How to Prepare for Maker Faire
For those of you heading to Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend (May 18 & 19), here are some suggestions to enhance your experience. Suggestions include pre-Faire planning, transportation, the Maker Faire app, and more.
Month: May 2013
How-To: Simple Four Square Quilt
Have quilt blocks dancing through your dreams, but aren’t sure where to start? Check out this tutorial for making your own striking yet simple four square quilt!
How-To: Simple Wooden Rings
Create your own beautiful wooden jewelry with this simple wooden ring tutorial!
How Do We Make New Makers?
How do we make new make new makers? Recent experience shows that when kids are exposed to the context for making, they pretty much handle the job themselves. We just need to get out of the way. The challenge to us adults is, providing that context, and being brave enough to get out of the way. Enter Maker Education Day.
Enno de Kroon’s Eggcubism
Artist Enno de Kroon uses egg cartons as a canvas for his playful paintings, which he called “eggcubism.”
The Oreo Separator Man at Maker Faire
David Neevel made one of the best viral videos of 2013, the “Oreo Separator Machine.” It is dry-funny and it stars his whack machine that removes the white [disgusting] faux Oreo cream. He is a maker who knows how to tell a story. He is a copywriter at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland. He is also a physicist. […]
Chester the Fire-Breathing Horse
We’re just a day away from the launch of our 8th annual Maker Faire Bay Area and it’s always so exciting to see the exhibits take shape and the installations roll in. The best thing is that you never know what’s waiting for you around the next turn. It could be Chester the Fire-Breathing Horse […]
