{"id":19139,"date":"2021-02-10T15:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=19139"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:55:43","slug":"maker-fest-2021-amelia-dickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2021\/02\/10\/maker-fest-2021-amelia-dickson\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Fest 2021: Amelia Dickson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19142 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ameliawpstory.jpg\" alt=\"Amelia Dickson\" width=\"198\" height=\"301\" \/><\/strong><em><span class=\"s1\">We\u2019re interviewing the Makers you\u2019ll meet at Maker Fest 2021 on Saturday, February 20 so you can get to know them ahead of time! If reading about the Amelia&#8217;s work has inspired you to share your own,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=WhF0RhAElEGqKJ0Oc6hq2OWpB04baJtMuYbySHkp8YpURThVRk1BUExFSzZHVTFDUk1aSlVHTFRZMi4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"web\">sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to be a Maker yourself!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What (or who) inspires you to make?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nI find a lot of inspiration from other artists around me and my own experiences in life. My own struggles inspire me as well to create worlds and things that don\u2019t exist in order to escape the world around me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you enjoy making?<\/strong><br \/>\nI spend a lot of my time creating characters and environments through illustration and model making!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your favorite materials and mediums?<\/strong><br \/>\nThroughout my time as a growing artist, I have made it a goal of mine to experiment with every medium I can, but my favorites are definitely digital illustration, painting, using polymer clay, and drawing with a classic graphite pencil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could make anything imaginable with no restrictions, what would you make?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would love to learn how to make fantasy prosthetics for costumes and movies. I love to create things that are fictional but seem real! It takes me into an entirely new world. If I could, I would create an entire environment full of fictional but realistic models.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19143 alignleft img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ameliaartwpstory.jpg\" alt=\"Amelia Dickson's digital artwork\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\" \/>What music do you listen to while you work?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy favorite music to listen to as I work is definitely movie soundtracks including\u00a0The Lord of the Rings\u00a0and\u00a0How to Train Your Dragon. My top five songs on my Spotify wrapped last year were all songs from the How to Train your Dragon soundtrack\u2026 It&#8217;s just so good!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has the MPA Makerspace impacted your abilities?<\/strong><br \/>\nBecause of COVID-19, I haven\u2019t had many opportunities to use the Makerspace over the last year, and I definitely wish I could have used it more! There are so many incredible tools in the space that can transform ideas into reality. Sometime in the future, I would love to use the laser cutter more to print illustrations into wood and other materials.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss Amelia&#8217;s Maker Fest presentation on Zoom Saturday, February 20 at 11 AM!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moundsparkacademy.zoom.us\/j\/91305164223?pwd=TFAvVUdtTTVsaXRvMGhrMTFCTnV4QT09\">Join via Zoom &gt;<\/a><br \/>\nMeeting ID 913 0516 4223<br \/>\nPasscode: makerfest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re interviewing the Makers you\u2019ll meet at Maker Fest 2021 on Saturday, February 20 so you can get to know them ahead of time! If reading about the Amelia&#8217;s work has inspired you to share your own,\u00a0sign up here\u00a0to be a Maker yourself! 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