Skills wiki

Assess discarded materials, repair everyday objects, and explore artistic uses for things already around you.

Work with paper as a material for books, mechanisms, independent publishing, and documentation.

Explore clay preparation, hand building, firing, and the design of functional ceramic objects.

Understand wood and work with hand tools to make joints, furniture, and smaller objects.

Explore ideas and communicate what you see through drawing, painting, and visual documentation.

Combine physical materials with movement, sound, light, and interactive systems.

Write tools for everyday needs and explore code as a medium for art, music, and interaction.

Understand circuits and explore electronic systems, device repair, robotics, and radio.

Investigate how devices and digital systems work through authorized analysis and ethical security exercises.

Understand materials and physical processes through measurement, experiments, and tools you can build.

Turn digital designs into physical objects using modeling, 3D printing, and computer-controlled tools.

Explore forces and movement through mechanisms, motor control, workshop tools, and kinetic art.

Explore plant selection, garden care, and the ecological and cultural decisions that shape growing spaces.

Study ecosystems and growing conditions through observation, soil work, propagation, and environmental experiments.

Document places and develop maps or interfaces with the people who use them.