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, so here’s a bit of my experience of the magic in photos and time-lapse video.
Booth setup time-lapse:
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I was really psyched to see the 3D printers 15 Makers brought to show off. SO AWESOME.
I did some last-minute Mod Podging of letters to poster board. Fun times!
Mara made the first ugly creature of the event.
My parents came by to make ugly creatures.
Mighty Ugly booth in action.
Some ugly creatures.
The 3D Printer Village had this many people around it AT ALL TIMES.
Leanne Prain had a collaborative embroidery project going on.
Bike-powered spin art!
The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild had a collaborative quilt project going on.
Got Craft? had a DIY button-making station.
Rachael Ashe makes altered books and incredible art. She had books out so people could experiment using them as material. It was awesome.
I didn’t get a chance to see what this is, but it’s impressive, eh?
Shadow puppets!
A very, very tall iReporter interviewed me. He was taller than me even when I was standing on a bucket. Photo by John Biehler.
