iwd2021

International Women’s Day 2021

Maker Spotlight: Emily Coker

Emily Coker knows her way around nearly every part of the workshop. She gets crafty, builds robots, and has been known to write books, too.

Along with fighting to rescue historic buildings and running a “repair-anything” workshop, Carla is a gifted artist and maker.

Quilter Bonnie Robinson Stewart loves Japanese koinobori, or koi flags, so she began making big plushie versions of them.

Feeling unsatisfied with her day job, Kelly made a career change so that she could end her day and say “Yes, I made that.”

Laura makes beautiful things and makes beautiful videos about making things (and vinyl records, and sometimes her dog, too).

Miriam, a Professor of Media Arts & Technology, started using Arduino in 2008 to bring new possibilities to her interactive exhibits.

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada has focused her life on studying, practicing, recording, and teaching textile and dyeing techniques across the world.