The Ann Arbor Creativity and Making Expo (AACME) is back and you're invited! Come celebrate the maker movement that ranges from traditional technologies like weaving all the way to our future in robotics! Our keynote speaker this year is designer, artist, and maker Sophy Wong, who will be speaking on the intersection of technology and clothing design. Enjoy hands-on demos from local maker spaces, learn about ham radio, solder an LED badge, see an upholstery demonstration, use our heat press, and so much more!

Zines are self-made little magazines or booklets that can be about absolutely anything! They can be made using a single sheet of paper or printed more professionally. Zines can include writing, comics, collage, art, or anything you can think of. In this workshop, you'll be able to make your own zine and copy and share it with others. You are also welcome to bring a recent issue of your zine to show off. Presented by zine maker Steve Hughes, who has published Stupor since 1995.

Meghan Navoy from Rosemarine Textiles will guide this workshop, demonstrating how to use stamps and mordant paste to block print patterns onto cotton tote bags or bandanas. Participants will then immerse their pieces in dye baths to reveal the designs.

Meghan Navoy from Rosemarine Textiles will guide this workshop, demonstrating how to use wax batik sticks to draw a pattern on a cotton bandana, and then dip the piece into one of three natural dye baths to reveal the pattern.

Get creative with some simple wire-wrapped jewelry making techniques. Use copper wire to twist and twirl your way to beautiful jewelry creations. Local crafter Beth Battey leads this workshop.