Hello everyone,
Maker Faire Wayne County is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making and share what they are learning. Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community. For a complete list of awesome makers who attended Maker Faire Wayne County click here!
Winners and Standouts From the Inaugural Amazing Maker Awards
Every maker who shares a project is amazing, and the same can be said collectively of our maker community, which supports and values the work of makers. Make:’s inaugural Amazing Maker Awards celebrate what makers do. The winners are an eclectic group of makers and each one taps into a deep human urge to create and make real something that starts out as an idea. We truly believe that the power of sharing motivates others to create and make.
Hear what the winners had to say on the Make:cast podcast or check out all of this year’s entries.
Maker Faire Central Oregon – Redmond OR 11/11 – 11/12
Maker Faire Pensacola – Pensacola FL 11/12
Maker Faire Rochester – Rochester NY 11/18 – 11/19
Maker Faire Idaho Falls – Idaho Falls ID 12/10
Maker Faire Elkhorn – Elkhorn WI 2/18
Local Makers
We are proud to showcase Ohio makers who participated in Maker Faire Wayne County 2022 this past May. One of these is Melissa Scott of Young Living Essential Oils. At Maker Faire Wayne County, Melissa explained why essential oils are so powerful and compatible with the human body. It then becomes clear how we can use them to support our body’s systems and steward our health in a proactive way.
Faire attendees had the opportunity to make an essential oil roller for various therapeutic benefits, such as sleep, stress, and focus. Using essential oils has become a lifestyle and Melissa enjoyed helping others experience their many benefits.
Another group who participated in Maker Faire Wayne County is the HolmesMade family. They are always working on a project or two… or more. They are excited to learn something new and work with new materials and methods. From project planning to design and engineering work, and of course the actual making, the Holmes family enjoys working with their hands and minds on a variety of projects!
At Maker Faire Wayne County, the family brought a custom built gokart! They learned to fabricate and MIG-weld metal. The gokart is powered by Predator engine, has an overdrive torque converter, and mid-body suspension. It has been driven in a parade and removed numerous patches of grass from the back yard.
The second project was too big to bring to the faire; they built a barn for 4-H goat and rabbit projects. From permits to framing, painting, roofing, and installing windows, they did it all. A series of 10 videos shares this project on YouTube. Plans, videos, pictures, and some materials from the project will be on display. Their pet goat was also a hit!
Rounding out our makers who participated in Maker Faire Wayne County are members of Triway High School’s GenYES program, a program where students can assist staff and other students with tech-related issues. You don’t just join GenYES to teach and help others, you can also learn some things yourself.
At the maker faire, Ben, Darin, and others displayed various devices taken apart in order to demonstrate what each part of a computer does, how they can break, and how they can fix them. The group also had a couple computers running Photoshop, both to show what they’ve been able to create with it and also to encourage visitors to create their own masterpieces with the tool.
And on top of that, the group brought a cluster of four old computer motherboards stacked on top of each other in a shelf, working together to simulate the folding of protein, with a visualization of the process shown on a monitor. It was many small things working together can create something big!
Until next week,
Tom