The 2014 Baton Rouge Mini Maker Faire was a huge success! Here were our presenters:
2014 Roster of Makers
- Acadian Robotics: 3D Printers
- Baton Rouge Astronomical Society
- Baton Rouge Woodworkers Club
- Beaded Jewelry
- Bethany Armstrong: wearable tech
- Bill Curry: polargraph
- BRASS – BR Steampunk Society
- cARTographic: jewelry made with vintage maps
- Desire Street: handmade soaps, lotion, bath salts, and scrubs
- Door Decos: burlap wall hangings
- Doug Staas, Fire Artist
- EBRPL: 3D Printing and Arduino at the Library
- Electric Bikes
- Experimental Music and Digital Media
- FAIR FIT: fashion design and sewing classes
- FreqTalk: lo-fi music synthesizer
- Garden Halos: flowers and twine made into lovely headbands
- Glenn Kaufmann: Oculus Rift
- IEEE: Baton Rouge section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Kristin McPherson: crocheting
- Lo Squalo: painting demonstrations
- LSU/Association for Computing Machinery: Arduino Makers
- make.br
- Mari Walker: crochet hats
- Miles of Smile Sewing
- Miss Merryheart Aprons
- Moparts: motor parts sculptures
- Origami Books
- Pure Delight Coffee
- R2D2: homemade R2D2 that serves beverages
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Red Stick Spice Company
- Scratch: introduction to programming
- St Joseph’s Academy: recycled garments and various tech projects
- Upcycled Book Art
- Wacky Bikes
Don’t forget to grab some delicious food from the food trucks that will be on site:
- Cupcake Allie
- Pullin’ Pork
- Taco de Paco
Presentation Schedule
All presentations will be held in the conference room in the main lobby with the exception of Scratch (marked with *). Scratch will be in the 2nd floor computer lab.
10:30-10:45 |
Glenn Kaufmann |
Oculus Rift Demo |
11:00-11:30 |
Dominic Bordelon |
Introduction to Arduino |
1:00-1:30 |
Mike Brandyberry |
3D Printing at the Library |
1:30-1:45 |
Adam St. Pierre |
Creating 3D Models with SketchUp |
2:00-2:45 |
Peggy Saizon |
Origami Flowers from Books |
3:00-3:45 |
Bethany Armstrong |
Wearable Tech |
11:00-12:00* |
Theresa Wagner |
AppInventor – Intro to Programming |
1:00-2:00* |
Theresa Wagner |
AppInventor – Intro to Programming |