Maker Faire Bay Area 2025
Flash the Tortoise
Home: California, United States
This is an art car inspired by a living tortoise named Flash. A 2002 Gem Car converted to a moving, lighted tortoise. Custom designed and welded aluminum frame, custom built lithium battery pack, vacuum formed HDPE scutes (panels), led back lighting and pebble lighting.
https://www.thecoolab.com/projects/flasthetortoisecar
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Makers
The CooLab
A group of artists and fabricators joining together to make awesome things!
Flash Contributing Artists Include:
-Loren Crotty
-Brian Willison
-Joel Franceschi
-Warren Breslau (5th Street Machine Works)
-Briona Darling (Wonderworks Fabrication)
-Antonio Collodi
-Ian Buell
-Tony Schena
-Chimera Maker Space Sebastopol
-Pure Black Inc
-Valley Plastics Manufacturing Inc
