Creative Space

The new JCPL Creative Space, a large, colorful room with big worktables, 3D printers, laser cutters, and other equipment.
Laser cut sign that says JCPL Creative Space.
A JCPL staff member teaches another staff member how to make jewelry in the Creative Space.

What Can You Make in the Creative Space?

In the Creative Space, you can:

  • Make your own wooden ornaments, or etch an image onto glassware using a laser cutter.
  • Carve your own stool and other four-dimensional projects with a CNC router.
  • 3D print your own chess set or eyeglass frames.
  • Print on almost anything with our UV printer, such as a phone case or drinking tumbler.
  • Quilt multiple layers and large sections of fabric with our long arm quilting machines.
  • Create your own jewelry with our jewelry making tools.
  • A colorful iPhone case.
    Make a custom iPhone case with the UV printer.
  • A wooden game board with colorful ball pieces.
    Create a wooden logic game with the Carvey CNC router.
  • Silver ginkgo leaf earrings.
    Design your own earrings with the tools at our jewelry making bench.
  • A silver and lapis lazuli necklace.
    Create your own silver and lapis lazuli necklace with the tools at our jewelry making bench.
  • A colorful mandala.
    Use the laser cutter and UV printer to make and color a mandala that looks like stained glass.
  • A bourbon barrel head with JCPL cut into the top.
    Create a wooden bourbon barrel head with the X-Carve machine.
  • A homemade, multi-colored quilt.
    Use the long-arm sewing machine to make a quilt like this one by the Jessamine Piece Quilters.
  • One small gray and one small black robot figurine.
    3D print a robot figurine.

Who Can Use the Creative Space?

You may use the Creative Space if you:

Introduction to the Creative Space Class

Take the Introduction to the Creative Space class on Niche Academy.

Link to Introduction to Creative Space class

Small Group Creative Space Classes

Once you have completed the Introduction to the Creative Space class, you may sign up for a small group training session by visiting our events calendar.

A library staff person teaches two women how to make jewelry in the Creative Space.

What Equipment Is Available in the Creative Space?

  • 4 Prusa MK4 Printers
  • 1 Ultimaker 3D Printer
  • CO2 Epilog Laser Cutter
  • Fiber Epilog Laser Cutter
  • Carvey CNC Router
  • X-Carve CNC Router
  • Mutoh Xpertjet 461UF UV Printer
  • Juki TL-2000Qi Quilting Machine with Q-Zone Hoop Frame (coming soon!)
  • Qnique 21R Quilting Machine with a Grace 12’ Continuum II Frame (coming soon!)
  • Bench jeweler’s station with a wide variety of hand tools