by tmw2010 | Mar 18, 2015 | DIY, Fairs, Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Young Makers
Palm Harbor Library is home to the Hazel Incantalupe Makerspace, a unique arts space for children. We asked Kiki Durney, Head of Youth Services at the Library, to tell us more about their efforts there. GCMC: Who are you and what do you make? KD: We are the children...
by tmw2010 | Mar 6, 2015 | Art, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon
Famous John Urban is the writer and illustrator of a whimsical story about werewolves called, “Ward the Wolf Boy, Night Terrors.” We asked John to tell us about his book, and what he’ll be sharing at Gulf Coast MakerCon. _________________ “All...
by tmw2010 | Mar 5, 2015 | Art, Gulf Coast MakerCon, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Textiles
Belinda Chapnick is a fiber & mixed media artist, and the owner of Southern Oaks Endless Possibilities Fiber Studio. She’s a maker of fiber arts, and is bringing a pretty comprehensive exhibit to Gulf Coast MakerCon this year. We asked her to tell us a bit...
by tmw2010 | Mar 1, 2015 | Electronics, Gulf Coast MakerCon, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Young Makers
We’re very excited to announce a collaborative partnership with Scrap on Spot for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015. Scrap on Spot is an e-waste recycling company with a higher purpose, committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability through the recycling and...
by tmw2010 | Feb 17, 2015 | DIY, Electronics, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Radio
We’re very happy to have the Tampa Amateur Radio Club (TARC) joining us again this year at Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015. We asked a couple of their members to tell us a bit about amateur radio and the place of ham radio in the DIY community, and they did a nice...
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...
