by tmw2010 | Mar 26, 2014 | Art, Cosplay, Costuming, DIY, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
We love the cosplay and gaming elements of our event this year, and are happy to welcome Jason Rawley of Fireblade Comics to our line up for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014. We asked him to tell us a bit about his work and what he’s bringing to our maker event. GCMC:...
by tmw2010 | Mar 25, 2014 | DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Mentoring
The Tampa Bay Inventors Council (TBIC) is a long time friend and partner of LI4E, and we’re delighted to welcome them to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014, where they’re hosting the Florida Inventors Showcase. We talked to Wayne Rasanen, president of TBIC, to...
by tmw2010 | Mar 23, 2014 | Art, DIY, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers
The diversity of Makers at this year’s DIY Celebration of the Inventive Spirit is truly wonderful, ranging from game makers to blacksmith artists to home scientists, and now a mobile art studio! We’re very grateful that Carrie Boucher is bringing her...
by tmw2010 | Mar 22, 2014 | Art, DIY, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
We are very happy to welcome the Florida Artist Blacksmiths Association (FABA) to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014. This amazing group of artists teaches and promotes learning the skills of the blacksmith, and employing those skills for a variety of work ranging from the...
by tmw2010 | Mar 20, 2014 | DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Heritage, MakerCon, Makers
This year we have a Heritage Craft area, highlighting Makers of a different kind: People with traditional skills and expertise in fields that at one time were the cutting edge of technology, expanding trade and exploration, and improving life in myriad ways. One of...
by tmw2010 | Mar 19, 2014 | 3d printing, Gulf Coast Makers Festival
3D printing is all the rage these days, and FreeFab 3D is joining us at Gulf Coast MakerCon to show us why. We asked FreeFab to tell us a bit about what they do and why they do it. GCMC: Tell us what you do FF3D: FreeFab 3D is a team of friends who have come...
