Since our posting schedule cycles through four people, some months we are left with a fifth Monday to fill. Thus was born our Fifth Monday post series in which the MakerBridge bloggers write on the same topic. This week, we … Read more >
Maker culture can be a broad concept: not only can it expand to cover activities such as 3D printing, programming, knitting, papercraft, rocketry, and more, but the outcomes of makers’ creations can also be vastly different. Some makers create in … Read more >
While considering what to write about for this week’s blog post, I stumbled across an event happening right on the University of Michigan campus where I work. Even more interesting, this event–the Festival of Learning–was planned and hosted by … Read more >
This past Saturday, Emily and Sharona attended Maker Faire Detroit, a weekend-long celebration of makers and making put together by The Henry Ford Museum and Maker Media. For two days, the museum’s large parking lot is transformed into … Read more >
As Kristin mentioned in our last blog post, makerspaces and making were definitely a hot topic at this year’s ALA Annual Conference. I learned a lot and had a lot of really good conversations with librarians all over … Read more >
Public libraries are a popular venue for makerspaces and maker activities, but many libraries may have concerns about budget, space, and lack of staff expertise. Developing partnerships with local makerspaces and maker organizations can often help a library offer these … Read more >
This past weekend, Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI played host to the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire, an event put on to showcase a wide variety of exciting projects from makers all throughout the community. The event … Read more >
MakerBridge chatted this week with Emily Puckett Rodgers, special projects librarian at the University of Michigan, open education advocate, and co-organizer of the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire, about how Maker Faires connect neighbors and ignite creativity.
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Fiskars has started making a version of their self healing cutting mat that is double-sided! It comes in a couple different sizes, too, and has basic inch marks as well as angles. The double-sided version is comparable in price to
Love these fabric markers because the ink disappears on its own after several hours, so I don’t have to remember to wash it out later. Great for shorter projects like accessories or pillows, but not for longer term projects like … Read more >