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WONDERFUL MAKER ~ Jeremy Camp

You spread out the skies over empty space

Said, "let there be light"

To a dark and formless world

Your light was born

what a wonderful God

An event to celebrate crafts, engineering, science projects, etc. For and by all ages.All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies.

Public Footpath Sign

The very first annual sticker designers meet up. All these guys had their sticker designs selected to be printed by the org and inside the greeter packs.

For more Burning Man images follow my decommodified feed at www.instagram.com/jamenpercy.burn

Capture from SW Sixth Avenue in the Pioneer District of Portland, Oregon.

Cameron Street

Capture from Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, Oregon.

On the set of The Toy Maker

Washington DC's own Bed Maker playing at Smash Records in DC.

Ekimu wanders in the Garden of the Mask Makers far away from the Mask Makers City.

Hay umbrella in a bar near the Black sea beach.

Photo taken with Canon 450D, Tamron SP AF28-300/3.5-6.3

at the Rochester NY 2019 Maker Fair

Camera Test: Nikon Z5

FTZ Adapter

Lens Test: Nikkor-S 35mm 1:2.8 non-Ai

Side truss bridge at the hamlet of Gilmore Mills, VA.

Vertical fix.

In this week’s art maker class with Natalina, we started with a bit of qi gong, then had a conversation in french about objects around us in our home and garden. We then switched to Arduino programming and learned how to make a servo motor move. She assembled the hardware, reviewed the servo code and updated it to try different speeds for the motor. She keeps getting more fluent in both French and Arduino — two languages she wasn’t very comfortable with before. I think these weekly lessons are helping, and I am really happy with her progress.

We also discussed our next steps for Violet’s Journey, the fairy tale video that we are creating with her art ducks — which we have turned into poetic robots. We reviewed our options for the backgrounds that the ducks will glide in front of, and decided to start by printing one of our photo backgrounds onto a large vinyl banner, then shooting some test scenes against that backdrop, to see if this type of physical compositing with printed scenes will work. We also talked about the need for ’skirts’ to cover the robot bases, and looked at different ways to give Violet rainbow-colored feathers, using illuminated fiber optic strands that just came in from China.

Here’s our Arduino Guide for these classes: bit.ly/arduino-workshop-guide

View more photos of Violet’s Journey and the Wonderbots experiment: bit.ly/wonderbot-photos

A few photos from our recent trip to "Bourbon Country" Kentucky.

An event to celebrate crafts, engineering, science projects, etc. For and by all ages.All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies.

We had a blast at the first meetup for Tam Makers, our new makerspace in Mill Valley. We hosted this free event at the wood shop at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley on June 8, 2016.

A diverse group of people came to the visit the shop, learn about our classes and discuss how to grow our maker community. Participants ranged from experienced artists, technologists, makers and woodworkers, to people interested in learning new skills, as well as high school and middle school students and their parents.

We opened the shop at 6pm and folks started to connect right away, checking out some of our demos, showing off recent projects and touring the space. At 7pm, we gave a presentation on Tam Makers, and talked about our first courses, meetups and tools for adults and youth. We then discussed these programs as a group and received some really helpful feedback.

Most people were very interested in participating in Tam Makers and using the makerspace regularly. They also liked the mix of classes, ranging from maker art to technology and woodworking. Some people signed up for classes on the spot and most wanted to join more meetups. Many offered to volunteer as well. One person said this event had a great community feeling, unlike more commercially motivated makerspaces.

We’re really happy that this first meetup went so well and that so many folks want to participate actively. We look forward to collaborating with our new maker friends very soon!

Learn more about Tam Makers:

www.tammakers.org/

Learn more about this Welcome Meetup:

www.meetup.com/Tam-Makers/events/230752615/

2011 Central Valley Air Show.

Walking a path through the woods below Maker in east Cornwall, very impressed with these trees. Mum taking a quick break on the bench.

3 meters Burj Khalifa by our 3D Printer decathlete

A productive afternoon making art together at Pataphysical Studios.

Doctors Canard and Rindbrain completed an illuminated painting that is constantly changing, as the light box around it cycles through the colors of the rainbow. This creates an ethereal experience, as the brush strokes quietly shimmer and transform, to the sound of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (see video: vimeo.com/151282015 ). Nicely done, doctors!

Our visitors this week were Michael Easton and his son Kyan, who seemed to enjoy themselves. A friend of Dr. Figurine’s, Michael is quite an accomplished artist, inventor and engineer and showed us some of his cool creations, including magical mushroom lights inspired by this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5LjGFkpApw

Doctor Fabio showed a Chinese New Year wonderbox prototype he is building for his upcoming maker workshops (bit.ly/wonderbox-overview ). Doctors Really and Igor worked on bringing sound to more wonderboxes. Dr. Rindbrain showed his new Universe cards about Mamie. Dr. Figurine worked on a Neopixel badge for her lab coat. Doctor Zboon showed some of his new pataphysical talismans. A fine time was had by all.

View more 'Pataphysical photos: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157623637793277

Watch 'Pataphysical videos: vimeo.com/album/3051039

Learn more about Pataphysical Studios: pataphysics.us/

MH toys at London Toy Fair 2011.

I don't know if this will be released here in the US, but I want it! I don't know what it's called but it looks like it's a little machine that makes MH keychain dolls. The girl on the box has a Draculara figure hanging from her bag. I think this cool. I hope they make refill packs to make other MH characters. This is just too cute!

I got this from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZaDMAnRkk

Three years ago, while wandering the streets of inner Brisbane, I happened across the small shop of a violin maker.

Here is the apprentice and she said it is almost impossible to find somewhere to do an apprenticeship. She will take just over 6 years, before Ilja Grawert may sign off on her certificate as a qualified violin maker.

I have since seen a story on this shop on TV, and Ilja Grawert is quite famous for his skills.

This is from his website:

Ilja Grawert began his apprenticeship at 18 in Bremen, Germany, under some of Europe's best violinmakers.

After migrating to Brisbane in 1994, Ilja now has a shop in Woolloongabba, Brisbane.

He welcomes the chance to chat with anyone interested in the art of violinmaking, and is happy for people to watch while he works.

This is a sign of the times in more ways than one. Firstly, I posted a different shot of her and my editing skills have improved since then, so it was interesting to compare the two.

This one had over-exposed arm, an overly warm colour temperature giving a pinkish color and was not so sharp.

See the other image below.

I suspect that this image was the less presentable at the time.

Secondly, this is a dying art, where instruments, and indeed many other things are now mass produced in factories by faceless people paid a pittance in under-developed countries, for the consumtion of the western world.

This might be less so for specialised instruments like violins, but the grim reaper can't be far away.

Wonder if SHE is certified yet. The website speaks of Kate, so parhaps this is her. I must go and revisit them soon.

Signs of the Times Theme

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An event to celebrate crafts, engineering, science projects, etc. For and by all ages.All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies.

duringquiettime.com/2016/01/maker-quilt.html

Hoek van Holland 23-4-2019 , MAERSK MAKER vertrok uit de Botlek met het booreiland RAN naar Morcambe Bay

Taken this weekend trying out a 24mm f1.4 I hired :)

Hope you like?

Regards

Bruce

Steve Anderson (Adam's Dad) let me take a few shots of him yesterday afternoon. He is hilarious and very spry for 69!

Steve's World Set www.flickr.com/photos/westaylor/sets/72157631620988285/

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An event to celebrate crafts, engineering, science projects, etc. For and by all ages.All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies.

Teacher Geo Monley and his high school students are building an animatronic city at Tam High: Maker Field. Here’s their work in progress, which now features several tall buildings and multiple levels.

Geo and I are also teaching a similar class for middle school students: City of the Future. Children will combine arts and electronics to make a model of what our world could be like in 100 years. They will build a futuristic home with a cardboard ‘wonderbox’ and animated characters, bringing them to life with lights, sounds and motion.

Learn more about Geo's technical courses at Tam High: www.marinlearn.com/index.cfm?method=ClassListing.ClassLis...

Learn more about our City of the Future course: fabriceflorin.com/2016/02/23/city-of-the-future/

Sign up here:

bit.ly/city-of-future-sign-up-march-2016

Learn more about our Maker Art courses:

fabriceflorin.com/2016/02/14/teaching-maker-art/

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An event to celebrate crafts, engineering, science projects, etc. For and by all ages.All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies.

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