Microblog Mondays

March 23, 2015May 23, 2023

The Return of Southwest Maker Fest

It’s almost time for the second annual Southwest Maker Fest, a free celebration of creativity and collaboration, hacking and tinkering. Once again, there will be lots of workshops, interactive maker booths, and music.

I’ll be presenting “Make Art Travel Journals Anywhere!” I’ve built on last year’s workshop to make it more hands-on.

Southwest Maker Fest will be held this Saturday, March 28 from noon to 8pm in downtown Mesa, Arizona. My workshop is at 12:30pm in the i.d.e.a. Museum HUB Classroom (150 W Pepper Place).

I’m also relaunching my newsletter with the next issue coming out this week! If you haven’t signed up previously, get on the list!

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March 16, 2015August 24, 2015

Shrinking

We had a great turnout for our Shrinky Dinks project at CraftHack!

I think that has a lot to do with the nostalgia that goes along with these.

We started out with clear and frosted sheets of shrinkable plastic and then used sharpies to draw or trace our designs. We cut them out and maybe punched a hole in the top for making jewelry later.

A couple at a time went into Eileen’s toaster oven. We found ourselves gathering around to watch them transform, the plastic curling up before thickening and setting. It still seems kinda magical.

More photos on the CraftHack Facebook page.

March 9, 2015August 24, 2015

Her secret is patience

Floating above downtown Phoenix is a permanent public art sculpture inspired by monsoon clouds and hot Arizona summers. “Her Secret Is Patience” was created by artist Janet Echelman, specifically for the site it is now suspended above. At night it’s illuminated with the colors changing with the seasons.

The name comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.”

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March 2, 2015

Fold a paper boat

papago-park-tcj-boat

One of the questions that came up on my please-ask-me-stuff post was how to make a paper hat/boat. When I made the one in my Travelcraft Journal birthday photos, I couldn’t remember how I had done it as a kid. But I found great instructions on wikiHow.

If you make one, I’d love to see a photo of you and your boat where you live!

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February 23, 2015August 24, 2015

Colorful pallet backdrop

I can’t take credit for making this – just appreciating it.

Our church shares a building with several other groups, and the main meeting room had been kind of bare for awhile. It’s great to have a multiuse facility, but sometimes it feels like no one really has ownership over it.

One day this upcycled pallet art was just there at the front, made, I heard, by one of the churches that meets earlier in the day.

The colors remind me of the sunrise. I like looking at the way they bleed into each other while I listen to a message.

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