Meet the Maker: Robert Quattlebaum of Lumanoi
Wave your hand once over Lumanoi, and it’s clear why Robert Quattlebaum’s flowing LED artwork was highly recommended at Maker Faire Bay Area.
Quinn Liu on Tactile Art, Teamwork, and a Giant Cat Butt
RAS2026-01-15T17:00:00+00:00About the maker:
Qingyun “Quinn” Liu is a mixed media artist, an indie game developer and the Founder/Creative Director of DaChu Interactive. Her practice focuses on embodied interaction and alternative controllers in games and interactive media, creating tactile experiences rich in emotions. She has presented work at The Grand LA, GDC Alt.Ctrl, IGN Live, and CatCon, leading teams across creative direction and technical pipelines, and has received recognition from organizations such as the Themed Entertainment Association. Her recent projects...January 15, 2026RASUncategorizedaltgdc, art, Art & Sculpture, controllers, Craft & Design, Fun & Games, games, Makers0 Comments
Maker Spotlight: Retro Roadshow
RAS2025-12-18T17:00:00+00:00Retro Roadshow has delighted crowds at Maker Faire Bay Area since 2023 with their carefully curated collection of vintage computers and consoles. They consistently center their exhibit around a solid theme, and do an excellent job making sure visitors have a great time. The traveling exhibition was started by Huxley Dunsany, who grew up in the 90’s desperate for computers and video games. But his family was poor and frequently homeless. “I quickly learned that older (aka “ancient and...
December 18, 2025RASUncategorizedMaker News, Maker Spotlight, Makers, Retro Gaming, retrocomputer0 Comments
How to “Make” Friends – 4 Clever Companion Bots
RAS2025-11-27T17:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol. 91. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! The comp bot scene is growing fast due to its accessible and inclusive nature and propensity toward letting everyone put their own spin on the notion of a plastic pal who’s fun to be with. Since it’s never been easier to join the growing Companion Bot family, here’s four highlights from some of our favorite bot makers!
Smalls (Katherine Connell)
Live from Maker Faire Rome
RAS2025-10-18T15:04:59+00:00Return to Roma! We’re here again in the Eternal City, myself and Maker Faire Bay Area producer Gillian Mutti, checking out this year’s crop of amazing makers, projects, and tech startups at the mother of all European events, Maker Faire Rome. It’s a huge show, produced by the Rome Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Trade Agency (who generously sponsored our travel), and supported by some of our favorite vendors like Arduino, Digi-Key, and STMicroelectronics. We’ll be updating this...
Meet the Maker: Morph — A Full-Body Passive Exoskeleton You Can Actually Live With
RAS2025-10-06T16:00:38+00:00This is a “Meet The Maker” profile in collaboration with Maker Faire Rome, highlighting makers who turn innovative ideas into tangible realities. Maker: Andrea Piccinno (Italy) Project: Morph, a human-powered, load-bearing exoskeleton designed to reduce strain on the back, neck, and legs during repetitive physical work. It uses no batteries, no motors—just smart engineering. Morph is debuting at Maker Faire Rome, making its first appearance on the global stage.
About the Maker
Andrea Piccinno is a mechanical engineer...Making Connections With Glass
RAS2025-09-05T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol 92. Subscribe for more great projects. When Chris Mosley was in elementary school, he was the kid who was always behind in his work. While other students dutifully read in class, he got in trouble for drawing because he was more interested in creating his own stories than reading someone else’s. Fast-forward to today, and the creativity that got him in trouble as a kid now enables him to flourish as...
September 5, 2025RASUncategorizedArt & Sculpture, Craft & Design, glass, interactive art, Made On Earth, Make92, Makers0 Comments
Pulp Fiction — Paper Mâché Fantasy
RAS2025-08-25T16:00:00+00:00This article is from Make Vol. 73! Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. The term “paper mâché” brings up fond memories of youthful summer camp projects — strips of newspaper dipped in paste, layered on top of a balloon, face, or cardboard model, then left to harden and be painted. Those resulting oblong balls, lumpy masks, and indeterminate piñatas should be familiar to us all. The centuries-old medium...
August 25, 2025RASUncategorizedart, Craft & Design, fantasy, Made On Earth, make73, Makers, Paper Crafts, paper mache0 Comments
The Softer Side of Metal — Blacksmithing Fashion
RAS2025-08-15T16:00:00+00:00This article is from Make Vol. 73! Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. Delicate. Soulful. Evocative. These aren’t typically the terms you hear us throw around when we speak of a blacksmith’s work. However, this artist is anything but typical. Ellen Durkan, known as Iron Maiden Forge, has been creating elaborate and mesmerizing works of fashion that are born from hot steel on the anvil. At...
August 15, 2025RASUncategorizedart, blacksmithing, costume, Costumes, Cosplay, and Props, Craft & Design, fashion, Made On Earth, make73, Makers0 Comments
Galaxy of Droidsmiths — Star Wars Droid Builders
RAS2025-07-30T16:00:00+00:00Longtime Make: readers — and visitors to Maker Faires around the world — know how much we love R2-D2, that cheeky little astromech droid from Star Wars. We profiled the R2 Builders Group way back in our second issue, and showed how to build your own life-sized, remote controlled R2-D2 in 2016. Since then, the Star Wars universe has only grown, and the makers who create their own replicas and custom...
