Projects

Pour ce projet, j’ai voulu explorer l’usage de Procreate (logiciel de dessin sur Ipad) dans un contexte de fabrication numérique. J’aime particulièrement réaliser des projets au Fab Lab en utilisant des photos de personnes qui me sont chères. J’ai donc commencé par dessiner sur le calque d’une photo dans Procreate afin d’assurer un rendu facilement transférable en découpe vinyle ou laser.

Je suis Jean-julien Guyot, nouveau membre d’echofab communautique. Un autre membre actif Monsieur André Desrochers m’a fait mention de ce fablab des plus complets alors que je cherchais une solution accessible pour un projet d’orthèse pour la main de mon fils de 11 ans né avec une main gauche incomplète.

L’échofab offre un environnement agréable et inspirant, ce qui nous permet d’y animer nos ateliers de science et technologie pour adolescents. Grâce à ses nombreux outils numériques, nous pouvons offrir des cours stimulants en création numérique, tout en favorisant la créativité et l’innovation chez nos jeunes participants.

By subscribing to Échofab in the fall of 2024, the members of the Cercle de Fermières Cœur-de-l’Île de Montréal had no idea what awaited them in this new universe to explore. But where to begin...
To mark the 45th anniversary of our organization's founding, we were looking to offer our members and partners a promotional object that would highlight this anniversary year in a very special way.

I'm currently working on laser-cutting leather pieces for an armor belt. This project is part of my fashion design graduate collection.

A team of mechanical engineering students at McGill University is working on a device to measure water quality. This project aims to design and prototype in the Fab Lab a device capable of autonomously monitoring various water quality parameters.

3D printers have always intrigued me by their ability to transform digital objects into tangible creations. With this in mind, I wanted to take the experiment a step further by creating a miniature version of myself in the form of a pawn.

Inspired by laser cutting, I gave free rein to my creativity to design unique lighting fixtures. After exploring some fifteen prototypes, I came up with a do-it-yourself model, designed to be both aesthetically pleasing and remarkably easy to assemble.

I'm lucky enough to have all the time in the world to explore and realize my dreams for my next show, in 2026.
At every fablab session, I test my limits with a medium that fascinates me, but whose subtleties and vagaries I'm still learning to tame.
Technically, I'm getting closer to mastering the process: although my interaction with the machine is still in the learning phase, my laser cutting is improving!
I feel welcomed in a versatile and generous workspace.

Poli Wilhelm

I was looking for a way to preserve and solidify the tree leaves I use in my textile explorations. In the course of my reading, I discovered that tree leaves could be solidified by macerating them in a mixture of glycerine and water for several days. So I chose a few leaves that I'd collected over the months, in preparation for winter. Then I took the plunge, under the watchful eye of Annie at Echo-Fab. Last week, I took the leaves out of the liquid, dried them in a towel, then hung them on the “clothesline” of the echo-Fab experiments. Already, the leaves are malleable and strengthened. I can't wait to incorporate them into my textile explorations!

Geneviève Royer