For a complete daily schedule with links, see the online program. MAKE’s Mark Frauenfelder will talk about his new book Made by Hand and cigar box guitars. Bre Pettis, of MakerBot, will talk about personal fabrication. Also, Ted Hall, of Shopbot Tools, will talk about his grandfather who was an inventor who worked with Henry […]
T-minus 1 day and counting! Tomorrow the Maker Faire Bay Area programming begins with Education Day where hundreds and hundreds of school children will get a curated preview of the faire. To take advantage of the calm before the storm, I rolled in yesterday with all my gear, and had the place to myself while […]
I worked as a volunteer during the very first Maker Faire Bay Area in 2006, and I haven’t missed one since! It was exhilarating, and exhausting all at the same time. In between working my shifts at the Maker Check-In, I met Suzy Pakhchyan, of Fashioning Technology, and stitched my very first soft circuit. Since […]
Every year for the Maker Faire, I bring all my furniture to the San Mateo Fairgrounds to create a cozy living room atmosphere for the Craft Lounge. Moxie and I use my green velvet couch as a comfortable epicenter for the Needle Felting Playground. It becomes a sort of home base for all of our […]
Cute cute cute! Sew up these Hedgehog Pincushions, from BurdaStyle featured member, SKG. I love the sense of humor in this project, so sweet! PS: BurdaStyle is giving away a pair of tickets to the Maker Faire, but the deadline to enter is Monday, May 3rd! (That’s right now!)
This weekend the MakeMobile was on the tarmac at the NASA Ames Research Center for Yuri’s Night, a massive global celebration of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space. 211 parties were held across the globe, and even the astronauts on the International Space Station had one! The Bay Area event featured two days of educational […]
I’m in the Detroit area this week, exploring plans for a Maker Faire here next summer. I’ve been spending most of the time at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, a treasure-trove of American making. On Saturday, I’ll be stopping by the new hacker/maker space called I3 Detroit in Royal Oaks, MI. I’ll be there […]
