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On Saturday 4th December a fully booked group of foraging photographers took to the Tottenham marshes, led by the wonderfully creative artist Kathryn Attrill. Stopping here and there, the lively group thoughtfully snipped and clipped small pieces of nettles, dandelions and water mint. Focusing on sustainability, the group only took what was needed, ensuring the plants were able ...

With the festive season right around the corner please make keep note of what our hours will be at Christmas.  We usually stay open all through the year excluding the bank holidays for Christmas, Boxing & New Year’s Day.  However, this year, all three of those days fall on a weekend so here’s what the opening hours will be over the holidays. Friday 24th  Christmas ...

There’s magic afoot in the BloQs Kitchen! Bringing with her a wealth of new flavours, Marianna Leivaditaki is our new executive chef. If you’ve not already eaten her food you’re in for a real treat as a range of tasty new things appear on our menu. And if you like what you find, you can now book Marianna and the Kitchen Bar for your own event as she is taking bookings for C ...

We’re truly excited to announce a new partnership with Weinig UK & HOLZ-HER UK. Whilst our aim is to bring you more and better machines, the good people at HOLZ-HER want to nurture new talent, teach new businesses using their gear, and benefit from a shiny showroom that demonstrates their machines at their best. To this end we’ve joined forces which means you will soon have ...

If you’ve been keen to visit our new digs over the road, you’re going to love this bit of news! Over four consecutive Thursday evenings beginning 19 August from 5:30 pm, we invite you to come and see your new workshops! We’ll have some beers and take you on a guided walkabout through the new space where you can ask questions, see just how far the build has progressed, and get ...

We recently welcomed students from Edmonton’s Raynham Primary School to BloQs as part of the Canal & River Trust’s Hinterlands Project: a creative project aimed at transforming pockets of waterside in Enfield, Edmonton and Tottenham into well-loved, creative and vibrant community spaces. The visit was facilitated collaboratively by BloQs member and artist Paula Barnard-Grov ...

If you've ever wished you could schedule dedicated time with one of our Tech Managers for general advice, machining tips, help developing a project, or testing out an idea, your wish is our command. We're now offering one to one appointments with our on-site experts for just £65 / hr. Our Techs have huge reserves of knowledge and are keen to advise and guide you through any q ...

Step into BloQs and you’ll immediately be inspired by the vastness of it all. Within this great, buzzing workspace is not only a mixture of colour and sound, of machines and workspaces, but also of people, lived experiences, and dreams. Long-time professional manufacturing business owners ply their trade alongside freelance textile designers, accomplished set builders, and inn ...

As the latest government restrictions are raised, so is our cutlery - tucking in to the happy news that BloQs Café is once again open for seated dining. We're also delighted to welcome back those members of the public who enjoy fuelling up their day with us. The kettle is on and your table is ready. Allowances for social distancing will continue and we'd ask all patrons to che ...

We've lowered our prices on some of the most common sheet material, so you can get it right here at BloQs. Save money with instant access and no faff. Full details and pricing are available on our Shop page. Ask at Reception to make a purchase, and contact the front of house team with questions: info@buildingbloqs.com / 020 8803 3987.Not yet a BloQs member? Check out how BloQs ...

We're now offering easy to access training on all our machinery - analogue and digital alike - to make it easy for you to improve upon your existing skills with focused, practical, one to one sessions on any machine in any department. We've also introduced training on our welding equipment, so if welding is the skill missing from your armoury, now's the time to book. Full deta ...

Whether your machine of choice is our Router, Mill or Laser Cutter, if you're a fan of our CNC department things are really hotting up this spring. Beginning 1 May 2021, we're introducing new discounts on all our CNC machines and lowering the base prices to make it even more affordable for you to kick your business growth into overdrive. The new lower hourly prices are even ...

In light of the Prime Minister's announcements this week, we want to reassure you that BloQs will continue to remain open as an essential business for our members. However, we must now do whatever we can to assist the national efforts to protect one another and to minimise the impact on the severely overstretched NHS. We cannot do this alone.To that end, we'd ask that you wear ...

We are so excited to announce a seventh discipline available at BloQs: 3D printing is here!You'll love our two industrial, high-end 3D printers for all your manufacturing, prototyping, and sampling needs.Our Markforged Mark Two FDM 3D printer uses the company’s proprietary filament, Onyx, with the option of adding reinforcing fibres in Kevlar, Carbon Fibre, Fibreglass or High T ...