Dispatches From Austin: Mini Maker Faire
Thursday, 17 May 2012
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Contributor post past times Tracy Castro of Fair Morning Blue
Greetings from Austin! The saltation rains took a brief recess over the weekend, together with I spent a happy, sunny Sabbatum afternoon amongst my household unit of measurement at the Austin Mini Maker Faire. If y'all haven't heard of it, Maker Faire started inward San Mateo dorsum inward 2006 - bringing together makers, tinkerers, artists, inventors together with families - all inward celebration of the flourishing Maker movement. Since then, independently-produced Mini Maker Faires conduct maintain cropped upward all over the world, including hither inward Austin, fortunately.
This was my outset fourth dimension to attend a Maker Faire, hence I wasn't sure what to expect. I was pleased to detect a boisterous together with slightly chaotic confluence of families, artists, scientists, together with hipsters, all brought together past times a honey of making.
The faire was alluvion amongst hands on activities. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 various grouping of makers were inward attendance, all eager to portion their expertise together with give everyone an chance to endeavor out the dissimilar activities. I noticed a predominance of robots, electronics, together with fun, merely slightly macabre exhibits. Above is a bat-bicycle that flaps its enormous dark wings when the passenger pedals.
The spin fine art on upcycled compact discs was a dandy success amongst children together with parents alike. What fun to squirt the bottles of pigment together with scout the designs conduct maintain shape! My daughters also enjoyed making their ain soap, non to advert taking several rides on the Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse.
Did I already advert macabre electronics together with robots? These dancing piddling guys lay on quite a show. We also saw a Flying Bird Brainbot together with hence glued together roughly styrofoam together with pipe-cleaner robots. (Thanks, Jerry's Artarama!)
It volition in all likelihood come upward equally no surprise that my favorite purpose was the spinning together with weaving exhibit. My daughters loved sending the shuttle dorsum together with forth betwixt the warp threads, contributing to a community tapestry - hence cool!
On our agency out, nosotros were greet past times the Dead Music Capital Band, a zombie marching band. These guys are roughly of the close talented undead musicians I conduct maintain e'er heard.
This may conduct maintain been my outset Maker Faire, merely it surely won't live my last. Many cheers to Kami Wilt and Austin Tinkering School for bringing Maker Faire dorsum to Austin.
Tracy Castro - a designer together with rural Texas Panhandle native - has called Austin dwelling for the terminal 16 years. Tracy's novel pattern venture, Fair Morning Blue, features seasonal cards, hand-stamped textiles, together with whatever other whimsies come upward into her caput together with heart. Find Tracy on her blog, facebook, or twitter.
The spin fine art on upcycled compact discs was a dandy success amongst children together with parents alike. What fun to squirt the bottles of pigment together with scout the designs conduct maintain shape! My daughters also enjoyed making their ain soap, non to advert taking several rides on the Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse.
On our agency out, nosotros were greet past times the Dead Music Capital Band, a zombie marching band. These guys are roughly of the close talented undead musicians I conduct maintain e'er heard.
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This may conduct maintain been my outset Maker Faire, merely it surely won't live my last. Many cheers to Kami Wilt and Austin Tinkering School for bringing Maker Faire dorsum to Austin.
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Tracy Castro - a designer together with rural Texas Panhandle native - has called Austin dwelling for the terminal 16 years. Tracy's novel pattern venture, Fair Morning Blue, features seasonal cards, hand-stamped textiles, together with whatever other whimsies come upward into her caput together with heart. Find Tracy on her blog, facebook, or twitter.
