Comments on: Maker Faire 2010

By: Big Ed

Big Ed — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:54:15 +0000

Holy Crap. Made it last yr, but We missed out this year! What a cool faire, huh?

Thanks for the sweet captures!

By: James Baker

James Baker — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:48:27 +0000

Benton, I cannot speak highly enough about this show, at least from the perspective of an ATTENDEE. I had heard about it several years ago, maybe even the year it began, but in subsequent years I was either out of town or only remembered it after it had already passed by for that particular year. So this was the first time I got to experience it first hand.

There has been a lot of talk lately about founding a CREATOR CON and maybe this is it. This show throws the definition very wide; anything that can be made by hand in any medium. Crocheted toys, t-shirts, beanies, wooden toys, robots fan-made tributes of famous movie stuff, performance art, you name it.

I am not sure how much actual purchasing was going on. I saw some but my sense is that most people are there to to SEE the show and most creators are there to display or PROMOTE their work.It may be that it is better appreciated as a spectacle.

As an aside, I had always liked what I have heard about how ANGOULEME is laid out; not in one building but all across a small town, more like a FESTIVAL than a convention. That is what this feels like.

By: bentonjew

bentonjew — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:28:10 +0000

Looks like FUN! I’m gonna have to make it up to one of these! This is the first time I’ve heard of this event. Thanks for keeping us informed on this stuff.

By: Julia Lundman

Julia Lundman — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:29:00 +0000

do it!

By: James Baker

James Baker — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:08:00 +0000

Yes. I want to make both a YOUTUBE channel and FLICKR page for such things.

By: Julia Lundman

Julia Lundman — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:42:00 +0000

you should upload some of your video too!