Maker Faire: The Stuff
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livingdebOne thing about making is that it results in stuff. Also tools. And usually plenty of extra supplies.
I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I have more stuff than I know what to do with, and so the idea of making more stuff and buying more tools to make the stuff, and spending lots of time (which also feels in short supply) to learn to make the stuff well is not exciting to me in the way it might have been in the past.
Nevertheless, there was some amazing stuff at the Maker Faire. I can make room for pictures of them. And to describe them, my only tool is understatement.
There was a rather large Rube Goldberg mousetrap.
And here are some pastries. They are made of felt.
Robot ponies.
Robot pumpkin.
Next we have some bikes. In the foreground is a bike made mostly from a horn. There are strings across the top (not well photographed here) that you can pluck and the sound is magnified inside. To the left is a similar bike with tiny music boxes on it; if you turn any of the cranks you can hear the song perfectly even in a rather loud environment. In the back you can see some of the bikes fixed up to look like various insects.
There were some art cars, including this camera van.
Here's a guy drawing in the dust on a dirty car.
Here is the coolest monster truck ever.
Next we have one of the many human-powered carnival rides. This one has four folks bicycling (including the guy in the blue jeans and striped shirt) and four folks getting flung through the sky. In most of the other ones we saw, the people doing the cycling and the people getting to ride were one and the same.
This was the craziest one. That wheel actually moves, though the three cyclists on it cannot steer it. This is where the guys on either side of it come in.
Remember, don't get intimidated, get inspired!
For more pictures, mostly of different things, check out Raaga123's entry.
I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I have more stuff than I know what to do with, and so the idea of making more stuff and buying more tools to make the stuff, and spending lots of time (which also feels in short supply) to learn to make the stuff well is not exciting to me in the way it might have been in the past.
Nevertheless, there was some amazing stuff at the Maker Faire. I can make room for pictures of them. And to describe them, my only tool is understatement.
There was a rather large Rube Goldberg mousetrap.
And here are some pastries. They are made of felt.
Robot ponies.
Robot pumpkin.
Next we have some bikes. In the foreground is a bike made mostly from a horn. There are strings across the top (not well photographed here) that you can pluck and the sound is magnified inside. To the left is a similar bike with tiny music boxes on it; if you turn any of the cranks you can hear the song perfectly even in a rather loud environment. In the back you can see some of the bikes fixed up to look like various insects.
There were some art cars, including this camera van.
Here's a guy drawing in the dust on a dirty car.
Here is the coolest monster truck ever.
Next we have one of the many human-powered carnival rides. This one has four folks bicycling (including the guy in the blue jeans and striped shirt) and four folks getting flung through the sky. In most of the other ones we saw, the people doing the cycling and the people getting to ride were one and the same.
This was the craziest one. That wheel actually moves, though the three cyclists on it cannot steer it. This is where the guys on either side of it come in.
Remember, don't get intimidated, get inspired!
For more pictures, mostly of different things, check out Raaga123's entry.
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on 2007-10-24 06:23 pm (UTC)