The Daleks are Coming!
If you’re keeping track (like we are) there are still 234 days until Maker Faire Milwaukee, and that’s fine with us, because it just means that Dalek Asylum Milwaukee has more time to build more Daleks!
Haven’t heard of the Dalek Asylum Milwaukee? Our friends at Milwaukee Record have the Dalek Scoop!
If you happen to stop by Milwaukee Makerspace for the Maker Faire Milwaukee Planning Meeting, you can probably get an in-person sneak peek at a few of the Daleks. While they seems a bit scary, they don’t mind having their photos taken.
Maker Faire Producers’ Summit
Hello, Milwaukee! Three of our Maker Faire Milwaukee Producers were able to attend the Maker Faire Producers’ Summit held in San Francisco this past weekend.
We were able to connect with people from around the world to find out how they run their Maker Faires, and to share what we know about doing it in Milwaukee the first two years.
We also got to talk to the crew at Maker Media, and gave them feedback, and got lots of great advice. (We also got a tour of American Steel Studios and got a sneak peek at MegaBots!)
We’re excited for 2016 and brought back a ton of ideas about how to make our Faire bigger and better than before! If you’re interested in helping with the planning, get in touch with us at volunteer@makerfairemilwaukee.com
Fired up for 2016!
We’re getting Fired up for the next Maker Faire Milwaukee! Mark your calendars now because it’s happening September 24th & 25th, 2016.
Sure, we’re still more than eight months away from the event but the planning committee has been busy with preliminary discussion about what we’d like to do for 2016.
Bigger and better than last year? That’s the plan! If you’re interested in attending Maker Faire Milwaukee, add it to your calendar now! (And if you’re interested in helping plan the event, get in touch with us!)
Remembering Maker Faire…
Did you miss Maker Faire Milwaukee? Or, were you there, but you miss it already because it was back in September? Fear not! We’ve got a great collection of photos for you to relive the experience. (We may even have a photo of you doing something awesome!)
Check out even more photos over on Flickr!
Star Wars Imperial March by AudioBody
Did you get to see AudioBody perform at Maker Faire Milwaukee? If not, here’s a taste of what you missed. Here they are performing the Imperial March from Star Wars. (And yes, a light saber battle does break out on stage!)
You can also see this video on YouTube.
Portrait of Bob Uecker
One of the things we did at Maker Faire Milwaukee was something we called “Cap and Scrap”, which involved collecting up all of the plastic bottle caps we could find, and using them to create a portrait… and we figured we should honor a Milwaukee legend in the process, so Bob Uecker was the obvious choice!
We couldn’t have done this project without the help of the community. Many family members and friends collected caps, and we even had our friends from the Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire send us a big box of caps.
And finally, artist and designer Dena Nord was instrumental in taking the project on and helping people take part in the process by gluing the caps in place. (We also had a number of other volunteers helping out during the weekend so Dena could take a break!)
Knight versus Tesla Coil
You see a lot of amazing things at Maker Faire, and this year we ended the event with Jake from Milwaukee Makerspace throwing on his suit of armor (the one he spent hundreds of hours making) and doing battle with our large Tesla coil.
Here’s Jake setting up his suit of armor to share with the crowd at Maker Faire Milwaukee. Below you can check out the video Knight versus Tesla Coil!
Update! Here’s another angle of the action!
Thanks for another great year!
We’d like to give a huge thanks to all the makers, speakers, workshop leaders, volunteers, and attendees at Maker Faire Milwaukee!
This year we had over 175 makers willing to share their projects and their passion with a record crowd, and we couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help. (We also saw 45,390 attendees come though the doors of Maker Faire Milwaukee!)
We hope you were inspired by what you saw, and left Maker Faire with the desire to learn new skills, and make new things.
From the staff at Maker Faire Milwaukee, thanks again, and we’ll see you next year! 🙂
Maker Faire Milwaukee – Day 1
The first day of Maker Faire Milwaukee is complete, and we welcomed over 29,000 visitors through the doors. There’s a lot to see at Maker Faire, so here’s a few photos of what you missed, as well as a time lapse video of the crowd… And don’t worry, we’ve got another day to go!
Join us on Sunday, September 27th, 2015 from 10am to 5pm for the second half of Maker Faire Milwaukee. There’s so much more to see!
#MakerFaireMKE – Follow & Share
Remember when Chris Messina proposed using the pound sign for categorization and eventually it became known as the hashtag? Well, it doesn’t matter if you remember it, all you need to know is that #MakerFaireMKE is a great way to follow the posts about Maker Faire Milwaukee, and to share your posts with others.
If you’re a twitter user, check out #MakerFaireMKE for the latest, including posts letting you know what’s happening when on Saturday and Sunday. If Facebook is more your style check the #MakerFaireMKE posts there!