Tools
This quote from Stephen King encapsulates why I believe a maker space is necessary. As I look around my shop at home, almost all of the unfinished projects are because I didn’t have the tool I needed at the time…
3D Printed Habitations
Slight departure from the focus on the creation of a Maker facility. But I thought this was an interesting article about large scale additive manufacturing. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/07/09/race-build-3d-printed-habitations-continues-accelerate/ The potential for additive manufacturing is limitless. Having no constraints imposed by traditional building…
Hand Lettering Meets 3d Fab
Ben Johnston and Mark Simmons combine old and new to make something amazing. http://www.benjohnston.ca/18783/2142592/work/3d-type-sculptures-animation
American Steel – Oakland Makers
Here is an example of a professional maker community. American Steel Studios provides studio space in which artists and entrepreneurs can create and inspire. Their goal : To provide affordable work space in which artists and innovators can create, produce…
Can DigiFab and Manual Craftsmanship Co-Exist?
Interesting article on Make magazine. I’ve noticed a certain amount of friction between traditional methods of making and the new digital forms of fabrication, that are dominating the maker movement. Does institutional bias stand in the way of creating a…
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