Maker Cube: Langley’s Hub for Creativity and Hands-On Skills
Maker Cube is a family-operated and funded makerspace, founded in 2017 by Adam Ali, Jacqueline Ali, and Doug Chan to support Langley and the surrounding communities. Built on a passion for hands-on skills, creativity, and entrepreneurship, we provide a welcoming environment where makers of all backgrounds can explore their passions, learn new skills, and connect with others.
What We Offer
At Maker Cube, we celebrate the process of making. Our space brings together artists, hobbyists, and entrepreneurs who want to pursue their creativity in an environment that encourages experimentation and learning. While we provide access to professional-grade tools for woodworking, metalworking, 3D printing, and more, our true value lies in the community we’ve built. Through hands-on classes, workshops, and mentorship, our members find the support and inspiration they need to turn their ideas into reality.
Why Your Membership Matters
As a locally-owned, family-operated business, we’ve invested everything into building a space that fosters curiosity and skill-sharing. Every membership supports the continued growth and sustainability of this community resource, allowing us to reinvest in new tools, improve our facilities, and expand our learning opportunities. By joining Maker Cube, you’re not just gaining access to a workspace; you’re supporting a family-run hub that empowers others to learn, make, and share. Even if you have your own workshop, your membership helps keep this invaluable resource available for others in our community.
Our Commitment
We are dedicated to keeping the spirit of making alive in Langley. Maker Cube exists to encourage curiosity, nurture creativity, and support the hands-on skills that are becoming less common. Your membership fuels this mission, helping us maintain a space where everyone can explore, create, and connect.
Our Culture
Is to be all-inclusive environment and welcome makers at all skill levels. We encourage the members of our maker community to help one another and to create a diverse environment for all kinds of creative outlets. It is one of our greatest joys to take something we have learned and pass that on to another human being who is eager to learn and grow in ways we can’t imagine.
Our Philosophy
Is to foster innovation, learning and creativity by providing the means for the community to grow. We highly encourage anyone and everyone to pursue continuous education and skill building in all disciplines of making and fabrication. We believe the best way to achieve this is through hands-on learning, mentorship and cultivating curiosity by inspiring a sense of wonder.
The Maker Team
Hey! We’re Adam, Doug, and Jacqueline, the Co-Founders of Maker Cube. We take pride in the community we’ve built! A community based on personal growth, encouragement and empowerment.
Come on in and get to know us!
Adam is the true definition of a Maker with experience ranging from upholstery to machining exhaust fittings for light aircraft. He has been tinkering for as long as he can remember and fondly recalls spending summers with his dad and brothers building tree forts, soapbox racers, and bike ramps. Their favorite project? An epic two-floor pallet wood treehouse complete with lights, windows and (of course) a secret escape hatch. He followed his passion through school taking as many courses as he could in woodworking, metal fabrication, music production, and media arts. For the past 10 years, Adam has built skillsets in many disciplines with his favorite being custom car audio fabricator. Adam’s approach to design and making often comes from a need to solve problems that don’t have commercially available solutions.
Doug is an engineering graduate and serial entrepreneur, with an aptitude for technology and rapid prototyping. Previously working in several start-ups, he has experience in many fields of fabrication both traditional and modern. From molding and casting to 3D printing, metal fabrication to PCB fabrication, he has explored a wide range of processes and techniques. As an enthusiastic learner, Doug is passionate about passing on the skills he learns, teaching others to take the leap and trying new things.
Jacqueline has a strong passion for helping in her community and working with youth having previously worked with organizations such as: YMCA, Options Community Services, Diversecity, and the City of Surrey. As a self-proclaimed D.I.Y. Queen, she loves exploring all types of art forms and has experience with pottery, painting, calligraphy, woodworking and textiles. Founding Maker Cube has been a fantastic opportunity to combine her joy of helping the community with her joy of making. She adapts all the programs to ensure they are accessible to makers of all skill sets and encourages youth to continually pursue new forms of creativity.
Hands on work is where Patricia started her creative journey, and has always been her favourite way to create. It started with drawing and miniatures, which somehow led her into woodworking. Patricia graduated from Langara College’s Design Formation Program, a 2 year multidisciplinary design program. Her program encompasses a wide variety of areas including retail display, exhibition design, graphics, and web design. Patricia loves to learn new skills and finds ways combining the various skills under her belt.
Woodworking has always been a part of Zee’s life. He enjoys the hands-on aspect of learning, and is always looking for ways to learn new skills. He will be taking a dual credit and concurrent studies carpentry program at KPU aiming for the Building and Construction program.
As early as he can remember, Levi has been making (and breaking) things. He got his start in CAD and 3D printing in 2017, and now studies CAD Technology at BCIT, as well as Financial Management. In his spare time, he is a photographer and video editor, and even dabbles in making terrible guitars.