The Bay Area Maker Faire season ended on a high note this weekend with fairs in Santa Rosa and Oakland. The kid-centric fairs were packed and drew makers from across the Bay Area and beyond.
Here’s a look at what went down in Santa Rosa….
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- The Chimera Arts makerspace making an appearance at the fair showing off their printers, robots and custom 4 wheelers.
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- Grid Beams offer a unique and quick building platform that is both fun and functional. Unless of course a 2-year-old is the architect, then it’s mostly just fun.
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- David Nutty creating incredible marbled fabric! Made by taking the transfer of floated and colored dies in a bed of water.
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- Tech High robotics club, 675, shooting basketballs at the, sometimes, oblivious crowd.
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- Kids playing on the homemade percussion sculptures.
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- Bob Van De Walle of Red Couch Productions running a DIY silkscreen demo, creating lots of Santa Rosa Mini Maker Faire shirts.
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- Brothers working together to get around Fun Bike Unicorn Clubs relay course.
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- Percussion; beautiful repurposed sculptures created by Mal Tornay, being played here by the crowd.
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- Windrush Farms’ raw wool of alpacas and sheep. Here Mimi luebbermann is using a modern spinner, turning wool into yarn.
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- Giant Superplexes in all shapes and sizes. Made of laser cut plywood or injection moldings! Mind boggling 3D mazes.
…and here’s a sampling of the fun at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire.
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- The Psychic Typist knows all.
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- The Nerdy Derby utilized the Park Day School’s slide as a track.
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- The roar of the High Striker’s flames could be heard all over the fair.
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- Pedal powered rides were a hit.
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- Dale Dougherty delivers a talk on making makers.
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- Paper rockets take flight.
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- The Lego Jeep has become a East Bay Mini Maker Faire classic.
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- High Striker!
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- Jacob and Octavio admire a 3D printed resin creature.
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- Kids gets busy at the Richmond Arts Center exhibit.
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- Building structures at the Hacker Scouts booth.
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- Getting curious about bunnies at the FARMcurious exhibit.
See you next year!
