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 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 | 3d printing, Art, Cosplay, Costuming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Props
We first met Brian Johnson as a cheerful guest walking around our first Maker festival, Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, in 2012 carrying one of his awesome cosplay replicas, and enjoying the day. We even snapped a pic (at left). Last year, Brian joined us as a Maker,...
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 10, 2015 | 3d printing, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace
To date, we’ve been featuring the Makers who will be at Gulf Coast MakerCon. We thought you might enjoy meeting some of the folks who are making Gulf Coast MakerCon possible, starting with event producers, Eureka! Factory. The Eureka! Factory developed as an...
