Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Blue Ridge Astronomy Club – Solar Observing

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Blue Ridge Astronomy Club

Home: Virginia, United States

View the sun safely with the Blue Ridge Astronomy Club, and learn about the upcoming Solar Eclipse! Your local space enthusiasts will share about the club, and how you can get involved. While supplies last, get a pair of solar glasses from SciFest!

Remote Control Warship Combat with Mid-Atlantic Battle Group

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Mid-Atlantic Battle Group

Home: Virginia, United States

We build remote control warship models, arm them with CO2 powered cannons, and sink each other in hotly contested battles. Yes, the cannons really do punch holes in the ships. Yes. the ships really do sink. Come learn more about this fun hobby!

MAKE Roanoke

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: MAKE Roanoke

Home: Virginia, United States

MAKE Roanoke is a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a community makerspace in Roanoke, VA.

Mud, Twine & Sticks

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Elizabeth Marcais

Home: Virginia, United States

Mud, Twine & Sticks creates a variety of naturally dyed handmade jewelry, accessories, clothing and home-goods. Come visit with us and try out some Shibori folds and take home an Indigo dyed artwork of your own. @mudtwinesticks

Hacksburg

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Hacksburg

Home: Virginia, United States

Hacksburg is a makerspace in Blacksburg, VA. Hacksburg members will be showing off projects completed in our workshop, including a robotic eyeball, ultrasonic levitator, tabletop arcade cabinet, foam armor, and more.

KidWind demonstration

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Gage McAngus

Home: Virginia, United States

We are excited to showcase and demonstrate the KidWind Challenge - a hands-on design celebration that engages students through the lens of wind energy. Makers can test small scale wind turbines and design windmill blades.

Artavista Studio Lego Printmaking

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Kristyn Lefler

Home: Virginia, United States

Do you like Legos? Have you ever made art with them? The artsy guides at Artavista Studio will show you how to make a layered print using Lego dots!

MicroKits: Synths and Theremin Kits

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: David Levi

Home: Virginia, United States

You can build your own electronic musical instruments with MicroKits! Use our kit to build your own Theremin, or connect everyday objects to our synthesizer to build your own keyboard. We’ll have a banana keyboard out that you can play!

Daugherty Knives

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Daniel Daugherty

Home: Virginia, United States

I am a bladesmith who specializes in kitchen knives but also do hunting/EDC knives. I will be demonstrating how I sharpen my knives, how I shape the handles, and how my 100% food grade wax works to protect and shiny any wood or knife handle!

Mini Cooper Cluckman

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: adam spont

Home: Virginia, United States

Power Series Racing cart built at Vector Space in 2024

Everyone can be a scientist through community science

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Jennifer Wills

Home: Virginia, United States

Everyone can be a scientist! Learn the basics of using community science platforms iNaturalist and eBird, why the data collected are important, and how you can participate in community science.

Light up an LED

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: David Sproles

Home: Virginia, United States

Want to light up an LED? Want to practice using a solderless breadboard to make an LED circuit? If you are 10 yrs or older (incl adults), stop by Booth 123 and spend 5 or 10 minutes. We will talk about these components, and then build a circuit.

So you want to be a maker. Here's how

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Bower Center for the Arts

Home: Virginia, United States

Examples of how you can use raw materials to create useful and artistic items. Pieces on display made from simple materials. Wood, clay, glass and ceramic.

Papermaking with Academy in Motion

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Academy Center of the Arts

Home: Virginia, United States

The Academy in Motion bus from the Academy Center of the Arts will be providing a drop-in art activity throughout the day.

Experimental Sweets

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Jason Rony

Home: Virginia, United States

We specialize in making freshly squeezed lemonade flavored with Virginian grown fruit from local orchards. We also make 6+ flavors of made-to-order cotton candy.

Hill City Homebrewers – Help us Brew a Beer

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Hill City Homebrewers

Home: Virginia, United States

The Hill City Homebrewers are excited to bring an engaging homebrewing demonstration to Maker Faire again this year. We will be brewing a base suitable for the ever-popular IPA style, but we are going to let you decide what hops are added!

Craig Trader's Chaos Machine

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Craig Trader

Home: Virginia, United States

The Chaos Machine is a large automated marble machine. What makes it chaotic is that everyone is invited to modify the machine, limited only by imagination and the laws of motion.

Sus Buddies N More

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Brendan Watkins

Home: Virginia, United States

13yo maker with his own business. Creating from his 3D printer, and laser engraver. His ultimate goal is to be an engineer when he's older. He's saving his money for a trip to see the Chernobyl site!

Kona Ice of Lynchburg

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Thomas Hamilton

Home: Virginia, United States

Kona Ice of Lynchburg. Serving shaved ice.

The Yarnies

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Kaitlyn Hayward

Home: Virginia, United States

We are a crochet-based small business! We have everything from plushies to crocheted flowers and more! Step right up and learn to crochet yourself or add a new soft friend to your collection!

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