It’s almost time for Burning Man, and you know what that means — no, not rampant nudity — dust. Lots and lots of dust. Tim Elverston decided to make his own pair of black leather dust goggles from an old leather jacket and some pieces of tempered and UV resistant glass from halogen ‘puck style’ […]
MAKE’s most wonderful editorial assistant, Laura Cochrane, has been helping us host a series of Mini Maker Faires this summer. Here she files a little report about last weekend’s event, held at Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma, CA. The video was shot by Brian Rawson for Copperfield’s. – Gareth Last Saturday, I helped out at the […]
A description of my experience at the last Mini Maker Faire.
Bill Gurstelle is a Contributing Editor for MAKE magazine. His most recent book is entitled Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously. You can follow Bill on his danger-quest at twitter.com/wmgurst. He is a guest Make: Online author for the month of August. In this month’s MAKE magazine, Volume 19, […]
Handmade Nation will be screening in Austin on Saturday, September 6, as part of a craft-filled weekend. Director Faythe Levine will be on hand for the festivities which include a book signing party, two screenings with a Q & A after each one, a craft bazaar, and a post-screening party. A small group of special […]
A listing of upcoming craft fairs, as well as a call for entries for future craft fairs.
Marie-Claire Camp, of ellohay!, sent us word of this upcoming event: The Geek-a-thon is ellohay! West Michigan’s first annual install-fest. This evening event will bring geeks from all over the area together to help prepare 100 computers to be given away, free of charge, to at-risk and impoverished high school students in Grand Rapids. ellohay! […]
