Melbourne's Massive Maker Movement
Nov 30, 2022
The Monash Maker Faire promises to be the largest Community Maker Faire ever held in Australia. Free to attend, with 10,000 people booked to attend th
Monash Maker Faire 2022
Organised by Monash Tech School, The City of Monash, and Monash University, the supersized Monash Maker Faire was held at Monash University’s Clayton Campus on Sunday 4 December 2022.
The Maker Faire highlighted the physical makerspaces, labs, and studios found in the engaging Woodside Building for Technology and Design, collaborative Monash Makerspace, and entrepreneurial Monash Generator.
The Victorian community responded with over 300 artisans, developers, hackers, inventors, and tinkerers of all descriptions converging to share their passions with attendees of all ages.
We thank our sponsors, promoters and volunteers for supporting the diverse and active community of makers across the Monash Precinct and Greater Melbourne.
Special Attractions
Featured Makers
Melbourne Costume Group (Robot Builders)
The MCG Robot Builders are a hobby group of builders that design, build and puppeteer their own life size robots from various different movie inspired robots, Star Wars, Wall-E, etc. If you've ever wondered how a droid works then come and find out!
Wayne's Art
A small exhibition of art including a hand crafted globe of the world in 30,000,000 to 1 scale which includes the ocean bottoms. This is the only one in the world! There will also be artwork based around the earth and stars using acrylic paints.
Vesti- Fashion app
Vesti is an app with the main feature being that you can scan your body to try on clothes virtually. This will be a feature that will be directed to in-home users to try on clothes from online or overseas to promote hassle-free clothing fun.
Sustainable Monash
The City of Monash's Sustainable Monash team will be on site offering information on sustainability. They'll have ideas for DIY low waste options at home and will answer your burning sustainability questions.
Monash Motorsport
Monash Motorsport design, build, test and compete with formula style race cars internationally. The team is entirely student-run with the exhibit providing an opportunity to speak to our experienced engineers about the vehicle.
Drawbots
Can you teach a robot to draw? We normally think of drawing as an exclusively human activity. While other animals, such as chimpanzees, can be trained to paint or draw, drawing isn’t something that is regularly observed in animals other thann humans.
Monash Opportunity Tech Lab Inclusivator
Makers can experience in VR how to turn their passion into profit. The Inclusivator showcases successful neurodiverse entrepreneurs pitching their businesses and how they found their superpower and applied it to successful enterprises.
Flexagons are the Best-a-gons
Students will learn how to create their own flexagons. These can make wonderful, but quiet, fidget spinners. Exploring the maths behind these toys, we will learn to how best to decorate them for extra flair! Suitable for children of all ages.
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Organisers & Principal Supporter
Goldsmith Sponsors
Silversmith Sponsors
Coppersmith Sponsors
Blacksmith Sponsor
Targeted Sponsorships
Volunteers T-Shirts – Wilson Transformers
Volunteers Gift – City of Monash
School Makers Merchandise – Howmet Aerospace Foundation
Acknowledgement of Country
The organising partners of the Monash Maker Faire acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and our event is held, the people of the Kulin Nations.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this country and their continued connection to land, sea, community and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.