by tmw2010 | Apr 15, 2015 | 3d printing, DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, STEM
The Innovation Lab [Makerspace @ SPC] is a creative space at the St. Petersburg College Library of the Seminole Campus. The Innovation Lab [Makerspace @ SPC] has been one of our great collaborative partners helping make Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 possible! Chad...
by tmw2010 | Apr 15, 2015 | 3d printing, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Makerspace
Now two years old, Tampa Hackerspace is one of the oldest Tampa Bay public workshops around and one of the biggest and most active. Several of the makers around their booth, are also members, and developed their creations and projects at Tampa Hackerspace. Jon...
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 Terri Willingham | 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 | 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...