KUCHING: Sarawak State Library Makersmeet 2017 received an overwhelming response from the public when about 1,200 people participated in the 2-day programme held recently at the library. Sarawak State Library is promoting the maker movement in the State, focusing on building network of makers, entrepreneurs and highlighting local talents.
Those who came during the 2- day programme were given the opportunity to explore, hands-on and have fun at the areas of makers namely woodworks, gardening, arts and craft, 3D Printing and electronic. Among the interesting activities that were held from 9am to 5pm were 3D Printing, Drawing with 3D Pen; Makey Makey, Drone racing & demontration; Paper Quilling activity, Stem – Building a Tower Challenge; 3R exhibition and demonstration; arts and textile Virtual Reality; Soldering, Hot Wheels exhibition and demonstration; Air Brush Gundam, Jong Racing & Demo; DIY Smartphone Video Maker workshop; Cosplay Costume Contest and many more. Makers of all ages and background and with interests ranging from electronics, arts and crafts, kit makers, textiles, hobbies, carpentry, Arduino projects, and other interesting stuff came and participated in this event.
At the closing of the 2-day event, a prize giving ceremony for Drone Racing, Jong Racing and Cosplay Costume Competition was held. For Cosplay Costume Competition, the best male and female costume received cash prize of RM 200. As for Drone Racing, Nazrin won the first place with a cash prize of RM400 while Mohd Adzlan was in second place with a cash prize RM 300 and in third place was Akmal Hakim Sazali who won cash prize RM200.
All the three winners received trophies. Whi le in the Jong Racing Competition Mohd Syam Benet won in the ‘Kotak’ and ‘Skunar’ category, while Rohaman Dris won in the ‘Skuci’ category; Drahman bin Ribi won the ‘Bandung’ category and Marina bt. Mohamed won the ‘Barong’ category. All winners received cash prize of RM 300. During the event, Sarawak State Library also promoted its free library membership registration and managed to get 114 people registered as library members. Use the online HTML editor to maximize your web content composing efficiency.
