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Do you need a gift for a fiber artist in your life but don’t know what they might want? Here are some ideas of tools, supplies, etc. to help level up their crafting.

Extra light always helps you to see your project especially if working with dark yarn or in a dark location where eye strain can take its toll. A handy gadget to toss in a bag for long, holiday trips!

You can never have too many pairs of scissors.…

Hamvention is fast approaching! Ham radio fans converge upon Dayton to brave the sun, rain, and nerds to broadcast their radio knowledge. A decent portion of our members have ham radio licenses and are annual visitors to Hamvention. We're ready to ham it up, here are some of our members' best tips for optimizing your trip to Greene County Fair and Expo Center!

Come with a list of what you're looking for and be at peace with the fact you will not see all of the outdoor flea market. - Brian

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Hive13 is excited to announce that we are expanding our membership structure to include the newest tier of membership, apiary members.

Since our space began in 2009, we felt like our student, standard, and cornerstone memberships were able to cover the populations that would be in the space. It was brought to our attention last night via prophetic dream that we were missing a very small-in-size demographic that we could welcome into our space. After an emergency board meeting, the apiary…

Just announced! Join us next week for a Tuesday Talk by member Dave Schwinn on the highs, lows, and hisses of caring for Madagascar hissing cockroaches as a maker.

From Dave:

Here are Melania and Stormy. They are Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, or Hissers. Come meet them and learn some fun factoids about roaches and keeping them as pets. The discussion will also include some of the electronics projects that I am working on in order to give them a comfy place to live.

Next week, join us for our Tuesday talk with member Adam Simoyi! You may know his work from Gun4IR, OpenFIRE, and a deep love for the arcade machines in our space. Get ready and hyped for an unserious approach to the ups, downs and curveballs of creating and contributing for open source spaces.

This Tuesday! Stop putting up blinders to your problems and attack your to do list. Come listen to Lisa's Tiny Tuesday Talk about Trello and parallel work on the things you have been procrastinating. All to-do lists welcome!

Today, join us to hear from acclaimed glass artist Dan Friday!

More about Dan:

Dan Friday is a member of the Lummi Nation and a Seattle based glass artist. He has spent the last twenty seven years creating glass work. The themes and images of Friday’s work are often drawn from his Coast Salish heritage and are solidified in the world of glass art. Dan has taught at the University of Washington, Evergreen State Collage, Pilchuck Glass School, and the Haystack Craft Center. He has had residencies…

NEXT WEEK! Join us for a very musical Tuesday Talk from member Aaron Tysen.
It bleeps, it bloops, it blinks. And it’s covered in rainbow spaghetti! On a good day, it makes music. On Oct 8, Aaron Tysen is giving a on talk the art and science of musical synthesis, featuring this beast and some of its friends.

TUESDAY TALK TOMORROW! Join us in welcoming our friends from iSpace as we aim for the stars with paper rockets.

More about iSpace:For over 20 years, iSPACE has provided innovative and engaging STEM educational programs across the Greater Cincinnati area. iSPACE offers field trips, summer camps, robotics competitions, professional development and other programs to students, teachers, families and professionals. These immersive, hands-on, minds-on experiences are designed to stimulate interest in…

Greetings Hivemind! We have a super exciting guest next week. Our friend, Maker Fishmeal (Annye) will be joining us for a talk on foamsmithing. We are so excited to have them as our guest and to learn how to be true friends of foam.

Some more about Maker Fishmeal: EVA foam can be a maker's bread and butter: from armor to props, from leather to wigs, from feathers to leaves, you can truly make almost anything with foam! Join Annye / Maker Fishmeal to learn the entire foamsmithing process from…