At Boston College’s makerspaces, we believe anyone can be a maker. All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to expand upon their ideas, learn new skills, and collaborate with others. Take our orientation to access laser cutters, sewing machines, 3D printers, a state-of-the-art woodshop, and more!
Why Make and
Prototype?
"Why Make?" is a question you get to answer! For some, making is an outlet for creativity. For others, making is a gesture of giving back. At The Hatchery Makerspaces, you get to define what making means.
What is a Makerspace?
A makerspace is a place that encourages people to bring their ideas into reality, equipping them with tools and equipment such as 3D printers or sewing machines.
Who is 'The Hatchery' for?
A makerspace is more than a place to make: it's a community. Makerspaces are great environments to work collaboratively, share ideas, and learn together, regardless of skill level or experience.
Facilities
The Hatchery Makerspace
Community Makerspace
Begin your maker journey at The Hatchery Makerspace, located on the second floor of 245 Beacon Street, where you can explore 3D printing, sewing and embroidery, vinyl cutting, laser cutting, garment printing, and electronics engineering, and more.
The Hatchery Prototyping Studio
The Hatchery
Prototyping Studio
Accomodates Credit-Bearing Courses
Credit-Bearing Courses
Whether you’re taking an academic course, or joining in on an event, The Prototyping Studio at The Hatchery hosts making in many varieties. Journey to the third floor of 245 Beacon Street and discover more about making at Boston College (and remember to check out the woodshop, too).
Maker Spotlight
From Thought to Thing
Maeve Pinheiro
Environmental Studies
& Veterinary Medicine '25
One of our core values at The Hatchery Makerspaces is “Think to Make for Impact,” and Maeve Pinheiro ’25 has truly embodied this mission. Through her work in textile arts and with Hatchery machinery, Maeve has created impactful projects—while also fundraising for elephant sanctuaries in Thailand. Maeve studied abroad in Thailand during the Fall of 2023, focusing on both academic and hands-on veterinary work.
Majoring in Environmental Studies and Veterinary Medicine, Maeve worked as a veterinary technician for two years and spent six months last year honing her clinical skills in Southeast Asia with disabled elephants. Sadly, many of the elephants she helped rehabilitate lost their lives due to severe flooding. In response to this crisis, Maeve has leveraged her skills as an artist and plushie maker to host online fundraisers for Elephant Nature Park (ENP), working to relocate nearly 200 disabled and retired elephants to safer areas amid ongoing mudslides and heavy rainfall.
“Sewing on machines with touch screens and digital embroidery greatly reduced the time it took to make one of these elephants,” Maeve explained. “I was able to produce a lot of them in a short time. The elephants need our help.”
Thank you, Maeve, for using your creativity to support such an important cause. You inspire us all to create with purpose and impact.
Thank you, Maeve, for using your creativity to support such an important cause. You inspire us all to create with purpose and impact.
