Photos: Freaks and Geeks at the 2015 Denver Mini Maker Faire

Art cars, 3D printers, Tesla coils, plasma globes, Star Wars droids, a giant electric muffin: If it qualifies as geeky, chances are you could find it at the Denver Mini Maker Faire, which gathered together more than 100 makers and creatives of every stripe — crafters, hobby scientists, hackers, droid...

By Westword Staff

June 16, 2015

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Art cars, 3D printers, Tesla coils, plasma globes, Star Wars droids, a giant electric muffin: If it qualifies as geeky, chances are you could find it at the Denver Mini Maker Faire, which gathered together more than 100 makers and creatives of every stripe — crafters, hobby scientists, hackers, droid builders and burners — at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science over the weekend. Photographer Kevin Beaty was there, capturing the best of the fest’s patented nerdery in these images.

Now see the full Denver Mini Maker Faire slide show.

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