by tmw2010 | Apr 4, 2015 | Education, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Sustainability
“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” – Joel A. Barker One of our neatest – literally – new partnerships this year is with Tony Selvaggio and his e-waste...
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 | Apr 3, 2015 | Automotive, Contests, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Mechanics, Science, Young Makers
We’re delighted to have Electrathon of Tampa Bay joining us again this year, this time with a full race event starting at 2pm. Fredi Beck, with Hillsborough County Schools, who is the Public Relations Director and Treasurer for Electrathon of Tampa Bay, told us...
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...
