Maker Faire Yearbook 2023

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BayLUG, the Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: BayLUG, the Bay Area LEGO Users' Group

Home: California, United States

We would like to have space to display our creations and a play area for the children to build using bulk bricks that we will provide.

Baycoin Beats Band

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Elevated Talent Group

Home: California, United States

BayCoin Beats is a band collective from the San Francisco Bay Area that was formed in 2018 by lead drummer, and Musical Director ; Jae Stix Jackson. Baycoin Beats brings a variety of music, from Jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul and R&B! BayCoin Beats has done many shows, concerts, festivals and showcases. They have also been featured behind many upcoming artists around the Bay Area and California. Baycoin Beats also hosts an underground, Supperjam , details can be found on their website and social sites; which was also founded and hosted by Clarisse LaGrone and Jae Jackson the CEO’s of Elevated Talent Group. They are now working on their first EP, which will be released spring of next year! You can find them rocking stages all over the Bay Area, and California.

Graham Patzner

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Graham Patzner

Home: California, United States

playing and singing songs

Wyldcard

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jonah Stiennon

Home: California, United States

E-ink trading cards which can change! Wyldcards are small plastic cards with e-ink screens (like a Kindle). When placed onto a plinth, the image on the card can be changed by a hidden computer. The cards also contain a memory chip, so they can store stats, moves, and keep changes and status effects from one game to the next. Plug your plinth into your friend’s and play against them. I think these cards have the potential to unlock a new paradigm of tabletop gaming. They are rooted in the physical world, but can implement complex game mechanics Based on an idea I had in 2014 and built in my spare time over the past three years, Wyldcard was upvoted to #1 on Hacker News and I'm wrapping up a crowdfunding campaign for a devkit.

The IDEA Center

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: The IDEA Center

Home: California, United States

The IDEA Center is a community makerspace located in Ventura, California and built on a core initiative of creating accessible opportunities in STEAM. With an emphasis on empowering disadvantaged areas of our local community, the IDEA Center offers access to a wide range of technologies as well as the classes and training necessary to support them. Additionally, we provide free scholarships to every student enrolled in our public schools up to the college level to the end of our mission to create expanded and equitable access. The IDEA Center is a place where young learners, hobbyists, and professionals of all backgrounds can interact and explore the intersections that exist between technology, art, engineering, and design. Stop by our booth to see our kinetic sculptures!

Polyhedra Party

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Stacy Speyer

Home: California, United States

Come to color and construct your own geometric form from the collection of patterned nets called Cubes and Things. We will have scissors, markers, tape, and a polyhedra enthusiast to help you make these cool shapes!!

e-Bike film studio

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: michael winter

Home: California, United States

Attendees will help me create a video episode of my action packed SciFi drama. The show will be recorded on my e-Bike video creation platform. There will be prop UFOs (UAPs) created by an artist who worked on 'StarWars' and' Raiders of the Lost Ark'.

La Casa de Murcia

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jennifer Murcia

Home: California, United States

My name is Jennifer Murcia and I am the owner and head designer of La Casa de Murcia (LCM for short), a small business that designs home decor and accessories. We specialize in bags, headwear, and drinkware. We also sell a limited selection of metal accessories (i.e. enamel pins) and stationery. We strive to be as sustainable as possible by using older fabrics and reusing our packaging. Our artwork is inspired by our Salvadorian American heritage, our West Coast roots, and the matriarchs of our childhood.

Venetian Glass Lampworking by Sonoma County Artisan, Michael Dickinson

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Michael Dickinson

Home: California, United States

Dickinson Glass is a handcrafted glass line by local glass artisan and designer, Michael Dickinson. With each glass made by hand from his studio and showroom in Sonoma County, he honors the traditional Venetian lampworking techniques, while also incorporating a contemporary scientific approach. His current body of work is a collection of time spent sculpting, manipulating, and shaping primarily hollow forms and sculpture. Leading workshops around the Bay Area and from his Sebastopol shop, he strives to connect maker and consumer, highlighting the importance of the tradition of craft through education and relationships. Visit us at The Barlow in Sebastopol!

Building Simple Games with Chat GPT and Python

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: The Hull family

Home: California, United States

Learn how to code and create simple games using ChatGPT to write code in Python.

Humpbacks of Notre Dame: How to Use Your Project in Activism

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: 3 Feet of Air

Home: California, United States

'Humpbacks of Notre Dame' is our award winning kinetic sculpture entry for 2022. We created our art as a tool to open a wide array of 'entry' points into a discussion about climate change. Spectators interacting with this piece lead themselves on a journey of discovery towards taking action on climate change. Elements from the original work will be recomposited as a static display, showing an example of using an existing event –the Kinetic Grand Championship– to bring awareness to the most important issue of our time: anthropogenic climate change. Whatever you or your cohort are already doing, you can use an existing venue to get your idea into the minds and hearts of others. Come see how we accomplished this with 'Humpbacks of Notre Dame.'

Scale model running internal combustion and steam engines

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Bay Area Engine Modelers Club (BAEM)

Home: California, United States

Club members display and run Model engines, explaining how models are built and run.

Freehand Fabricator: An industrial-grade 3D pen.

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Timothy Keller

Home: California, United States

The Freehand Fabricator is what you would get if a 3D printer and a MIG welder had a baby. It is a high-temperature, high-flow 3D printer hot end with a comfortable handle and spool-fed extruder base station. People who have used '3D pens' know how slow they are, and how quickly they break. This is the solution those makers have been waiting for: the Freehand Fabricator is capable of extruding engineering-grade plastics and is more than twice as fast as existing solutions. The project is in the late prototyping stage at the moment and will be launched on Kickstarter in the coming months. We are currently looking for people to play with the prototypes and tell us what they think!

Make: Learn to Solder for $2

Faire: Bay Area

Home: United States

Learn to Solder Skill Badge Kits have been used to teach thousands of people of all ages how to solder at Maker Faires across the country and around the world. It's a simple, fun way to learn how to solder or teach others to solder. Once complete, you'll have a great blinky robot that you can proudly wear and when people ask where you got it, you get to reply 'I made it!' This well thought out pin even has the directions written right on the back for easy reference. This is the best kit to learn to solder with. Just ask anyone who's been to a Maker Faire! We supply the tools and run a new session every 30 minutes from 10:30am to 5:30pm, walk-ins welcome but seating is limited, grab your session token and badge at the Maker Coal Shed for only $2!

Boxbot

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: MARS Team

Home: California, United States

In our MARS (Making Affordable Robots for Students) program, we have developed a totally hackable, low-barrier to entry, fun robotics platform that empowers students to learn how to program and modify robots. We call it Boxbot. The cardboard chassis and extremely low-cost (features compete with $300 robotics products, but it's only $30 in parts) means that almost any school, student, or self-directed learner can do real robotics. This project was developed completely by the MARS team, students developing engaging learning experiences for students.

Jinxbot

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jason Reynolds

Home: California, United States

Jinxbot 3D Printing: Illuminate Your Style at Maker Faire! Get Ready to Glow! Step into a world of radiant creativity with Jinxbot 3D Printing! Located in The Storehouse near the Dark Room, our booth is your one-stop-shop for all things luminous. What's Our Offer?Glow-in-the-Dark Customization: Bring your shirts, hats, or tote bags and personalize them with our 3D-printed, glow-in-the-dark letters, numbers, and symbols. Stick 'em on safely and easily with our skin-friendly fashion tape!Glow Ensemble: Create your own glowing ensemble and be the star of the night! Perfect for selfies and social media bragging rights.Pokémon Hunt: Feeling adventurous? We've hidden Pokémon around the Maker Faire grounds. Find all four and win an exclusive, glowing prize! Why Visit Us?We're two stalls from the entrance of The Storehouse, so you can't miss us!Safe and easy customization with skin-friendly fashion tape.A fun Pokémon hunt with awesome prizes. Special Maker Faire Weekend Offer If you're intrigued by our 3D printing services, make sure to swing by the Jinxbot booth. We've got an exclusive 20% off discount code just for you! Use it on Jinxbot.com to bring any 3D design to life, whether it's a gem you found online or your own creative work. But don't forget, this special offer is only up for grabs during the Maker Faire weekend! So come on down, let your creativity shine, and make this Maker Faire unforgettable with Jinxbot 3D Printing!

Giant Puppets Save the World

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Giant Puppets Save the World

Home: California, United States

For Marker Faire 2023, Giant Puppets Save the World will bring a menagerie of giant flying puppets, featuring creative depictions of Anna's Hummingbird, a Burrowing Owl, and two Monarch Butterflies. The puppets are made by artist and puppeteer, Toni Mikulka-Chang, out of silk, reed, and bamboo. They will create a mini puppet forest for attendees to walk through and under as they rest in their heavy duty umbrella stands when not flying out and about through the Faire. Attendees may pick up the puppets and fly them around and practice flapping their wings and experience their delightful artistic biomimicry in giant form. Giant Puppets Save the World seeks to bring awareness to important species and demonstrates that in teamwork and collaboration, we can create incredible awe-inspiring magic.

Berbawy Makers

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Berbawy Makers

Home: California, United States

Berbawy Makers is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to enable all students to explore their interests in engineering and making, regardless of their race, gender, or socioeconomic status.

NASA’s Ames Research Center

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: NASA’s Ames Research Center

Home: California, United States

With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and inspiration for a new generation of explorers. Come learn about the Artemis mission and speak with real people from NASA!

Dinghy Derby

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Lisa, Joy and White Hill Middle School Design Lab students

Home: California, United States

The Dinghy Derby is a no-rules creative sailboat building and racing experience for makers of all ages. Participants will start in the building area by selecting from a variety of recycled materials to build a boat. Makers can then test their boat in one of the two kiddie pools, set up with various obstacles for different difficulty levels. They will launch their boat using a hand fan to propel and navigate their boat to the finish line. Makers can test and repeat as many times as they wish! First Mate Pool: no obstacles on a straight track Captain Pool: buoys and wind-up toy obstacles navigating around an island

Cody Vrosh and Binary Winter Press

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Cody Vrosh

Home: California, United States

Cody Vrosh is an artist fusing science fiction elements with bold female characters and playful creatures to create a unique brand of speculative illustration. Together with his wife writer Sheatiel Sarao, he founded Binary Winter Press, an indie small press making books, original art, pins and hand screen printed apparel featuring the things they love best, from robots to space cats, cyberpunk to starlight wanderings.

TriLeene

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jana McKinny

Home: California, United States

A mutant vehicle collaboration between Elieen the Pearl Peacock and Grizz the Trimule MKIII. Grizz, the three-wheel base vehicle, is a unique mix of go-kart parts, hydrostatic ZTR commercial tractor powertrain and custom-fabricated components created by Billy Powell. Grizz may not be the fastest tripod at the race track, but he can spin in circles from zero to 60 faster than you can yell vomit! Making Grizz the perfect base vehicle to show off the gorgeous aluminum and LED feathers from Elieen the Pearl Peacock created by Kristen Hoard. Elieen, a fan favorite at Burning Man, takes a team of six a full eight-hour day to assemble with the completed vehicle often being too tall or wide for smaller venues. Elieen and Grizz have truely formed the perfect partnership.

The Community Science Workshop

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Curt Gabrielson

Home: United States

The Community Science Workshop is a paradigm for science learning based on community, personal experience of real phenomena and lots of interesting junk. He’ll talk about his experience starting and running these places, and how they fit into the whole Make/DIY/STEM education landscape to bring kids and families to take the reins of science and technology.

Squishy Circuit with a Light Switch

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Aurelius Prochazka

Home: California, United States

My project will teach kids the basics of electric circuitry. I will show how ordinary store bought play doh conducts electricity and how you can add a light switch to the circuit to turn the LED light on and off. I will bring additional materials so that other kids can create the circuit at my table. I will also present a colorful schematic of the electronic circuit to show how the electricity flows through the circuit. This will be a fun activity that kids and parents will enjoy creating.

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