Hit up our first Maker Faire yesterday at the Travis County Fairgrounds. Honestly, I think $25 is too much to charge for the experience, especially when there are so many folks with good things to sell…but there was a lot of fun stuff to see, and the weather was great.
My favorite thing was probably the Cyclecide — it’s basically a bunch of guitars tuned to different chords, and as the kids pedaled, the machine would strum a really peaceful and trippy chord progression.
This was a robot that looked really menacing, but just shot ping pong balls out into the barn.
Then we visited our friends at Bleep Labs and Curtis got to play with some Thingamagoops. Adam also introduced me to Will, the cartoonist behind Goopymart.
Here I am, hooked up to the Brain Machine.
Some woodcuts by the Amazing Handcock Brothers.
Great view of downtown from the fairgrounds.
A handful of buttons Meg picked up throughout the day.
The ridiculousness of Automusik.
I can’t really remember where I picked this up–I think it was at the booth of a printmaker…but there were some really cool icons in here. Go over to Green Map to check them out.
And I didn’t get a shot of the watermelon catapult, but I took notes.
Philo & I also loved and photographed the guitar-cycle, Austin Kleon, and I couldn’t resist posting about the Maker Faire, myself.
I enjoyed seeing some parts of the Faire that we missed in your photos and was amused to notice that a glimpse of my husband appears in your flicker set.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Dig our friend Marsha riding the Cyclecide:
Also: some video of Mongo, the catapult/trebuchet/watermelon-launcher
Thanks, Austin Kleon,
It’s fun to see someone work the guitars with legs long enough to reach the pedals!
But watching his favorite fruit destroyed by a watermelon launch might have been too tough on my husband.
Annie