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Monthly Maker: Eppchez Yo-Sí Yes Website: AlmasEngine.com Instagram: @eppchez TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I am a performance artist, designer, and change agent committed to stewardship of our planet and equity through story-making and compassionate economic practices. I am a proud queer mongrel, a Cuban and Jewish Quaker. I identify strongly with the magic and whimsy of trolls […]
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Subscribe: Break Through is a podcast series about making. Making discoveries, making a difference in the community and making the world a better place. It’s the stories of startups and inventors who are developing products that have social value by solving real world problems. It’s about artisans and entrepreneurs who have broken […]
Monthly Maker: Kevin B. Huang Website: KevinBHuang.com Instagram: @kevinbhuang2702 TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I have been making and selling artwork since I was ten years old. My youthful aspiration was to be an architect, and I took the steps towards that by graduating with a Baccalaureate in Architecture from Pratt Institute. A subsequent life-threatening meningeal […]
Electricity was pulsating through the air at the Fall 2019 RAPID Hardware Accelerator Graduation on the night of Thursday, December 12th, 2019, and it wasn’t just from Kovarvic’s CALM brainwave stimulator. More than 300 people milled excitedly around the Venture Cafe throughout the evening, networking and learning firsthand how each of the four featured […]
Subscribe: Break Through is a podcast series about making. Making discoveries, making a difference in the community and making the world a better place. It’s the stories of startups and inventors who are developing products that have social value by solving real world problems. It’s about artisans and entrepreneurs who have […]
Monthly Maker: Kathleen Capuras of kcapurasdesign Website: https://www.kcapurasdesign.com/ Instagram: kcapuras_design TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I am a Philly-based pyrography artist, have been woodburning for 17 years, and have been operating a small business called kcapurasdesign for the last 5 years. In addition to doing custom work and selling my products in person and online, I […]
The NextFab North Philly location is officially moving to 1800 North American Street in Spring 2020, after closing up the current location on November 30, 2019. Why is this happening? NextFab founder and president Dr. Evan Malone explains the reasoning behind moving and expanding our new North Philly location: “Fundamentally, NextFab’s mission is to help […]
Monthly Maker: Kate Leibrand of TWEE Website: www.tweemade.com Instagram: @tweemade TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I have my MFA in Fine Art and am a former preschool teacher who was always looking for new things to create. About three years ago I tinkered with a sidewalk chalk recipe, and it took over my life! I […]