xFab Lab, a core class for graduate MFA Design and Technology students, adopts a hands-on approach to modern fabrication methods and design. Through traditional as well as unconventional applications, students explore materials and making techniques related to cardboard prototyping, hand and computational weaving, hand and machine sewing, embroidery stitches, 3D Scanning, sculpting, molding, casting, etching and engraving techniques, additive and subtractive making using 3D printers and CNC machines, electronic circuit design, printed circuit fabrication, and more. Students develop fluency in readily incorporating these varied materials and fabrication techniques into their practices, and create projects under various socially and culturally relevant themes. Emphasis is given to the process, degree of exploration, and understanding of the techniques, to get students familiar with using diverse mediums for a future of multi-disciplinary applications in Design and Technology. xFab Lab is accompanied by xFab Lecture providing historical and cultural context to these making techniques.

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