Scenes from Maker Faire

A great Bay Area weekend at the Mare Island Historic Shipyard in Vallejo

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Dale Dougherty
October 03, 2025

The Mare Island Historic Naval Ship is the perfect setting for Maker Faire Bay Area

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Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area

Make:’s Art Director, Juliann Brown, took these photos of Maker Faire. If you were there, I hope the images bring back the feeling of being there in person. If you weren’t there, I hope they encourage you to go to a future Maker Faire yourself.

Massive LEGO construction by Bay Area LEGO User’s Group

The Queen of Hearts from Obtanium Works

Flash the Tortoise by Loren Crotty and team in the Dark Room

A cockatoo and pigeons, part of a larger sculpture named Haven, by Flaming Lotus Girls. Margaret Long was the lead.

The Alchemy of Craft Exhibit by Thomas James

Maddie Harris of HipMonsters.com

XTool booth in Coal Shed

A funny critter by Yolo Makers

The Marauder Robot by Nick Donaldson along with Chucky and friend by Steven Nelson

Woolbuddy Needle Felting Workshop - Make your own character

Giant Roller Derby Skate (1 of 2) by the Cooper family

Project Empire space ship by Jon Sarriugarte

3D printed Chandelier by Ray Sykes in Dark Room (photo by Jen Blakeslee)

Steve Wozniak (“Woz”) and me talking about the 50th anniversary of the Apple I

Retro Road Show pop-up museum

Interactive sculpture by Luminoi

Outside the Luminarium

3D printed objects by Triple G Workshop

Shiny the Robot by Russell Wilcox and Carol Simpson

Scotty Allen hosted a panel on Sunday in the Foundry (photo by Dale Dougherty)

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