In an age where vast universes of entertainment are available a few clicks away, there’s something exhilarating about making something with your own hands, putting tools and materials together, trying and testing ideas until one works out right.
Enter the Maker Movement, which has been building momentum at least since the first Maker Faire in the Bay Area in 2006. The Seattle Mini Maker Faire first happened in 2012.
The maker movement is a network of enthusiasts and professionals dedicated to sharing tools and methods and encouraging people to create things themselves. It includes knitters and metal sculptors, woodworkers and robotics enthusiasts, engineers and teachers. They take advantage of the Internet and social media to share ideas and feedback. We live in a world where there is no interest too obscure for people to club together over it online.
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