Meet our Magnificent Makers
Little Inventors wants children to open their eyes to the world of invention and creativity. But beyond the invention drawings, there is a unique opportunity for children and makers, designers and artists to come together and collaborate to bring children’s imagination to life.
By taking children’s ideas seriously and presenting them in a professional manner through collaboration with skilled makers, we will help showcase children’s original ideas, perspectives and voices.
We also want to challenge the skills and experience of adult makers, and encourage them to push beyond their own limits by engaging with the highly imaginative and unhindered minds of young children.
Do you make things?Join the fun!
Download our maker's resource pack full of helpful tips and hints for selecting, creating and documenting your making process.
Claire spends lots of time making art with children in schools and families in public spaces through her organisation Art Hoppers. Art Hoppers takes children’s art off the notice board and places it in the gallery showcasing children as the celebrated artists! Claire is super passionate about the power of art and creativity in bringing communities together, making people feel happier and giving each of us an exciting outlet for our individual experiences. Claire believes that by expressing ourselves creatively and learning the problem solving skills that go with making, we gain invaluable skills which open a world of opportunity!
Hello, my name is Ella and I’m a designer. I work with materials to create objects and textiles for you and your home. I have always been fascinated by the process of making things, and I absolutely love being in workshops and factories where I can see the magic of making in action. I’ve made prints and patterns for lots of different products and companies from museums to hospitals and big department stores. I hate waste, so I love to give old furniture a new life, by using my textile designs working in collaboration with expert upholsterers.
I make things, or think about making things all the time. I have always been like this so I went to art college. I trained to be a graphic designer. Since then I have designed all sorts of things, patterns for children's clothes, hats, logos and children's wallpaper. I enjoy having a job that is doing what I like. In my free time I make all sorts of things and if I'm bored I do some origami.
I teach and tutor kids from elementary to high school who, for whatever reason, can't reach their full potential in a typical learning environment! In university I studied biosystems engineering with a specialism in environmental engineering.
Since 1969, TARUS has been a world leader that builds custom machines for heavy industry. Starting out of a garage, TARUS pioneered many important developments in the machine tool business including key innovations in Gundrilling machines, we invented the Claymill, and we developed a Graphical User Interface 2 years before Apple in the early 1980s. We are vertically integrated, meaning we build everything from scratch in-house for our machines.
The Workshop Dubai is a multi-concept space that brings together an art gallery, a sustainable store, and a cafe with home-like food. We also offer interior design solutions, sell furniture, tiles, and fabrics, as well as organize events and workshops to bring together like-minded people.
I am a Design Technology teacher, Interactive installation artist, musical instrument inventor and all around maker and technologist!
David est un étudiant Coop de 3e année en génie électrique de l’Université d’Ottawa
I make things. If it can be imagined I can bring it to life. I work across mediums using whatever materials are needed to realise the idea. I love a challenge, and I love the process of developing something, from an idea, to a tangible object. This is what gets me jumping out of bed in the morning.
