Announcing: The Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire Call for Makers
Spread the Word! And remember, we’re looking for young makers, too!
FRIDAY! The Solar Sewing Rover and Artist P.Nosa
August 12 from 1:00-4:30 The Solar Sewing Rover is a portable sewing machine table powered by a solar panel or a bicycle electric generator, built and operated by artist Paul Nosa, of Tucson, AZ. With the ability to sew designs at any time and any location, he began traveling around, asking people to give him scenarios, using five-words-or-less. It has…
Woodturning Workshops in the MakeShop!
This Saturday, July 23rd, see demonstrations of woodturning by professional woodworker Linda Van Gehuchten AND try the lathe yourself: 1:00 – Woodturning Demo by Linda 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 – Sign up for a Woodturning Workshop to turn and color your own pen on the lathe. Workshops will last 45 minutes and are open to visitors ages 7 and up only. Sign…
WHOA: Robot Band
I’m so excited today because I heard from Matt Steinke, the genius behind the robotic music of Octant, who wants to perform here at the Museum! “Octant can be described as a one-man band featuring mainly acoustic robotic musical instruments that back me up like a player piano as I sing. It is my ongoing solo musical project that incorporates a great deal of…
Meet the Makers
We’ve been bringing in talented guest makers over the past few months to fulfill our promise for MakeShop to be a place where YOU can “make alongside some of the coolest indie crafters, hackers and inventors in the city”. In case you missed them, here are some of our recent guests: Jen Primack of Upcycled Designs created headbands, wallets and more…