Sustainable Employment Skills by Programmable Arts

As part of the Phase 2 for setting up the Drop in Innovation Lab, Robbinsville Innovation 4-H Club has made a significant progress in setting up a brand new Lab facility and also carrying out the following activites in the past few months.

1) Worked with the Team in India in setting up a dedicated Lab for the Innovation Lab.

2) Purchased the following equipment for the Innovation Lab to automate various Arts and Crafts projects that the Artisans will be working on.

      a) Glow Forge Laser Cutting Machine + Air Filter ( $3458.92 + 272.95 )

      b) 2 Die Cut Machines ($138.60 + $135)

      c) Paper Guillotine Machine ($150)

      d) Embossing and Sublimation equipment.

Grand Total  :  $4155.47

3) Purchased Raw Material for carrying out various POC's using the Automated Machinery purchased above

      a) Embossing powders, Sublimation paper, Utility kits, etc..)   .($173 )

       b) Cricut Vinyl Sheets, Heat Transfer Sheets, Heat Press sheets and Foil paper  ($171.59)

Grand Total  :  $344.59

4) Continued to conduct weekly Zoom Meetings with the Team in India.

5) Trained the staff in India with new techniques in creating custom Greeting cards using Die Cut Stencils and Embossing technology.

6) Trained the staff in India to use Cricut Machines to automate the projects in creating Fabric art work.

7) Trained the staff in India to use Sublimation techniques to create variety of Art work.

8) Trainees in India have successfully learnt various automation skills using the Machinery that were supplied to them and started creating new products and adding them to their Product Catalog.