Maker Faire Yearbook 2025

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Giant Derby Skates!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Carquinez Quad Squad Roller Derby

Home: California

Built on 2 motorized wheelchairs are 2 giant roller skates ready for Roller Derby! The skates were built as a collaboration with team members from the Carquinez Quad Squad Roller Derby Team, based in Vallejo! Come and learn about both roller derby and the art cars!

501st Legion / Rebel Legion / Mando Mercs / Droid Builders

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: 501st Legion / Rebel Legion / Mandalorian Mercs - Star Wars Costuming Clubs

Home: Oklahoma, United States of America

These clubs, the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mando Mercs, & Droid Builders are international STAR WARS costuming and droid-building organizations dedicated to celebrating the STAR WARS universe through the creation, display, and wearing of production-quality costumes and props that represent characters from those films, shows, books, and games. We promote an interest in STAR WARS and facilitate the use of these costumes for events and contribute to local communities through costumed charity and volunteer work, with the authorization and support of Lucasfilm.

Companion Bots: ED-E and Friends

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Companion Bots: ED-E and Friends

Home: California

A family with their companion robots! Dexter Starfighter brings the companion-bot inspired by ED-E from Fallout New Vegas; MakerBlock is bringing a cephalopod robot/creature living in a dome. Both will be wearing Fallout themed costumes. MakerKnit brings her octopus companion-bot made from knitted yarn and electronics.

Stack-san

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Latte Cafelatte

Home: Chiba prefecture, Japan

I'm developing a costume that transforms humans into robots, with a voice changer that allows the wearer to speak in a robotic voice in real time, a display mouth that lip-syncs to the voice, a glowing LED heart that beats, and a wind-up screw that rotates at the waist. I want to bring cute and fun robot performances from Japan to the world and make friends with everyone through technology.

Alpenglow Industries – LED Jewelry, Wearable LED Kits, & Soldering Kits

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Alpenglow Industries

Home: California, United States

We're a small women-owned business and we make a ton of great stuff that will help you get into circuits or keep messing with them! We make fun soldering kits great for beginners as well as folks wanting to skill-up into surface mount soldering. We're also debuting some new great LED Buddy Boards that help you easily wire LED strands to LED controllers so you can get your project lit up in no time. As always, we'll have our line of excellent Circuit Board Rulers that help you design circuit boards, identify small fasteners, and more! Stop by and get kitted up!

Long Island Droid Builders

Faire: Long Island

Maker: John Endres

Home: New York, United States of America

Long Island Droid Builders We are in the Long Island area of New York. Our members have custom built their own life size, operational droids including R2-D2 from Star Wars as well as robots from Doctor Who. We operate them for charitable and community events.

Adam Swartz Puppets

Faire: Happy Valley

Maker: Adam Swartz

Home: Pennsylvania, United States

11:00AM - 12:30PM Big Puppet Play & Petting Zoo 1:00PM - 3:00PM Puppet Workshop 4:00PM - 5:00PM Puppet Show

Dalek Asylum Milwaukee

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Dalek Asylum Milwaukee

Home: Wisconsin, United States of America

Dalek Asylum Milwaukee has been building screen accurate replicas Of the robotic bad guys from the British sci-fi series Doctor Who for a decade. Some of our members, longer than that. Come see us and find out how you can build one for yourself

Wood, filament, resin, and stepmotors!

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Vanessa Owens

Home: Louisiana, United States of America

I make resin, high-definition, and uniquely painted figurines, along with filament creations, wood-burned art, and sublimation pieces inspired by retro video games and movies as well as current anime and films. I also design and build custom electronics for cosplay, such as Dragon Ball radars, articulated masks, and a one-of-a-kind Furby creation we call Furlexa, combining craftsmanship, creativity, and technology into truly unique works.

C & J Goods L.A.

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: C & J Goods L.A.

Home: California, United States

Creative and custom leatherwork, all designed and handcrafted by Cindy & Jo. We create bespoke leather goods that fit your needs. Whether for daily use or adventure, our sturdy items and sophisticated designs are at home everywhere and anywhere. Modular in nature you will be able to seamlessly mix and match our accessories. We offer small workshops and classes in the Los Angeles area throughout the year and display at Comic Cons, Steampunk events and other nerd-friendly places.

The 501st Legion’s Empire City Garrison

Faire: Long Island

Maker: 501st Legion - Empire City Garrison

Home: New York, United States of America

The 501st Legion is an all-volunteer worldwide organization formed to bring together costume enthusiasts. We seek to promote interest in Star Wars through events and contributions to the local community through costumed charity and volunteer work.

SweetRoll for Initiative

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: SweetRoll for Initiative

Home: Arkansas, United States of America

Handmade resin art and goods including dice, anatomically accurate hand painted skull replicas, dragon figurines, snow globes, keychains

Predator

Faire: Tashkent

Maker: Aziz Egamov

Home: Yunusabad, Uzbekistan

This cosplay of the character from the cult film series "The Predator" is entirely handcrafted by the author. The detailed suit includes a realistic mask, armor, and weapons, recreated with special attention to the original design. Various materials were used to achieve the effect of alien texture and mechanical elements. The project demonstrates skills in EVA foam, latex, painting, and 3D decoration.

MagneTag

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Adam Cohen

Home: Wisconsin, United States of America

A wearable sensor that detects magnets. Players wear them and play tag with magnetic foam toys.

Fernside Dragons Custom Inflatables

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Fernside Dragons

Home: California, United States

We are Fernside Dragons, a married couple who taught ourselves how to make inflatable art. Come see our variety of inflatable creations! We have yard inflatable dragons and a variety of award-winning inflatable costumes, all made from scratch. Stop by to check them out, hear how we figured out how to make them, and interact with us in costume! We are excited to share what we've learned with anyone interested in the medium!

Me? A PRINCESS?!

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Alison Parson

Home: Louisiana, United States of America

As one of the first films I saw in theaters as a child, Disney's The Princess Diaries has always been a favorite. This year, I'm bringing main character Mia Thermopolis to life! Join me as I build mockups and talk research, planning, sourcing, and prototypes for costume projects, as well as all my other interests: history, gaming, travel, vlogging, and witchcraft.

ProImage 3D

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: Rick Radford

Home: Oklahoma, United States of America

Proimage 3D is a company centered around Advanced Additive Manufacturing Technology. We support reverse engineering, 3D scanning, and other rapid tooling techniques for multiple business sectors.

SkullMan Prints

Faire: Long Island

Maker: Ray Sussman

Home: New York, United States of America

We are SkullMan Prints, a 3D printing business from Merrick, Long Island that specializes in showcasing what 3D printers can do! We are a full time 3D print shop that makes articulating figures, fidgets, cosplay items, and home decor. Vending is something fun we love to do on the weekends, but one of our real passions is educating our customers on the potential and future of 3D printing.

Julien Photographie

Faire: France

Maker: Julien Daudibon

Home: France

Photographe amateur, il expose une collection variée de clichés : paysages, portraits et macros. Son stand invite à découvrir des instants capturés avec créativité et passion, révélant la beauté des détails du quotidien.

Links and Leather

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Kellen Millner

Home: New York, United States of America

Links and Leather and a LGBTQ+ woman-owned business that fantasy with fashion and gives a new twist to a medieval art. We craft lightweight chainmaille and leather accessories that compliment modern fashions. I'll be demonstrating how to create a simple chainmaille weave that can be turned into jewelry or, with time and patience, larger pieces like clothing. Come check out my techniques, ask questions, and *disclaimer* definitely try this at home.

Next Level Masks

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Debbi Meise

Home: Wisconsin, United States of America

Hello! I Love costume making and cosplay. It’s my favorite pastime to dream up different costume pieces. I would love to share it with you and dress you up too! If it’s a mask or a headpiece I hope you find a piece to connect with! People think that masks are to hide who you are, but I think it’s a way to express part of your identity. To show the outside what’s in the inside. So come play with me and stop by my booth. Characters welcome!

Shine INTO your next Cosplay: Wearable light-up clothing and props with Selfie Booth!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: A. Leal

Home: California

Ever wanted to get into cosplay, but didn't know how? You'll cosplay live at Maker Faire, with the help of our bright light-up props and clothing! We'll share how we made our clothing and props, from easy to needing-light-programming levels Try it out for yourself! We also have a selfie photography booth to wear, pose, and try out our light-up cosplay clothes and props. You'll not just cosplay, but have the photos to prove it, and the know-how to make your own! We have a light up lightsaber, fan, skirt, signs, and much more!

Feltthink, Felt everything!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: sabri tunca

Home: California

At Feltthink, fiber artist Sabri Tunca transforms soft merino wool into extraordinary felt hats that are fun and colorful. Each hat is handmade using traditional wet and needle felting techniques and shaped into unusual sculptural forms.

Pandora FX: Special Makeup FX Demo

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Margaret Aldrich

Home: California, United States

Pandora FX returns to exhibit makeups and props from Bay Area film productions and to demonstrate special makeup effects. Owner Margaret Caragan will discuss the process of prosthetic application during her demos and discuss the secrets and techniques behind makeup transformations. Find out about turning Steph Curry into a Grinch, applying realistic prosthetics in A24 movies and being a contestant on SyFy Channel's Face Off.

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