Frederick McSwain created DIE, a portrait made of dice in memory of his friend, Tobias Wong, an artist and designer who died last year. Frederick used 13,138 dice, one for each day Tobias lived: The idea of a die itself was appropriateโthe randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] […]
Becky and Matt speak to a few makers that exhibited at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 the evening before it opened to the public. This is an archived episode from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 5/20/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
As someone who’s witnessed the entire process of setting up, staffing, and breaking down the Sheds at most of our Faires, I can attest to the fact that it’s an absolutely staggering amount of effort — endless grunt work, logistics, stocking and merchandising, shipping and receiving, point of sales, product demoing, and on and on and on. And the fact that it’s all done by a relatively small number of staff people (and a platoon of precious volunteers) is equally impressive.
MAKE is now accessible on Flipboard and we think our content is looking pretty sweet in this format. It’s a really unique and handsome way to view some of our offerings. For those of you unfamiliar with Flipboard, it’s an iPad app that pulls content from Facebook and Twitter feeds (and the content that it […]
Club-Mate is a German club beverage that basically consists of lightly-carbonated, lightly-sweetened, heavily caffeinated tea. Somehow it was adopted by the German and Austrian hacker scene as their official staying-up-late-and-coding beverage. Itโs become so popular that itโs been imported to the U.S. where it fetches prices as high as $10 a bottle. Despite these hurdles, […]
There’s a lot of excited post-Faire activity over on our Maker Faire Facebook page. People are sharing their experiences, posting photos and videos, and generally gushing over their weekend. Moments after the Faire was over, I started a topic on the Faire FB page about favorite moments. There are a lot of good comments there, including some good criticism, there. Check it out.
I’m loving this easy tutorial from Beach Vintage. The next time you find an ornate little frame at the thrift store, why not paint it and use it as the basis for an adorable pin cushion? What a beautiful way to use a piece of vintage embroidered doily!
