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Monday, July 1, 2013
The University Daily Kansan
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Maker Faire showcases creativity
ERIN BREMER
ebremer@kansan.com
Students and University alumni showed off their creativity during the Maker Faire Kansas City at Union Station this weekend.
The Maker Faire is an opportunity for any creator to show off their new idea, product, craft or food.
makers together and promote a sense of community.
The event is a celebration of invention and innovation that brings
The School of Journalism showcased its digital content production and discussed how it can be incorporated into social media.
Attendees of the event practiced combining music and graphics.
Austin Feathers, an electrical engineering major, created bolts of artificial lighting inside Union Station with his Tesla Coil Lightning
machine.
Outside, his home-made jet engine fired up every hour.
E. Spencer Schubert, a University graduate living in downtown Kansas City, displayed his monument-sized bronze sculptures.
Schubert owns his own studio where he sells his sculptures commercially.
Edited by Allison Kohn
ERIN BREMER/KANSAN
E. S. Schubert, a University alum, is a figurative bronze sculptor who lives and works in downtown Kansas City, Kan. Schubert uses traditional methods to make larger-than-life, monumental bronze sculptures.