1st Annual Maker Faire Prop Contest!
Maker Faire Bay Area 2018
May 18th-20th
Bring us your axes, swords, helmets, or ray guns! This is the maker community's chance to show off their props and handheld items and compete for some excellent maker prizes.
Contestants will be interviewed about their props - how they made them, the story behind them. And judges will be evaluating for cool, clever, craftsmanship, inventiveness.
Note there is still time to enter your prop! See all rules, application, and entries in the running here: https://makershare.com/missions/first-annual-maker-faire-prop-contest
Kit Quinn
Kit Quinn has been cosplaying since 2007 when she attended her first San Diego Comic Con. For two years in a row Kit has won best special effects costume at Twitch Con for her Tron Siren build from TRON: Legacy and Hades from Disney’s Hercules. She has also been featured on Marvel’s comics Avenger’s cosplay cover as the Wasp.
Bill Doran
Bill and Britt Doran are a prop and costume making husband and wife team from Seattle. Since 2009 Bill and Britt have been building props and costumes with each other and their friends. Their passion for the creative process has pushed them to create bigger and more elaborate pieces and in 2012, they turned Punished Props into a full time career, providing their fans with the best video tutorials and guide books they can muster.
Jackie Craft
Cosplayer and costume designer Jackie Craft has taken her passion for costume and prop making and turned it into a career. You may have seen her costumes and props in Blizzard’s Hearthstone: Mulligans series, on the Syfy Series Cosplay Melee, on display at Nintendo’s booth for SDCC and NYCC store featuring Splatoon 2 weapons, or in the Advanced Cosplay series for 2017’s Blizzcon Virtual Ticket. Jackie was also a roaming reporter for Blizzcon’s live content which included showcasing cosplayers from around the world. She also has an all foam pattern with Simplicity pattern company that is the first of its kind on the market. Jackie’s goal is to spread her confidence and enthusiasm for cosplay to as many interested crafters as possible while trying to make their journey a little easier through her love of pattern making.
Steven Meissner
Steven Meissner is the man behind the helmet at SoloRoboto Industries, the prop making studio he runs full time, fabricating props for cosplayers, collectors, and industry professionals alike. His talents don’t stop at prop building; Steven occasionally works on the odd trophy for properties such as League of Legends, and is an accomplished cosplayer who has been making costumes since his first San Diego Comic Con in 2008. He is also very tall.
