2019 Makers

Meet this year's Makers

Meet the Makers: Hyve Synth

Were happy to have Skot Wiedmann returning to the Maker Fest this year. He is an engineer and artist whose creations explore the intersections of art and science. Using his knowledge of electrical...

Meet the Makers: Oumni (Environmental Arts)

Oumni is an informal community group working towards Cultural and Environmental awareness and designs enrichment focused on kids.Our medium is Arts with awareness as our motto. Oumni has exhibited in various local venues and has been working with schools and community...

Meet the Makers: Meanwhile…Letterpress

Meanwhile...Letterpress is a trans owned and operated letterpress collaborative fighting erasure through trans print culture. Learn more about us at: https://www.instagram.com/meanwhileletterpress/

Meet the Makers: Acrylic Marbling

We have been practicing the art of applying marbled acrylic paint. We want to demonstrate what we've learned and help others learn to do it, too!

Meet the Makers: Judiee

Judiee is a local illustrator and is currently working on a series of children's books about artists.  After graduating from art school, she briefly worked as a graphic designer. Soon after Judiee took on a post as a preschool art teacher (at a place she...

Meet the Makers: Weiskamp

Want to learn how to make your own creative screen-printed designs. Well come get hands on with Weiskamp Screen Printing at the Maker Fest this year.  They will be setting up a table to help you make your own...

Meet the Makers: Royel Bijou/Trashion Fashion

Royel Bijou/Trashion Fashion will be sharing her talents for turning recycled materials into new garments. She is working to bring awareness of recycling to the next level by making clothing and jewelry out of recycled materials. Join us for a fashion show and a table...

Meet the Makers: Origami by Xudong

Origami is not just "Crane". Inspired by the modern origami works seen online, Xudong started to fold origami in 2009. Xudong gained experience of folding by practice and designed his first origami model in 2012. In the...

Meet the Makers: SaffronBySaffron

Saffron Bruno is an enthusiastic creator of many mediums. She has always had a passion for 2D Media, and has recently gotten into 3D media through crochet. Saffron loves nature, and so a lot of her work is inspired by plants and she has recently gotten into making...

Meet the Makers: Bite the Chili

Nathan from Bite the Chili Productions makes new video games and projects/hacks for old systems! Come try out new games and activities for the Nintendo NES and Atari 2600. Nathan will also be showing code from these games, and will be happy to explain how games can be...

Meet the Makers: Sarah Meadows & Bead-Embroidered Jewelry

 Join local artist Sarah Meadows as she makes colorful wearable art made with tiny beads, sequins, and found objects. Sarah has been making jewelry since 1989. She's  worked in a number of mediums, including chain maille, silver soldering, and polymer clay, but...

Meet the Makers: CUDO Plays

CUDO Plays is an Illinois-local board game design competition hosted by the Champaign-Urbana Design Organization. We bring together gamers, makers, and designers help them turn their tabletop game ideas into reality! Every year since 2013, we’ve guided teams over the...

Meet the Makers: Teen Open Lab @ The Urbana Free Library

The Teen Open Lab (TOL) started in spring of 2013 with a simple idea--build Library services for teens based on what the teens themselves tell us they need and want. The Teen Open Lab is a teen-guided space. It is important that our teen...

Meet the Makers: Kindred Collage

Kindred Collage is the project and hobby of Kristin Bowers, who uses collage in healing and self-expression. She sources antique and vintage magazines, books and ephemera and plays with themes of humor and modern femininity. Learn more about us on Instagram!

Meet the Makers: Fantasy Art by Elaine C. Oldham

Hi, I’m Elaine, a fantasy artist every chance I get. Pencil is my preferred medium because of the dynamic effects I can achieve with shading. You can find me at science fiction, anime/comic, and gaming conventions selling my art and doing drawings on site (or on...

Meet the Makers: EKAH

I am a visual artist, animator, and illustrator interested in exploring all media. Learn more about EKAH on social media! WebpageInstagramFacebook

Meet the Makers: AIGA at UIUC

AIGA at UIUC is the only professional graphic design organization on campus. Our mission is to be involved in the local design community, create a design community of our own and teach our members skills to help them in the professional world. Learn more about us on...

Meet the Makers: Forden Arts and Crafts

Pat is a local artist, who also create arts and crafts. She makes animals out of velvet, knit, and satin finish materials, and incorporates yarn into the creation. She designed the patterns for most of my animals. Pat began making horses, expanded to buffalo,...

Meet the Makers: TechHub

Join us at the TechHub, part of the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois, for an introductory hands-on exploration of the latest technologies impacting teaching and learning including virtual reality, 3D printing, 360...

Meet the Makers: Central Illinois Puppetry Guild

The Central Illinois Puppetry Guild celebrates storytelling through the art of puppetry. They provide a caring community in which puppeteers are encouraged and supported in the development of their craft. CIPG seeks to provide a safe haven for the sharing of ideas on...

Meet the Makers: Makerspace Urbana

Makerspace Urbana, a working group of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, is dedicated to enabling the blend of arts, humanities, science and technology. Our mission is to provide an open community lab where people of diverse backgrounds can learn, teach,...

Meet the Makers: Illinois MakerLab

The Illinois MakerLab is the world’s first Business School 3D Printing Lab! Their Mission: Our objective is to provide University of Illinois faculty and students and the Chambana community with the knowledge and resources to be at the...

Meet the Makers: CU Community Fab Lab

The Champaign Urbana Community Fab Lab has truly become a staple of the DIY/Maker community in Champaign-Urbana and they are returning to the Heartland Maker Fest to show off all they have to offer. Be sure to stop, say hi, and get hands on with some of...

Meet the Makers: Central Illinois Aerospace

We are happy to announce that the Central Illinois Aerospace rocketry club will again be joining the Heartland Maker Fest this year. They will be showing rockets, videos, and other rocket equipment the club has built (i.e. launch pads and a launching systems...

Meet the Makers: Recycled Yard Art

Recycled Yard Art is showing off recycled/reused crafts. They've created a flower cart made from parts of a wheelbarrow, bike, and school desk. They also have yard art made from parts of garbage can, shelving and drawer parts. And finally, yard art from metal ironing...