Jentle Maker Education l Berkeley l VetthaArts

Cooperative mini arcade. The kids worked so well together on a balanced arcade environment.	Cornell Mini Carnival Maker flash mobs are sure to break open young imaginations. Thank you so much, Emily, Louise, Suzi, the teachers and kids of Cornell's 4th graders. That was entirely rad.	Re-use merry go round. Great build, team.
Drawing with Jentle We drew, hard, for almost 2 hours.	Smash Lab; beauty in destruction We spend so much time making, and it's glorious. But sometimes we all need to SMASH.	This is our goal.
This is what I brought to help.	I brought these, too, in case...	Robot arms! Did you know you could make such a thing? Well, now you do.
Cornell Cardboard Pacman Great build!	Don't like the toy? Then CHANGE the toy!!	Laser cutting We design and adapt and decide and manufacture and finish.
Laser cutting Bring a dream or a design. Make something awesome.	Kite making	Kite flying
Cardboard Palace Box rivets are the bomb.	Hackwarts Brooms Lesson designed by Samantha.	Cornell Carnival Wire Acrobats Lesson designed by Louise.
Hackwarts Care of Magical Creatures Let's make pink flamingos into better things. Like dragons and phoenixes and thestrals. (Oh, my.)	Brothers in robotics. The family that makes together...	This flamingo became a Reaper. Hackwarts forever.
My phoenix flamingo.	Hackwarts Monster Book of Monsters Lesson designed by Samantha, Chris, & Jen.	Hackwarts Monster Book of Monsters Lesson designed by Samantha, Chris, & Jen.
Brushbots diagram This is how I like to explain things...	Hackwarts Patronus Lanterns Lesson designed by Samantha & Jen.	The ball cup glasses event. I just dig this kid's build so freaking hard. He didn't even knock himself out.
When Jen draws... They're like butterflies. With questions.	Make the tool you cannot find. If you can. We failed. But that's okay.	Let's make things that roll.
Her pride, though.	Making is always better with notes. Journal it!	Her pride, too.
Sand casting. YAAAASSSS.	She worked hard to get this shape. And it is lovely.	Sand casting Making something three dimensional and metal is super satisfying.
That one kid. :) When the teachers come to learn, prep for shenanigans.	Prepping automata for Cornell Maker Ed in the public school system requires short cutting to the part you really need the kids to understand. Which means prep. In a lab, I'd make the kid do this.	Teaching Lego Robotics This was fun, but the kids didn't get to keep anything.
Coin Mazes She was my youngest consistent student. She made all the things.	We can carve the pumpkins. Meow.	We can wire the pumpkins. They chomp.
Lab time. Curiosity Hacked was a glorious space to be part of.	Faerie Houses This is always great. And why I'm frequently tempted to pick up small "nature bits" from sidewalks....	Faerie Houses
Faerie Houses	Faerie Houses	Faerie Houses This one got super tall.
Maker flow. Mixing media and methods.	Public school outreach I've worked in elementary schools through Berkeley, Albany, and Oakland.	Linocut print making People always find this one so satisfying. <3
Linocut print making	Screen printing	Circuit Blocks Hammers and wires and lights, oh my.
Laser cut lanterns We ran the gamut of creative skills to make these beauties. Kids had to work with vector art, electronics, shadow work design, fabrication, and building.	Shrunken Heads! I like to make stations.	Project Planning This particular exploded version of this ongoing lesson was brilliantly offered by Samantha Cook. I was delighted to be there as support.
Hackwarts Magic Wands	Needle felting. People are often surprised because this craft looks all soft and fuzzy, but is mostly done by stabbing.	Stitching to resist. Draw it, sew it, really own it.