My favorite event was watching the Tesla Coils in action as well as, the fire and light demonstrations they had. I have seen Tesla Coils before but the idea that these ones had been made at home with hardware parts changed the entire show. I was able to learn about certain light bulbs having different gasses in them and being able to see the electricity flow through them. The krackle bulb was cool because it also had pieces of glass inside of it.
Many of the booths I attended I already knew a lot about because I was an art student in high school. My favorites out of the booths were pottery, stained glass, and a metal plate creating booth. I was able to see the people molding pots on the pottery wheels blindfolded. This makes sense because the main art of using a wheel is being able to feel if the pot is off center.
The stained glass booth was very friendly and offered for me to visit their studio in Milwaukee. I wish I was able to visit a stained glass studio but without time or money it is hard to do that.
Finally, I learned the most from the metal plate booth. This booth took photographs, printed them in a special ink and then taped the picture to a metal plate with high temperature tape. The plate was then placed into a hot press that was set to 400 degrees and the ink transferred directly onto the metal plate.
From everything I learned today, I will use this in the classroom by offering a variety of materials to my students because everything can be used in a makerspace. My past knowledge about makerspaces is that they use everyday materials in your home such as cardboard and soda cans.
The faire taught me that the materials being used can be specific things such as a 3D printer or something much more complicated than that. I mostly thought that these complicated processes were too difficult for children but now I think that children are able to create more unique things when the process is difficult or challenging.
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