dreamaker workshop
charlie
26 May 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie drawing his skateboard design in his journal
Charlie outlining his design onto the wooden board
Charlie showing his rocket design for his skateboard
Charlie referencing his design journal while he paints his rocket skateboard
Charlie showing his painted skateboard deck
21 May 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie building an automatic water dispenser
Charlie and Wes testing the water dispenser together
Wesley wanted to build a gondola lift like the one at Ocean Park, Charlie is helping Wes make the cars here
Charlie tying the cables for the gondola lift
12 May 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie measuring and drawing out a window for his train
Charlie installing the sides to his red train
Charlie peeking through his train window
Charlie measuring the sides to fit wheels onto his train
5 May 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie’s introduction video for his hand built car
Charlie screwing two pieces of wood together for his robot
Charlie writing down the phone number of mom in case his car gets lost
Charlie posing with his final product
28 Apr 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie browsing through the nanotecture book for inspiration for his architecture sculpture
The geodesic dome that Charlie picked as reference for his design
Charlie building his first geodesic dome prototype out of straws
Charlie testing to see if the dome is life-size yet
Charlie experimenting with the mechanics of solar energy
21 Apr 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie building a platform for his robot
Charlie giving his robot a test run before he adds a passenger
Charlie’s handmade robot character
Charlie taking his robot for a ride
15 Apr 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie tinkering with the gears for his ferris wheel
Charlie installing the chairs onto his ferris wheel
Charlie painting on the final touches for his smart city
Ariel view of Charlie’s city as he makes sure all the parts are working and connected
Charlie’s smart city featuring a bridge connected to an elevator and a conveyor belt, a light tower, a volcano, a pool, and a ferris wheel!
9 Apr 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie painting the inside of his volcano in preparation for the eruption
Charlie’s volcano erupts with hot lava
Charlie attaching the motor for his elevator
Charlie’s hand-built wooden elevator decorated with markers
Charlie trying out the parts in his smart city
Charlie testing out his conveyor belt
31 Mar 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie’s automatic conveyor belt for his smart city
Charlie’s smart city featuring a volcano, swimming pool, light tower, bridge and road.
24 Mar 2020 | 4:00pm-5:30pm
Charlie mixing concrete for his swimming pool for his smart city
Charlie squeezing out silicone sealer to waterproof his swimming pool
Charlie painting his swimming pool
Charlie testing out the fan in his swimming pool
18 Mar 2020 | 3:00pm-4:30pm
Charlie connecting circuits to make the led bulb light up
Charlie adding lights to a bridge he engineered
Charlie’s smart city in the making featuring a bridge and a light tower
11 Mar 2020 | 10:00am-11:30am
Charlie building the base of his new robot
Charlie testing out the wheels!
Charlie making some adjustments to his robot wheels
Charlie and Elephant Robot 2.0
5 Mar 2020 | 10:00am-12:00pm
Charlie updating his design journal with his latest projects and ideas
Charlie building motorised wheels for his elephant robot
Charlie supervising his elephant robot’s first test-run
Charlie and the Elephant Robot
5 Feb 2020 | 10:30am-12:30pm
Charlie references Wes for his portrait drawing.
Charlie holds a cut-out photo of himself for his self-portrait.
Charlie knits a scarf while Wes helps to keep the yarn untangled.
Charlie experiments with a new instrument for the loop pedal.
24 Jan 2020
Charlie makes prototypes of his elephant robot out of fabric, cotton and foam board.
Charlie gets some help on cutting out his elephant robot prototype.
Charlie and Wes collaborate on the knitting machine together.
18 Jan 2020
Charlie focuses on installing a motor onto his bubbles blowing machine.
Charlie tests the bubble machine with soapy water!
Charlie designs the cover page for his book using the Wacom drawing tablet.
16 NOV 2019
Charlie read Aidan’s Birds of Prey and he said “I feel really inspired to make a book”.
Charlie draws a self-portrait using the Microsoft Surface Studio.
Charlie uses the back of the stylus to erase parts of his drawing.
Charlie writes the first chapter of his book on food and math problems.
11 NOV 2019
Charlie holds up his Black Panther 2-in-1 Mask and Lamp.
Charlie decides to cover the sides with black construction paper
Charlie is mixing the perfect shade of grey for the back of his mask.
Laminating the front of the mask to ensure durability!
2 nov 2019
Charlie begins to build the second iteration of his robot.
Test flight of the mini UFO / drone, which he calls “Fly Bird”
Charlie weighing the drone to find out what materials he can use for the wings.
Charlier names his first prototype “Flippy” and turns on the fan.
14 OCT 2019
Charlie sewed his own design journal and started writing in the required materials and specifications for his very first robot prototype
Charlie assembled a flash light using a close circuit and microbits for practice
We started creating a prototype for his flying robot with eagle wings which can also answer questions using Siri.
Charlie installed a fan on the prototype where the propellers are going to be located.
