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Once a week, I mentor Natalina to help her develop her art maker and multimedia skills. This week, we practiced Qigong, read a french poem, completed her Pataphysical Journey video and experimented with remotes to control our 'poetic robots.’ Phyllis showed her a few ways to use storytelling in multimedia.
This art maker course is coming along very well: Natalina is getting more comfortable with technology, and starting to integrate it into her art -- which is the whole point of these classes. Based on what we’re learning together, I hope to adapt some of these ideas for future courses with other students in coming months.
For our wonderbot project, we are now brainstorming ideas for our characters and their adventures, developing a story line around behaviors we can simulate (e.g.: respond to each other’s calls, approach or avoid one another). Next, we’d like to add dialog, music, sound effects, props and backdrop — and capture the best scenes on video. We think focusing on the art for a while is the right direction for now, with the tech supporting the magical experience we seek to create.
To see our first two wonderbots in action, watch this video: vimeo.com/146955554
More photos on our Wonderbots album: bit.ly/wonderbot-photos
To be continued …
Maker: Francis Frith (1822-1898)
Born: UK
Active: UK
Medium: albumen print from collodion glass negative
Size: 6 1/8 in x 8 5/8 in
Location: Palestine
Object No. 2008.100
Shelf: CF
Publication: Egypt and Palestine / photographed and described by Francis Frith, London ; New York : J.S. Virtue, 1858-1859
Lunn, Richard --Francis Frith's Egypt and the Holy Land, The Francis Frith Collection, Wiltshire, 2005, pg 114
Scenes in a Library, Carol Armstrong, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA , 1998, fig 4.17
Other Collections: MMA, NYPL
Provenance: Vintage Works Gallery
Rank: 100
Notes: Francis Frith (also spelled Frances Frith) (October 31, 1822 – February 25, 1898) was an English photographer of the Middle East and many towns in the United Kingdom. Frith was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, attending the Quaker schools at Ackworth and Quaker Camp Hill in Birmingham (ca. 1828–1838), before he started in the cutlery business. Leaving in 1850 to start a photographic studio known as Frith & Hayward in Liverpool. A successful grocer, and later, printer, Frith fostered an interest in photography, becoming a founding member of the Liverpool Photographic Society in 1853. Frith sold his companies in 1855 in order to dedicate himself entirely to photography. He journeyed to the Middle East on three occasions, the first of which was a trip to Egypt in 1856 with very large cameras (16" x 20"). He used the collodion process, a major technical achievement in hot and dusty conditions. When he had finished his travels in the Middle East in 1859, he opened the firm of Francis Frith & Co. in Reigate, Surrey, as the world's first specialist photographic publisher. In 1860, he married Mary Ann Rosling (sister of Alfred Rosling, the first treasurer of the Photographic Society) and embarked upon a colossal project—to photograph every town and village in the United Kingdom; in particular, notable historical or interesting sights. Initially he took the photographs himself, but as success came, he hired people to help him and set about establishing his postcard company, a firm that became one of the largest photographic studios in the world. Within a few years, over two thousand shops throughout the United Kingdom were selling his postcards.
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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
Maker Faire 2017 was bigger, louder and hotter than previous years. Many of the attractions were still the same, but they felt more grown up. I particularly enjoyed the illuminated art in the Dark Room, such as Peter Hudson’s 3D Stroboscopic Zoetrope. I also enjoyed all the ingenious robot exhbits and the Traveling Spectacular’s vaudeville performance
I gave a talk about our Maker Art classes on Sunday morning. We teach children to create magical worlds together, combining art, tech and storytelling. Our students get really engaged in the process, which helps them develop their creative, problem-solving and social skills.
The presentation was well received by a great group of teachers, parents and kids. I connected with several librarians and teachers interested in teaching Maker Art in their communities. And one mom reached out to me afterwards to say this was the best talk she heard this year.
Maker Faire remains the Mecca for Bay Area DIY hobbyists and it was well worth the trip for me. I made some good connections after my talk and learned more about robots for our next classes. Onwards!
See more photos in my Maker Faire album:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/sets/72157633515937533
Here’s more info about my Maker Art talk:
makerfaire.com/maker/entry/60448/
Here are the slides I showed in the talk:
bit.ly/maker-art-talk-may-2017
Learn more about our Maker Art classes:
fabriceflorin.com//teaching-maker-art/
Learn more about Tam Makers:
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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.