The Art Printing Photobooth aka The Edgy Printacular At the Bay Area Maker Faire 2018, a team of Ace Monster Toys members created a photobooth where participants could take selfies which were then transformed into line art versions and printed, all initiated by pressing one ‘too-big-to-believe’ red button. Back in March, AMT folks began prepping …
I know what you’re thinking. I’m sure you think this all the time. You’re thinking: ‘Gosh, I get so much out of Ace Monster Toys; I’d really love to give just a little back! After all, the membership agreement says I’m supposed to do one small thing a month, and one big thing a year. …
Over the years the AMT community has experienced growing pains. And it turns out many of these growing pains are not unique to AMT or even makerspaces. We are proud to have partnered with Emily Bowen MA, ABS to bring a 3 workshop series on soft skills. The focus is on soft skills for inclusion, …
My folks just moved here from out-of-state. Naturally a few things got broken in transit, including the cabinet door handles for a simple storage unit. There was nothing appropriate in the right size at the local hardware stores. These have holes 5″ apart, which seems to be larger than average. This is a great example …
We have two seats open on the board of directors this election cycle. Four awesome folks have stepped up as candidates. Ballots will be sent sent to voting AMT members today and election results will be in on August 14th. Get to know the candidates: Jeremy Capdevielle @jeremyjcap Why do you want to be on …
After the expansion, 3D printing ended up adjacent to a concrete wall that the landlord does not want us boring holes in. That means we can’t hang the tools up like I did before. But I’ve always liked the desktop tool caddies that Ray made for electronics anyway. So, I knocked up a simple design …
Before you know it it will be time for the burn. AMT has a workshop line-up designed to help folks make smashing gear and finish up those last minute projects. Monday the 23rd | 7-9pm | Headgear! Make amazing fashions for your noggin. Tuesday the 24th | 7:30-9-8:30pm | Laser Cutting Faux Fur Thursday the …
The AMT board of directors is proud to present the goal for the new fiscal year. Be intentionally inclusive AMT strives to be a place for the growth of all kinds of people. We, as the organization, want to be engaged in a continual process of understanding how we can make people feel welcome and …
AMT is putting together a week of workshops focused on Burner Fashion July 23rd -29th. Current Workshops Ideas include: LED Fairy Wings Leather Feathers TuTu Good (epic tutu making) Laser Cutting Faux Fur “Help me finish this…” a project completion lab AMT has: Large laser cutter Classroom space to teach programming etc A full textiles …
This month AMT turns 8 years old and we are growing! We have rented an additional 1200sqft suite in the building. We have a Work Party Weekend planned June 1-3 to upgrade and reconfigure all of AMT. All the key areas at AMT are getting an upgrade : CoWorking and Classroom are moving in to …
