Vancouver Mini Maker Faire Early-bird Tickets on Sale Now!
“One small human inside a 3,000-kilo machine suddenly becomes a dangerous force, and there’s a huge amount of responsibility imbued upon them by this technological power.” – Jonathan Tippett quoted in Meet a 3-tonne robotic beast that runs on electricity | Metro. Vancouver Mini Maker Faire is coming up the first weekend in June, and early-bird tickets are on sale through the end of April! If you’re in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island or the Fraser Valley, I encourage you to plan to spend at least one entire day, if not the whole weekend, at this event showcasing the...
Read MoreCollecting Trash to Make Stuff
I had a particular conversation over and over again while doing Mighty Ugly at the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire last year*, and it surprised me every time. It went something like this: Parent: Look at all these pop tabs/bottlecaps/twist ties/doodads! How clever to use these for crafts instead of throwing them out! Me: *blinks* Me: *realizes response is necessary* I just keep a bin next to the recycling and put appropriate stuff in there instead. I’ve always used scraps and otherwise ready-for-recycling materials for Might Ugly, since it’s important to the project that the materials...
Read MoreVancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012, Visual Recap
I love Maker Faire so much I became a founding member of Vancouver’s Maker Foundation, which was set up this year by Emily Smith, the woman responsible for launching the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire. We have big plans. I’m so very excited to be a part of it. I had Mighty Ugly going all weekend, with the unwavering help of four of the most dedicated, amazeballs volunteers in the history of working for free. Diana, Donna, Fiona and Amanda, THANK YOU. My brain hasn’t fully recovered from the whirlwind, after which my parents stayed in town for another week of awesome visit,...
Read MoreBringing Mighty Ugly to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012
By which I mean, like, TODAY. Or, well, we’re setting up today. The event is tomorrow and Sunday from 10am-6pm at the PNE Forum, at Hastings and Renfrew here in Vancouver. (And it is going to rock.) See the state of my hatchback: Which contains, amongst many other things, these things: So come by booth E4 and make an ugly creature on purpose! FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponBy which I mean, like, TODAY. Or, well, we’re setting up today. The event is tomorrow and Sunday from 10am-6pm at the PNE Forum, at Hastings and Renfrew here...
Read MoreRut Race, Day 5: Get Out and Converse!
I’ve been in a rut and this post is part of a series I’m writing to chronicle my efforts to get out of it. Are you in a rut, too? Or maybe you just want to spiff things up a little for yourself? Join in. I’m calling it the Rut Race. A month ago I saw Rachael Ashe at a Vancouver Mini Maker Faire event and she suggested we make a coffee date. She’s recently started working on her art full time and she’s been initiating coffee dates with lots of people. It’s something I used to do a lot, but haven’t done at all since the baby arrived. Since we started...
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