Bonjour!
My name is Sharon Leigh and I am one of the 4 core-founders of a new maker group;
Maker Schmiede, from
Holzbachtal/Straubenhardt, Germany. Our group
is growing and so far we are about 20.
We would like to invite you to
participate in our first ever
Maker-Art-Hacker
Black-Forest festival.
Sat.29
& Sun.30 June,
2013
I found your group online
and we really like your philosophy, online ambience and your group looks
inspiring to us. We need the help of
maker-group mentors!
I am American, we have 1
French and the rest of us are German. The majority of us speak 3 languages. I have
been an artist-maker-hacker-preneuer for over 25 years.
We want to formally introduce our group with a bang(of course exploding things are enthusiastically encouraged!) in a combined fest with my annual Summer Maker-Art-Handwerk Festival in order to create excitement and exposure in our community.
Our challenge here is
educating the people in the region who tend to be rather
um, conservative. People around here see makers/hackers as
outsiders(yay!), foolish, unprofessional, head-in-the-clouds, etc. We want(must!) change this way of thinking!
Participation from other
established maker groups would demonstrate that we are not merely crazy(ha ha)
but that we actually are a catalyst for creativity, innovation, education,
entrepreneurial business building, etc. The more international groups we can have, the better!
If you are interested, you
can reach me at: s.leighdesign@t-online.de
Home: 07248 92 7445
Just some additional info: My website: www.sleighdesign.com
(We are in process of
building our group website.)
Also; There is LOTS of space here. My studio and home are in the forest. I have unlimited space for fest tents,
camping, bonfires/BBQ, theater productions, machine/robot demonstrations, etc. Its really a hacker-space-wonderland.
Will you join us and help us
make our debut extraordinary?
Viva le Maker Revolution!
Sharon