The Southeast Steuben County Library’s Creation Station is a public creative space. It has a widely diverse set of high tech and non-tech tools and supplies to help you make almost anything you can imagine. But the Creation Station is more than just tools: it is the skilled and helpful staff that can introduce you to new materials and processes, and encourage your creativity to soar!

It is our mission to make learning free and accessible to everyone. This includes creative literacy. Patrons must receive training and be certified to use many of the Creation Station tools. Make an appointment if you want to learn how to use the tools to turn your ideas into reality. Let’s schedule an appointment and meet at the Station.

The Creation Station Staff aka Creation Wizards: The Creation Station staff are available by appointment for training with the various equipment. Click here to make an appointment or contact a team member directly below. The team and their specialties are:

Sewing Machines & Serger:  Maryalice Little; 607-936-3713 x 217; littlem@stls.org

Cricut, 3D Printers & Software: Kayla Crane: 607.936.3713 x 216; cranek@stls.org

A/V Recording & Smart Camera, Laminator & Comb Binder: Linda Reimer; 607.936.3713 x 212; reimerl@stls.org

The Tools, Equipment and Resources Available Include:

Scanners: The Creation Station offers two scanners which can be utilized to scan photos, slides and photo negatives and documents. Each scanner is attached to a dedicated graphics station computer, one Mac and one PC, each pre-loaded with the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).

Cricut Electronic Cutting Machine: Cricut’s precision cutting technology allows you to cut materials like paper, cardstock, vinyl and more into almost any shape you can think of. You can then incorporate the printed letters/shapes into many different projects. Examples include: family history albums,home made cook books, scrapbooks, event posters, greeting cards, even t-shirts. The Creation Station has a Cricut Explore Air. You can also borrow a Cricut Explore Kit to take home and create.

Laminator: The Creation Station laminator will seal items up to 9 inches wide. It features a two roller system with two temperature settings. It can be used for photographs, documents, recipes and much more. The laminator will handle items up to 5 mm thick.

3-D Printers: The library has three 3-D Printers: a Makerbot Replicator and Replicator 2, as well as a Snapmaker, all of which can be used to print physical objects. They use colored PLA (polylactic acid) filament, a fully biodegradable vegetable-based thermoplastic polymer. Contact Kayla (cranek@stls.org) to learn more about the printing process.
Please Note: The 3-D printing process takes a long time; patrons can request projects to be printed, and staff will print the projects and notify patrons when they are ready to be picked up.

Sewing Machines & Sewing Serger: Create great fabric projects at the library using one of our seven (7) sewing machines: three Luova machines, two Singers, a Brother, and a Brother four-thread serger! There is always a threaded sewing machine ready for you to use at the Station, but you can also borrow a sewing machine to use at home.

Photo & Video Recording Kit: This setup includes smart cameras as well as sound recording equipment, lighting equipment and a green screen (note: if you plan to use the green screen at the library, you will need to reserve a room to set it up – it is big!).

Art Supplies: The Creation Station Makerspace is equipped with many art supplies for your needs. Graphite and colored pencils, paints and brushes, rulers, mat cutter, self healing mats, x-acto knives, craft papers, etc. Just ask at the reference desk to get some supplies or make an appointment to learn more.

Maker Kits: We have a number of Maker Kits that can be checked out. Maker Kits are collections of tools for various projects, including: Cana Kit (build a Raspberry Pi computer); Jewelry Making Kit (jewelry tools); Knifty Knitter Kit (easy knitting loom); Makey Makey Kit (digital controller); Paper Quilling Kit; Sewing Machine Kit; Ukelele (with instruction book); and a 3Doodler Create+ Kit.

Plus a number of other very handy tools and supplies, including a mat cutter for custom framing jobs. And if you just want to sit down and draw we have color pencils and drawing paper.

The library is handicapped accessible. If you require special accommodations, please call us in advance: (607) 936-3713.