the jewelry studio, and turn copper sheet and wire into a custom flower bookmark! Have some fun with friends, or bring your mom in for a Mother's Day treat

Join our Protohaven Makers for a Maker Market at Construction Junction on Saturday May 9th, from 12 pm to 4 pm! Metals, reuse, fashion, art & more!

Due to the winds and power outage last weekend, we have some classes that have been rescheduled to this weekend. Lucky for you, there's still 3 spots left to join Copper Fold Forming and Air Chasing Techniques! Register online at protohaven.org/classes

Due to the winds and power outage last weekend, we have some classes that have been rescheduled to this weekend. Lucky for you, there's still 3 spots left to join Copper Fold Forming and Air Chasing Techniques! Register online at protohaven.org/classes

Laser Engraved Pint Glasses with Lizzee: Celebrate the spirit of St. Patrick's Day at Protohaven! Using our high-powered Precision Laser Cutter & Engraver, you'll make a cool pint glass with your own custom text and festive St. Patty's Day embellishments. Learn how the machine operates, and how it can engrave cylindrical items like glassware. Everyone will leave with their own pint glass and a matching wooden coaster (also made on the Laser Cutter)!

Spots filling up quickly! Two sessions available!

Make your own personalized coin holder! Learn to do a saddle stitch to complete your holder after stylizing them with your initials on the laser. Rounding out with a button stud closure & install a rivet to attach the keyring. Register online at protohaven.org/classes/

Make your own personalized coin holder! Learn to do a saddle stitch to complete your holder after stylizing them with your initials on the laser. Rounding out with a button stud closure & install a rivet to attach the keyring. Register online at protohaven.org/classes/

I just loaded up a display of ornaments for sale at Protohaven in Wilkinsburg, open daily from 9am-9pm 🎄

The Maker Market is right inside the double doors - just ask for a shop tech if you need help with checkout!

@protohaven is located at 214 N Trenton Ave 15221 and is such an amazing shop. You can learn how to do anything from blacksmithing to vinyl printing to electronics all under one roof. When you’re there tell them I sent you in for a tour 🛠️🪚🖨️

Paint Your Own Pittsburgh Scene: Laser Cut Christmas Ornaments! This workshop will provide an introduction to laser cutting, and a demo for cutting these Pittsburgh Christmas scene ornaments from plywood. Each participant will paint and assemble their own ornament to take with them at the end of the workshop.

Paint Your Own Pittsburgh Scene: Laser Cut Christmas Ornaments! This workshop will provide an introduction to laser cutting, and a demo for cutting these Pittsburgh Christmas scene ornaments from plywood. Each participant will paint and assemble their own ornament to take with them at the end of the workshop.

It is because of supporters like you that Protohaven stands where it is today. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation through the link in our bio, or at protohaven.org/support/, and please share!

It is because of supporters like you that Protohaven stands where it is today. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation through the link in our bio, or at protohaven.org/support/, and please share!

It is because of supporters like you that Protohaven stands where it is today. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation through the link in our bio, or at protohaven.org/support/, and please share!

It is because of supporters like you that Protohaven stands where it is today. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation through the link in our bio, or at protohaven.org/support/, and please share!

It is because of supporters like you that Protohaven stands where it is today. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation through the link in our bio, or at protohaven.org/support/, and please share!

It is because of supporters like you that Protohaven stands where it is today. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation through the link in our bio, or at protohaven.org/support/, and please share!

Make a quilt to contribute to the Welcome Blanket Project! Protohaven is one of several hosts for this project, in which handcraft makers (knit, sew, quilt, crochet, weave, felt, etc.) are invited to make Welcome Blankets. Each blanket is accompanied by a notecard with stories important to the maker’s own family about immigration/migration/relocation, to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. The blankets will be collected, catalogued, and displayed at an exhibition at the International Sculpture Center from December to March, before being presented to our newest neighbors as welcome gifts. For more information, visit:

https://sculpture.org/welcomeblanket

https://www.welcomeblanket.org/


For this meetup, we’ll provide the supplies, pattern, sewing machines, our enormous cutting table, and any instruction you need to produce a 40”x40” quilt. You provide the handcraft and family stories! You can also bring your own fabric from stash if you like – 1 yard each of 2 colors 45” quilting cotton, plus 1 ¼ yards for backing. We’ll make sure all the quilts make it to the exhibition and on to their community recipients.

For ages 12 and up!

Make a quilt to contribute to the Welcome Blanket Project! Protohaven is one of several hosts for this project, in which handcraft makers (knit, sew, quilt, crochet, weave, felt, etc.) are invited to make Welcome Blankets. Each blanket is accompanied by a notecard with stories important to the maker’s own family about immigration/migration/relocation, to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. The blankets will be collected, catalogued, and displayed at an exhibition at the International Sculpture Center from December to March, before being presented to our newest neighbors as welcome gifts. For more information, visit:

https://sculpture.org/welcomeblanket

https://www.welcomeblanket.org/


For this meetup, we’ll provide the supplies, pattern, sewing machines, our enormous cutting table, and any instruction you need to produce a 40”x40” quilt. You provide the handcraft and family stories! You can also bring your own fabric from stash if you like – 1 yard each of 2 colors 45” quilting cotton, plus 1 ¼ yards for backing. We’ll make sure all the quilts make it to the exhibition and on to their community recipients.

For ages 12 and up!

Celebrate the season with copper & brass! Make custom charms or keychains with stamping, patinas, texturing and more. Learn how to create your own stylized piece with punching, doming, filing, hammering and drilling in our state-of-the-art Jewelry Studio. No experience necessary, all makers welcome!

Celebrate the season with copper & brass! Make custom charms or keychains with stamping, patinas, texturing and more. Learn how to create your own stylized piece with punching, doming, filing, hammering and drilling in our state-of-the-art Jewelry Studio. No experience necessary, all makers welcome!