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Our instructors bring practical experience, creative knowledge and patient guidance into every NewMakeIt workshop.
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COLOUR, GLASS AND LIGHT ARTS AND STAINED GLASS 2 instructors
Explore watercolour, acrylic painting and stained glass with demonstrations and individual guidance.
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Watercolour · Acrylic painting
Oksana Baczynsky
Oksana draws inspiration from the Canadian landscape and works primarily in transparent watercolour and acrylic. Her workshops explore composition, value, colour, brush techniques and material behaviour with demonstrations and individual guidance.
View workshops →DESIGN AND MAKE DIGITAL FABRICATION 2 instructors
Learn laser setup, digital design and safe machine operation for creative projects.
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CNC · Digital design
Marcello Nicolo
Marcello is a CNC router machinist and woodworker with more than ten years of industry experience. His workshops connect material preparation, digital design, toolpaths, machine setup, routing, assembly and finishing.
View workshops →DESIGN AND FORM JEWELLERY 1 instructor
Learn jewellery design, forming, soldering, carving, texturing and polishing.
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Jewellery · Metalsmithing
Jim Travers
Jim studied Jewellery Arts at George Brown College and started Travers Jewellery in 2000. He teaches measuring, ring forming, annealing, torch soldering, wax carving, texturing and polishing while helping beginners work safely and confidently.
View workshops →CLAY AND CERAMICS POTTERY 4 instructors
Learn wheel throwing, hand building, surface decoration and creative clay techniques.
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Pottery · Illustration · Screen printing
Catherine “Cat” Harasymiw
Cat is a pottery instructor, illustrator and self taught screen printer based in Newmarket. She holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University and has participated in local and international exhibitions.
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Pottery · Hand building · Printmaking
Katie Argyle
Katie works across ceramics, printmaking and painting. Her classes introduce clay and foundational hand building methods step by step while giving beginners room to develop their own creative direction.
View workshops →BUILD AND SHAPE WOOD SHOP 4 instructors
Build woodworking skills through safe tool use, practical projects, joinery, CNC routing and digital design.
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Woodworking · CNC · Digital design
Marcello Nicolo
Marcello is a CNC router machinist and woodworker with more than ten years of industry experience. His workshops connect material preparation, digital design, toolpaths, machine setup, routing, assembly and finishing.
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