The first UK Maker Faire has begun!

The Makers - artists, craft workers and technologists - have descended on Newcastle to show off their work and share their love of making.  On saturday and sunday you can come to Times Square, Discovery Museum and the Centre for Life to be inspired and to learn how to make your own creations.  Here are some images from the first morning:

the first visitors arriving at the first UK Maker Faire

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traditional crafts alongside new technology

giant kerplunk from www.superpants.net

hopefully the wait for kerplunk won't be too long

you bump into all sorts of interesting people in the square

a few more people by mid-morning

can you knit your own robot?

Centre for Life's "Craft Car Challenge"

Roboteers getting ready in the Centre for Life

The Robo Challenge Arena

 

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