by tmw2010 | Apr 14, 2015 | Art, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, Jewelery, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
We’ve got a diverse community of artists and crafters represented at Gulf Coast MakerCon this year, among them Gypsy’s Weavings, makers of hand crafted chainmaille jewelry. We asked them to tell us more about their work and what they’re bringing to...
by tmw2010 | Apr 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, Makers
Invention is the heart and soul of any maker event, that Inventive Spirit that we celebrate made whole, visible and viable through the ingenuity and hard work of curious and resourceful problem solvers. Terry Nehring is one of those problem solver, founder and...
by tmw2010 | Apr 14, 2015 | Apprenticeship, Education, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Mentoring, Young Makers
One of our goals with Gulf Coast MakerCon is to build a premier community maker event for youth and adults highlighting the practical and useful as well as the fun. This year, we’ve got some great groups helping us do just that, and showing how native interests...
by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2015 | Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Science, STEM, Young Makers
We’ve got some great Young Makers joining us, from makerspaces and schools from Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties. One of the area’s newest homes for Young Makers is Tampa’s Harmon STEM School, which is hosting a STEMathon at their booth....
by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2015 | Energy, Science, Sustainability
Recent efforts by Floridians for Solar Choice caught our attention, and we reached out to see if we could get a solar energy display at Gulf Coast MakerCon this year. They connected us with Dillion Stafford, a student at the University of South Florida, who is a...
