Mod Mischief

We hope you had a wonderful long weekend! The weather in Whitehorse has been beautiful so we tried to make the most of it. Today was a little overcast, but it was still great for an Easter scavenger hunt at the Y ukon Wildlife Preserve.

Last year, the theme for the Sourdough Rendezvous was "the future is now" and the organizers decided that, in keeping with the theme, the annual ball would be a steampunk ball. The Steampunk Ball was such a huge success, the organizers decided to do it again this year. While YuKonstruct helped with decorations last year, the makerspace's only contribution was laser cutting gears out of cardboard. This time around, Rendezvous approached YuKonstruct to design and build some really impressive steampunk props. Chris and I jumped at the opportunity to build some epic steampunk decor. Chris designed an airship and porthole photobooth backdrop in SketchUp and then we built them with the help of several YuKonstruct and Yukon Comic Culture Society volunteers. Another YuKonstruct member made an awesome jacob's ladder and incredible compass rose for the stage. A video posted by Allison (@modmischief) on Feb 26, 2016 at 11:17pm PST It was a ...

Axel with the can can dancers The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous wrapped up this weekend. It's a fantastic winter festival full of contests, events and people dressing up in gold-rush-inspired costumes. The weather over the weekend was too warm for the snow sculptors' liking, but Axel and I thought it was fantastic for walking around Shipyards Park and enjoying the sights. Axel said his first word, "dog", last week and he got lots of practice pointing out all the dogs in the park.