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Jacquie Schnabel
Video Folk Art
James Duffy
Austin Area Rocketry Group
James Lopez
Stone Cutting
I am showing my homemade lapidary setup. Any stone you pick up off the ground in Texas can be polished to become a piece you can set in jewelry and display interesting aspects of the stone.
James Pate
Toast
Toast will be performing with their fusion of Prog rock, Jazz, Funk and Reggae.
Appearance(s)
Fire Truck Solar Stage
, Saturday 4:00 PM
James Philippi
Lithium-ion Plug-In Hybrid Conversion
Hybrid Plugs, Inc. will do a live Lithium-ion "Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle" conversion of a Toyota Prius at the 2008 Austin Maker Faire. The conversion will be done in stages over the course of two days allowing for interaction between the attending audience and the converters. The Prius once converted with be able to achieve over 100 mpg for the first 40 miles each day. Also on display, will be a completed Ford Escape Hybrid converted by Hybrid Plugs, Inc. that achieves over 50 mpg for the first 50 miles each day. Hybrid Plugs, Inc. currently does PHEV and HEV conversions. www.HybridPlugs.com
Jamie Chan
Bazaar Bizarre Craft Fair
Jamie Rood
Art Of Texas
Jamie Rood
Beyond the Photograph
Jamila Tazewell
11:11 enterprises
Graphic and imagery rich collection of wallets, books, bags and more.
Janet Daum
Living Arts Bakery
We are an Austin based specialty bakery producing both Spelt and Gluten Free products, catering to people with food sensitivities and making tasty baked treats. Come visit us at the Maker Faire and enjoy a delicious breakfast taco, a sesame crunch bar, gluten free brownie or one of our other treats! Please contact us for your specialty baking and private chef needs.
Jane Young
FIRST Robotics Teams
Jarico Cyclecide
Cyclecide Heavy Pedal Bike Rodeo
Monster bikes, music and comedy sketches lassoed into a clown rodeo which includes: The Pedal-Powered and Kiddie-Powered Carousels and Ferris Wheel; The Dizzy Toy; The Cyclo-fuge; The Whirl & Hurl; The Melody Maker; The Flight of the Bumble Bee; and Alter-bikes
Jason Asbahr
Entranced:Immersive Musical Entertainment
Jason Delaney
Solar Still
Jason Maas
Rotato: Team Pandoras Bots
Pandora's Bots has been fighting robots out of Austin, TX since 2003. In the spring of 2004, they decided it was time to build the most destructive lightweight robot ever. Rotato was completely designed in CAD before a single part was bought or made. The design concept was clear, put as much weight into the weapon as possible. Having 45 of the 60 lbs in motors/batteries/titanium for the weapon system they did just that. With over 20 pounds of titanium spinning at 2500 RPM the sparks always fly with Rotato in the box.
Jason Mika
Pyrotechnics Meets Art
Sculpture + propane + forced air + metal salts + spark = awesome!!
Enjoy the excitement when flame effects and pyrotechnics meet art.
jean dahlgren
Austin Fiber Artists
The AFA Guild will demonstrate making felt, stamping, stenciling, beading, silk screening. Our intent is to introduce Austin to the new Austin Fiber Artists Guild. We will have on display work by our members.
Jean Nelson
Bats!
jeannie gigliotti
Little Sub Trailer
Sub sandwiches, chef salads & homemade soup
Jeff Luna
Alexander's Dark Band
Alexander's Dark Band is a 7-piece band from Austin, Texas. Best described as "quirky symphonic pop," they combine classical string melodies and harmonies, driving rhythms, and clever wordplay.
Appearance(s)
Fire Truck Solar Stage
, Saturday 1:00 PM
Jeffrey Lorien
Zhi Tea
Zhi Tea owners will be sampling some of their 70 certified organic and Fair Trade loose-leaf teas and custom blends. Zhi Tea, located in East Austin, is founded on the principals of sustainability, quality, and the entire tea experience. Zhi imports Single Estate teas and creates world-class blends. Retail product will be available for sale at the event. Visit zhitea.com.
Jeff Schmidt-N5MNW
Austin Amateur Radio Club
This popular hobby encompasses many skills and talents. See demonstrations of making antennas, circuit troubleshooting, communicating via voice and data on shortwave and ultra-high frequency bands, kit-building and more.
Jenifer Bryan
Lucy Blue Studio
Handcrafted, fine silver pendants, quirky polymer clay pieces, belt buckles, photographs in altered frames
Jenine Bressner
Portable Glass Flamework
Jenna Colby
soopajdelux
small paintings, prints and other things with images from my work like vinyl keychains, magnets, luggage tags, pins, earrings... Etc
jennifer and hope perkins
Naughty Secretary Club & Hot Pink Pistol
Naughty Secretary Club and Hot Pink Pistol are a team of sisters that often work together to create crafty goodness. Hope is the artist in the family and Jennifer is the jewelry designer.
Appearance(s)
Maker Shed CRAFT Demos
, Saturday 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Make Your Own Fabric Jewelry
There is a lot more to jewelry than just beads. Hang out in the Naughty Secretary Club and learn how to use fabric in your jewelry making covered button bracelets, necklaces out of recycled T-shirts and pins from vintage men's neck ties.
Maker Shed CRAFT Demos
, Sunday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Jewelry-Making 101
Austinite Jennifer Perkins is the woman behind Naughty Secretary Club. In the jewelry 101 demo Jen will discuss different jewelry tools, supplies and techniques. People will walk away knowing the difference between a head pin and an eye pin, the right and wrong way to close a jump ring and basic wire wrapping techniques.
Jennifer Nazak
Austin Permaculture Guild
Jennifer Ramos
Textile Fetish
a sampling of (mostly patchwork) children's clothing, along with craft gear (craft aprons, knitting needle and crochet cases), and other small items that will fit on the table, such as patchwork hot pads, card cases. I make bags and sock monkeys, but the vendor space may prohibit being able to display the
Jennifer Syfu
Starving Artist Bazaar
I create lampwork glass jewelry mixed with sterling silver and gold filled components inspired by microbiology. All the glasswork is done by me in my studio. I also create jewelry with semi-precious stones.
Jeremy Frank
DIY Juggling Props
Jeremy Rosen
Austin Bike Zoo
We have large pedal-powered rides, including the 80-foot-long , 6-rider rattlesnake. Then there is the 15-foot-tall butterfly, the moth, the 4-passenger peacock, the Maker Faire mobile billboard, many cargo bikes, and more. Our huge butterfly appears on Maker Faire postcards, and on the 8x11 Maker Faire Austin bill.
Jerry Chamkis
Aural User Interface
Jerry Chevalier
B9 Lost in Space
Jerry Ethridge
R/C Warship Combat
Jessica Acuna
Creative Chick Designs
Handmade jewelry made from paper, precious metals, and wood.
Jessica Brown
Doodle Beast
Jessica Dunlap
Rose & Duke
Jessica Oglesby
Jessica's Joy
I make lightbulb ornaments from the heart and by the hand.
Currently, I have Santas, Penguins, and Snowmen.
However, I plan to add more characters, as well as, some halloween ornaments.
Jessica Schumacher
Recycleware
Jim Mansour
Portable Chipamp Stereo!
Tube amp, shmoob amp! This awesome amplifier delivers 4 x 68 watts of absolutely incredible sound using the LM3886 IC amplifier setup from Chipamp.com. But this is no wimpy home stereo...This amp is built in a steel enclosure box that can be taken outside and left in the rain! It's got filtered-air fan cooling and it uses house outlets for speaker connections and extension cords for speaker wire. Four JBL speakers hang from fold-up speaker stands (of my own design), to let folks hear the beauty of the chipamp and show them that they can make it too.
I also have my harmon-kardon reciever that has the same chipamps in place of the junky factory amps. Now it's worth 450 bucks!
Jim Mateer
Dare to Dream Different with Donuts
Appearance(s)
Maker Stage
, Saturday 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Maker Stage
, Sunday 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Jimmie Rodgers
Open Heart Kit
I am the Open Heart kit developer and will run workshops to help people build the kits. I will also be giving a couple of talks about Charlieplexing.
Jim Patek
HydroRobotics
Robots in the Evironmental Field
HydroRobotics is my site to promote my interest in robots in the environmental field (engineering, mostly). The robots are mostly aquatic, since I am a water engineer by trade. At the last MakerFaire in Austin, I brought H2rObot, a prototype robotic surface vessel for bathymetric mapping and environmental sampling/mapping. This year, version 1.0 of H2rObot is finished and, by October, will have completed it's first real mapping job. My interest also includes ROVs and AUVs and I will have a small ROV at the Faire as well. A terrestrial version of H2rObot is in the works and I hope to have it at the Faire as well. The display includes information about the various robotic subsystems and sensors used and about the environmental application of the robots.
Joanna Vandiver
Up-Cycling with Etsy Texas Crafters
Joe DiPrima
ArcAttack!
ArcAttack employs a unique DJ
set up of their own creation (an
HVDJ set up) to generate an
'electrifying' audio visual
performance. The HVDJ pumps music through
a PA system while two specially designed
DRSSTC's (Dual-Resonant Solid State Tesla
Coils) act as separate synchronized
instruments. These high tech machines
produce an electrical arc similar to a
continuous lightning bolt and put out a crisply
distorted square wave sound reminiscent of the
early days of synthesizers. The music consists
of original, highly dance-able electronic
compositions that sometimes incorporate
themes or dub of popular songs.
Appearance(s)
Tesla Theater
, Saturday 11:30 AM
Tesla Theater
, Saturday 1:00 PM
Tesla Theater
, Saturday 2:30 PM
Tesla Theater
, Saturday 4:00 PM
Tesla Theater
, Saturday 6:30 PM
Tesla Theater
, Saturday 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tesla Theater
, Sunday 11:00 AM
Tesla Theater
, Sunday 12:00 PM
Tesla Theater
, Sunday 2:00 PM
Tesla Theater
, Sunday 5:00 PM
Joe Kittinger
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Appearance(s)
Maker Stage
, Sunday 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Joe Knize
Flingamajigadingdong
John P. Funk
Homemade LED Sci-Fi Space Light Props, Robots, Models and VFX!
John-Michael Reed
Bleep Labs
John-Paxton Gremillion
Buddha's Brew Kombucha
John Folaron
Airheads Air Drums
Airheads allows anyone to create music by simply playing the air. This touchless gizmo has two sensors sticks that are placed 2 ft. apart. The sensor sticks act as a hands free Midi controller and are able to sense both position and velocity. A player's hands are able to generate different notes and different velocities that have been preselected from any type of drum trigger MIDI and synth. Make music with this compact air instrument.
Appearance(s)
Maker Stage
, Saturday 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM American Maker, Winner: Airheads Air Drums
John Lien
The Banana-rator
The banana-rator is a "refrigerator" for bananas. Instead of removing heat, it removes the ethylene gas given off by the bananas that causes them to spoil. It also provides a convenient way to store the bananas.
John Luciani
wiblocks
wiblocks are physical computing building blocks. The first wiblocks consist of an Arduino compatible uC block (with XBee) + LCD block + battery pack. Future blocks will feature other uCs and a variety of multimedia functions.
JohnPaul Fierro
So.A.P.
We are South Austin People, better known as So.A.P. We make natural dye-free bar and liquid soap, as well as other body care products. Strong enough for a Dirty Hippie, but weak enough for a Dirty CEO. (.....and the rest of us stuck in the elevator with them.)
Jon Marler
Jewelry for Geeks
My project is about demonstrating simple jewelry making techniques that are targeted to self-proclaimed geeks. I make jewelry out of salvaged electronic components, poured resin, and anything else I find. I specialize in making cufflinks and earrings, but also make hair accessories, necklace charms, and other jewelry items.
Jon Sarriugarte
Boiler Bar Theater
Appearance(s)
Boiler Bar Theater
, Saturday 12:00 PM
Boiler Bar Theater
, Saturday 4:00 PM
Boiler Bar Theater
, Sunday 12:00 PM
Boiler Bar Theater
, Sunday 3:00 PM
Joon Wilkinson
JOONWALK
Josh Boughey
The Stribe
The Stribe Prototype is an Open Source music control project that explores the intersection of gesture, light, and sound. Eight touch-sensitive strips are flanked by dual columns of LEDs, providing subtle fingertip control coupled with illuminated feedback. The Stribe's firmware communicates via USB with music programs such as Max/MSP and Reaktor.
Joshua Driggs
Austin Modders
Joshua Merritt
ClothMoth Clothing + Kindness
Unique, hand-screened, fashion-forward t-shirts, totes, and accessories.
Julia Chambers
Modern Crochet and Yarn Works
Immerse yourself in the art, tools, fibers and techniques behind the evolution of modern day crochet! Did you know that crochet is the last fiber art that cannot be replicated by machines? Every crochet piece in the world has a hook and a hand behind it, capable of making thousands of remarkable stitches!
Come get a unique peek into the world of crochet like you've never beheld it before. Crochet is a marriage between various types of hooks and various types of fibers, any combination of which can bring about drastically different results! Attend a demonstration regarding a variety of hooks, their uses and learn a little about the master craftsmen behind them. Play with the fiber petting zoo for a tactile exploration of texture and the sense of touch in design. Observe the fiber-sense (science) behind color combinations of various textures and watch how 3-dimensional texture can alter the mind's perception of color! Learn how you can incorporate your own plying techniques into crochet to create new looks. And witness a variety of modern fiber art, all created with a hook.
Basic crochet lessons will take place throughout the weekend, along with simple fiber projects that will introduce kids and beginners to new skills that they can make their own!
Julie McCullough Kim
Enju
Vintage inspired modern clothing
Justin Gaither
Custom Fitted Ear Buds and Ear Plugs
Demonstrate how to make silicon ear buds for attendees using a 2-part silicon putty. This putty, once formed around a set of standard ear buds, works much like expensive in-ear monitors like professional musicians use. This enhances comfort and fit. The ear buds wont fall out even at high speeds on a motorcycle. It increases noise isolation as well.
We can also make ear plugs without the ear buds.
Justin Gray
Justin Gray Fire Sculpture Robots
This is a robotic fire sculpture show with gigantic tesla coil in the middle. That's 4 fire sculpture robots and one tesla coil. Included in this show is my latest turbine-engine-powered fire sculpture robot.
My blogs:
graywrxfabblog.blogspot.com
www.firesculpturesforrent.blogspot.com
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