Tag Archives: makeosphere
Doctorow talked digital freedom at UW
I first became aware of author/blogger/activist Cory Doctorow in the web comic xkcd some time in the previous decade. What a perfect way to learn about someone. I pulled on that thread which got me started reading (since lapsed) the … Continue reading
kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night—right now!
kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night is on tonight 7-10pm. If you’ve never been, why not come out tonight and check it out. Here’s maker Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux and his drawbot rig. The two servo-driven disks are hooked to linkage which has a pen … Continue reading
Maker-made Event for All in planning
People make things happen in your community. People like these people. Left to right: Cam Turner (of Maker Club), and from kwartzlab, Christine Van Walraven, Neil Eaton, Agnes Niewiadomski, Matt Bells, Ben Brown, Darcy Casselman, James Bastow, and then from … Continue reading
kwartzlab is people
This week at kwartzlab’s regular Tuesday Open Night, I gave a talk about my photobooth project for the artist-in-residence gig that I’ve been cranking away on since the beginning of the year. The TL;DR is that kwartzlab is people. It’s … Continue reading
DIYDAY2–making faces
On Saturday a bunch of us makers got together to sell our wares at Marc Lecompte’s second DIYDAY. I sold a few prints and spent any earnings buying work from Branko Vranic, as predicted. Win! What surprised me was … Continue reading
DIYDAY2-awesome returns Nov 1
Hey WR, my friend Marc Lecompte, an unsung pillar of the local creative ecosystem is putting on a second edition of his awesome gathering of makers last year: it’s DIYDAY2, coming Saturday, November 1st at Chainsaw. Noon to 5pm. You … Continue reading