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Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.
The original Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2013 celebrated its eighth annual Bay Area event with some 900 makers and 120,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in four years to 600+ makers and 75,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Rome, Oslo, Tokyo, Newcastle (UK), and Shenzhen are the home of "featured" 2014 Maker Faires (200+ makers), and almost 100 community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the United States and the world, including right here in Portland.
Photo by Gia Goodrich
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:
Learn more about this Welcome Meetup:
Oberlin College students sold handmade wares at a summer semester Maker's Market in the Science Center bowl.
Photo by Mike Crupi
We do "Meet Your Makers" portraits from time to time in XinCheJian, the first hackerspace in China xinchejian.com
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.
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
We do "Meet Your Makers" portraits from time to time in XinCheJian, the first hackerspace in China xinchejian.com
I am attending the Houston Mini Maker Faire. Come on out and learn about how I create all the figures I make. I will be demonstrating decaling, pressure casting, and vacuum forming, and many other techniques. Will be discussing adding lights, sound, and movement to your minifigures as well. Want the details?
Brooklyn-based design studio Young Projects was selected as the winner of the 2014 Times Square Alliance Valentine Heart Design competition. “Match-Maker” cosmically connects people through zodiac signs at twelve viewing points around the heart shaped sculpture. Peering through the colorful intertwined periscopes provides glimpses of each viewer’s four most ideal astrological mates. The form of the sculpture is complex, symmetrical and changes as viewers experience it from different vantage points. From many angles, the installation looks like a perfect heart form, but from other perspectives, the sculpture is tangled and multifaceted. Kammetal oversaw the construction of the installation.
Since “Match-Maker’s” month long debut in Times Square, the sculpture has been relocated to the DUMBO Archway in Brooklyn for two months. Young Projects, the DUMBO Improvement District and the DOT Art Program are happy to “cosmically connect” New Yorkers and visitors in another part of the City.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Arterventions
“Match-Maker” by Young Projects
Presented with DUMBO Improvement District and Times Square Alliance
Archway, Dumbo, Brooklyn
Week 2 at Compositionally Challenged had me trying to photograph bubbles for the first time.
The temperature out was 41F/5C (cooler temps are best, I'm told). There was a breeze, so I moved to the leeward side of the house.
My recipe: 1 part shampoo, 2 parts water. Stir.
Make a circle with a zip tie. Dip and gently blow.
What fun! Cold fingers forced an end to my play before long.
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Maker: Anonymous Czech (?) Photographer
Title: Körner Eiche in Dallwitz (The Körn Oak in Dalovice)
Date: ca. 1880
Medium: Albumen print on carte de visite
I merged Chung Chu's Theta image to the lower part of this photo to cover up my hand and fingers. Image looks much better now. Thank you very much John (Chung Chu)!
Use the following link to view a spherical rendition of the preceding photo:
www.fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=photos/bradkiwi/14316858...
At the preceding link, be sure to move your mouse left, right, up, and down. The resolution is somewhat limited, so it's probably not best to view this "full screen".
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/
Come join us this Sunday, May 17th for a fun day of demos, art, music, food and lots of fun! Located at the Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Co, there will be makers from the area showing off their craft, skill and passion and we are one of them! We will be demoing all day, and putting the finished pieces up for auction to benefit the Truckee Roundhouse.
Hope to see your smiling faces there!!