A Community for Makers

Solder and Bubblegum is a Community Makers Club.

It’s a place where people of all ages can gather, side by side, to work on electronics, video game development, cosplay and all sorts of other nerdy stuff.

It’s a small but growing Makerspace, where you can come in for Open Project Sessions and use the community tools and equipment to build whatever you are dreaming about, possibly find some advice from others who build similar projects, and definitely find some camaraderie while you work.

Want to see what it’s all about? Join us for our next Open Project Session and check it out!

Please note that we don’t have our own space yet – we are sharing a space with another business, so we are currently only open during posted event times! We can’t facilitate drop-in use of the space, so if you want to check it out, please come during one of our posted event times! During any other time, either the other business is using the space or the space is closed for business!

A Shop - Find kits, projects and fun treasures

While we are currently on hiatus (looking to start running events again in June, 2026!!!) we are still always making things! At our shop, you’ll find a carefully curated trove of fidget toys, fun and useful items, talismans that show support for various communities and other treasures! 

Also, if you’re missing the space during hiatus, you’ll find a collection of various project kits to keep busy, including soldering kits, DIY cosplay kits, crochet projects and all kinds of other stuff. Recreate the feeling of Open Project Night at home!

Picking up new items from the shop is a great way to help us keep the space alive and build momentum to re-opening! 

We’re always adding new things to the shop, so drop by often and see what we’re up to!

Build Your Ship's Stats
Learn to Model and Print Your Ships
Bring Your Fleet to Game Night Events
Have Fun!

Learn About Your Next Project!

We started Solder and Bubblegum with a general goal of increasing access to learning about different kinds of maker projects (both the traditionally masculine-coded projects, like electronics, Arduino, and 3-d printing and the traditionally femme-coded projects, like embroidery and sewing, using cuttings machines and cosplay.)

While we love introducing people to new arts in our space, we are going to try our hand at increasing the number of people we can share our passions with, by making video tutorials about all of our favorite projects and equipment.  

Our Community Leadership

Mary Sturgeon
she / her

“It isn’t about being good at making things, it’s about getting good at not giving up.”

Cosmo Sturgeon
she / her

“If you don’t figure out how the goose got in the freezer, it’s just gonna happen again.”

join the conversation

If you want to stay up to date on the very latest happenings with Solder and Bubblegum, you can join our Discord community. That’s where we’ll share news, events, places where you can find us getting out the word and more!