Method & Material Mastery

Hands-on Workshop

Venue : T-works
Date : 19th February 2026
Duration : 3 Hours
Registration : ₹1500+ GST

Open to Students, Designers & engineers at the early stages, Innovation and product development teams, and anyone who wants to understand “how things are made”

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Core Learning Pillars

1. Understanding Materials

  • Where specific materials perform best

  • What NOT to use—and why

  • Trade-offs between strength, cost, finish, and time

2. Choosing the Right Method

  • Matching material to process

  • Selecting methods based on accuracy, speed, and scale

  • Understanding process limitations

3. Tools & Machines Demystified

  • Overview of commonly used tools and machines

  • When a simple tool is better than a complex machine

  • Why the “right method” saves effort and improves results

✔ Ability to select materials intelligently

✔ Clear understanding of tools & machine use cases

✔ Confidence in choosing the right method for a job

✔ Practical hands-on tool experience

✔ A strong maker-focused decision framework

Participants walk away with

✔ Theory - 45 min 

✔ Demonstration - 45 min

✔ Practice (Hands-on) - 1 hour

✔ Presentation: 30 minutes

Program Structure

Program Flow

    • Growth Mindset & Design Thinking
      Design Thinking (5 stages), problem statements, vision building, and How Might We framing.

    • Product Concept to Demo
      Product building case study, live demo, and real-world application walkthrough.

    • Resource & Feasibility Assessment
      Evaluating resources, constraints, and planning for effective execution.

    • Materials & Selection Strategy
      Types of materials, key properties, selection using matrices, and impact of wrong material choices.

    • Tools & Machines Overview
      Hands-on exposure to hand tools, power tools, and industrial machines through demos.

    • Manufacturing & Making Processes
      Manufacturing steps, methods, and selecting the right tools for the right process.

    • Tools and machines demonstrated with real examples

    • Explanation of why specific tools are used for specific tasks

    • Comparison of methods for the same job

  • Group Activity, Participants will:

    • Select materials based on a task

    • Choose tools intentionally

    • Use tools under guidance

    • Create a functional or conceptual output

    • practice on methods and tools.

  • Participants present:

    • Why did they choose a particular material

    • Why was one method selected over another

    • What worked, what didn’t, and what they learned

Choose Right.
Build Smart.
Make with Purpose.

Most failures in making happen before the build begins at the stage of wrong material
or wrong method.

This workshop teaches participants to:

Pause → Think → Choose → Make → Learn

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