by tmw2010 | Apr 2, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Textiles
It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that the first “makers” were handcrafters, people who took – and still take! – raw materials and turned them into tools, shelter, clothing, and decorative items. Crocheting is one of those handcrafts...
by tmw2010 | Apr 1, 2015 | Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and Tal Millican’s story is the perfect example. He’ll be showing and selling his creation, Multi-Tork® clamp sockets, at Gulf Coast MakerCon on April 18th, and if you’re a pool owner, or work in the...
by tmw2010 | Mar 31, 2015 | Art, Costuming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival
We’ve got some great hand crafters at Gulf Coast MakerCon this year, among them, Two Fairies and a Dwarf, specializing in handmade leather and yarn goods. They tell us a little bit more about their work here. GCMC: Who are you and what do you Make? TF&D: We...
by tmw2010 | Mar 29, 2015 | Art, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Music
Elizabeth Baker, a concert pianist and composer, was at our very first Maker festival in 2012, performing as Suitcases of Sound. The New Music Conflagration, Inc. is a non-profit corporation she founded to help further public awareness and perception of contemporary...
by tmw2010 | Mar 28, 2015 | Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Young Makers
Heading up our Young Makers area is Diana Rendina, of Stewart Middle Magnet School, where she’s spent the last year developing the school’s library Makerspace and becoming the go-to expert in Tampa Bay and beyond, on all things school makerspace related....
