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Category Archives: Events
more art from Rivka’s awesome class at QMA
I biked out to the Queens Museum of Art where Rivka’s class was hard at work making signs and decorations for Maker Faire e
Thursday, Sept. 16, noon – 2:35
Subjects were observed to be too busy to take pictures with me… : ( Subject: Lindsay / Mood: Pensive / Work: Hurting Subject: Jacquie / Mood: Picturesque / Work: Pruning Subject: Jeanie / Mood: Subversive / Work: Trying to get me to do her work for her – Nice Try! Subject: Lindsay […]
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Tagged bike carousel, gaylen, Jacquie, jeanie, Lindsay, voo doo lilly
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Banner Test
Rivka and I tested the banners for the chariots. They are looking good!
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Friday, Sept. 10 3pm-4pm
Subjects were observed to be doing real work on fake idears. Seems improbable but the pictures don’t lie. More latr.
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Tagged bike, bike carousel, Boris, charriots, Hans, Jacquie, Jhosef, Lindsay, madagascar, maker faire, Rivka, shop, voo doo lilly, voodoo lilly
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2 more classes: Molding and Knot Tying
———————— Knot Tying (w/ Lindsay) ———————– Learn basic knot tying skills from the Bowline to Trucker’s Hitch. Impress your friends with knowing how to tie a knot and when to use it.One of the single most useful skills, and the best way to fake all-encompassing competence- step up out the background and tie a clever […]
VooDoo Lily Progress
“In the mid-1800s, the story of a man-eating tree captured widespread attention. In a report he wrote for the South Australian Register, Carl Liche, a German explorer, claimed that while exploring Madagascar, he’d witnessed a woman climb the trunk of a large plant and drink its nectar. When the plant sensed her presence, it captured […]
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Upcoming MIG Welding classes
This month and next, Madagascar Institute is offering 3 welding classes with 3 Artstars. The class that made Madagascar Institute famous. Impress your friends, your older brother, and that cute bartender with your tough new skill. This 3-hour introductory welding class will teach you the very basics of MIG welding and familiarize you with the […]
Madagascar Institute finally does something for the children
At Maker Faire San Mateo, ran The Wheel aka the carousel for lots and lots of people, including packs of children. Most of them couldn’t even reach the pedals, though many tried. We had about 5 or 6 people fall off the ride, none of them children. I guess that jungle gym training is good […]
carousel time elapse
Gaylen set up a time elapse camera above the carousel at Moscone West, so you can see the whole spiel, from setup to party to teardown:
The Carousel at GadgetFest/Google I/O
No one got hurt, though we had about 6 people fall off. The stagehands were super helpful so we got out in record time. Next, Maker Faire!
carousel at a party
Thanks again to Drew and Josh and all for letting us use their space! We worked all week on the carousel and had plenty of room to build, test and ride it. Then a party showed up at the space, and so we added that extra special mada touch to the party. Plus Mia brought […]
