Maker Faire Bay Area 2025

For the Love of Wieners

Home: California

Why does she do it? Collecting trash year round and soldering LEDs? For the love of wiener dogs of course! Contemplate our society's single-use plastic trash in these LED and upcycled sculptures by Tenaya Conklin. Wiener dogs are the best and we love these terrific topiary hounds, which is your favorite? Tenaya is a wife, a mother, a teacher, an actress in local productions, and a singer in a band with her mom and dad.

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For the Love of Wieners - Maker Faire Bay Area 2024

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Tenaya Conklin

Tenaya Conklin loves being a maker. Originally from Berkeley, Tenaya also grew up in Lafayette on a farm and attended Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. She “ makes makers,” as a teacher, she sews, solders, builds circuits, programs, and she makes music in a band with her mom and dad. Tenaya has two sons with husband James, who married her in the ultimate LED wedding dress. They enjoy a beautiful life in San Jose and with time, more projects will get made.

https://www.RogueMaking.com

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