by tmw2010 | Apr 11, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Contests, DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makerspace, Science, Sponsors, Young Makers
In just one week, on April 18th at 9am at the Florida State Fairgrounds Florida Center, Gulf Coast MakerCon will open its doors for our 4th Annual Celebration of the DIY Inventive Spirit! We’ll have more than 75 exhibitors representing a wide diversity of...
by tmw2010 | Apr 8, 2015 | Education, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, STEM
Allyn Kahn is a long time Chess coach turned award winning game maker, best known for the Mentagy Puzzle. Allyn has exhibited at some of our past events and we’re happy he’s joining us again this year. We asked him to tell us more about what he does and...
by tmw2010 | Apr 3, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Automotive, Cosplay, Costuming, DIY, Education, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Mechanics, Music, Props, Radio, Robotics, Science, Textiles, Young Makers
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is more than twice as big as our 2014 event, featuring more than 75 Maker groups representing a wide diversity of interests, skills, hobbies, trades and professions ranging from textile and other heritage crafters, to amateur radio, inventors...
by tmw2010 | Mar 20, 2015 | Contests, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
We tinkered with the idea of a Tabletop Gaming area last year, and this year, with the help of Pinellas ComicCon and MakerCon, we’re expanding the area to include everything from comics to classic arcade games, cards, board games and video games. Gamers on the...
by tmw2010 | Mar 18, 2015 | Art, Cosplay, Costuming, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Props
Jason Rawley, of Fireblade Comics, joined as Gulf Coast MakerCon last year, and made a big impression on prop-loving guests. We’re glad he’s back again this year, and asked him to tell us more about his work. GCMC: Who are and what do you make? JR: Jason...
by tmw2010 | Feb 9, 2015 | 3d printing, DIY, Education, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Science, Young Makers
The year we held Tampa Bay’s first ever maker festival, Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, in 2012, the concept of “makerspaces” in the Tampa Bay area was just a fledgling idea. The Faulhaber FabLab , then at the GWIZ Science Museum in Sarasota, was the...
