Maker Faire NoVa 2019 – Photo recap
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July 7, 2019The 6th annual Maker Faire NoVa was held on June 2, 2019 on the campus of George Mason University and was a great success. Wonderful weather (the rain held out until after many makers already had their stuff packed up), lots of cool things to look at, interact with, and learn about, and great talks and performances on the various stages around the faire; it was a good day.
Nova Labs keymember Andrew Albosta wandered around taking photos – the gallery below only shows a tiny portion of the faire!
A blacksmith on his way to Maker Faire NoVa on the campus of George Mason University. 
Custom “Create” artwork made for visitors to screenprint on their own shirts at the Custom Ink booth. 
Create in black ink. 
Maker Faire NoVa screens at the Custom Ink booth. 
An Imperial R5 droid roaming the halls at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Brian and Margaret taking a break at the Information Booth at Maker Faire NoVa. 
The Maker Faire NoVa shirts available at the Custom Ink booth. 
Custom CNC’ed guitars. 
Custom CNC’ed guitars. 
Model of Edison Dynamo with Steam Engine. 
Exhibitor at the Nova Labs booth talking about 3D printers. 
Describing a custom laser cutter at the Nova Labs booth. 
Taling about a steam engine project at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Stormtrooper from Garrison Tyranus of the 501st Legion screenprinting a t-shirt at the Custom Ink booth at the 2019 Maker Faire NoVa. 
Learning to sew at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Leaning about the components for a custom bluetooth speaker. 
Quite the line at the Custom Ink booth at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Operaing a small robot arm. 
Playing in a giant augmented reality sandbox. 
Curt talking about the Nova Labs entry for the 2019 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race. 
Nen Daiko drummers at Maker Faire NoVa. 
The crowd watching the Nen Daiko drummers at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Nen Daiko drummers at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Patrick, aka the Woodshop Cowboy, with his recently completed wood and resin table. 
Working on a small project at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Finishing up a letterpressed card. 
Air powered rockets are faster than kids’ reaction times at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Mega concentraiton at the take-apart area at Maker Faire NoVa. 
A bustling take-apart area at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Looking for a little rassurance from dad – “can I really take this apart?” 
Edge lit designs at the Polygonia booth. 
A variety of designs at the Polygonia booth. 
Taking apart an old cmputer. 
Rachel working on the Chaos Machine at Maker Faire NoVa. 
Watching the Chaos Machine. 
Changing the configuration of the Chaos Machine. 
The Chaos Machine is quite the sight. 
Testing a lounge chair of reclaimed metal, rebar, and wood hangers. 
Glassblowing at Maker Faire NoVa with Valencia Glass. 
Watching carefully as a glass us pulled from the furnace. 
The glassblowing demonstration from Valencia Glass was a hit. 
The blacksmiths from Nova Labs. 
Pulling a red-hot piece of metal from the forge. 
Excited conversation with the woodworkers from Nova Labs. 
Getting a ring to the right shape and texutre at the jewlery making table. 
Margie talking to visitors to the ring-making table. 
Learning to solder a blinky badge. 
Explaining through-hole soldering. 
Concentration at the soldering station. 
A custom designed and built drone, created largely at Nova Labs. 
Talking entry level robotics programming software. 
Learning about a FIRST Robotics Competition robot. 
3D prints of people, captured on a 3D scanner sized for humans.
While there has been a lot of news about the future of Maker Media, Maker Faire NoVa is locally organized and run, and is fully intending to be back in 2020!
