TAP lab

14/06/2026

The Inventors Guild kids have been turning their drawings into machine embroidery! ✏️➡️🧵✨

07/06/2026

If you're into Swedish metal, these patches might look familiar 🤘🖤
If not, you can still appreciate some scary faces stitched out on our embroidery machine!

31/05/2026

A handful of things made over the last week....
A necklace from a scrap of acrylic, a handy way to make yarn usable in various locations (like waiting in the car, not while actually driving🤣), the Inventors Guild kids have been working on their hand sewing and a winners podium has some very nicely laser cut numbers on it.

29/05/2026

It's a public holiday on Monday so the Young Cosplay and Cosplay sessions take a break. They're both back on 8th June.

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26/05/2026

TAP Lab was at Waitākere Central Library in Henderson last weekend for Youth Week + Tech Week! ✨
We ran a workshop combining traditional and modern crafting techniques, creating these awesome stained glass-style artworks 🌈
The outlines were all 3D printed! Most were prepared beforehand, but we also brought along one of our printers so everyone could see it in action and print more on the day.
A huge shoutout to our amazing facilitators: Holly from our Inventors Guild afterschool programme and Gin, our Technician 👏
And thank you to the crew at Waitākere Central Library for having us 😄

22/05/2026

Embroidery can be used in so many ways. Name tags so you never lose yours stuff again. Covering up holes in a couch. Showing off your personality. Or just showing that you're not ready for new friends yet.

What kind of things would you make?

21/05/2026

Kia ora e te whānau - unfortunately, we have had to close the building for health & safety reasons. That means that all of our library services, programmes and venue hire bookings are currently unavailable. We will update with our reopening details as soon as possible.

Ngā mihi nui,
Te Atatū Peninsula Community Hub tīma

20/05/2026

Need something useful? We got you, makers at TAPlab have all sorts of ideas from a custom made mouse from a bambulab's kit, plant tags and a book cover.

18/05/2026

Puzzles! A clear one to troll your victim? A calendar puzzle? Or a scary Beholder?

15/05/2026

Come visit us in Henderson :)

Youth and Tech Week are next week, and we're partnering with TAP lab to combine the two weeks into one activity for youth!

Use their 3D printer they're bringing over from Te Atatū Peninsula Community Centre to create a faux stained glass artwork to display with pride at home!

Need more info? Check out the event here for more details: Painted Window Art: 3D Print Edition