Steph Piper smiling and holding a purple circuit board in front of her face, with the circuit board patterned with gold and white details.
A cartoon illustration of a microchip with a pink face, smiling, and yellow pins surrounding it.
Stylized illustration of pink clouds with a gold star-shaped sparkle in the middle.
A pink speech bubble with a dark pink heart in the center.

I'm a creative technologist, passionate about maker culture, hardware dev and edutech.

Hi, I’m Steph

Illustration of a garden inside a windows explorer folder icon, growing colorful flowers, green leaves, and mushrooms.
latest projects

SKILL TREES

Cover of the book 'Skill Seeker' Maker Edition by Steph Piper, displayed within a pink social media post interface.
Digital illustration of a workspace with Maker Skill Trees, including categories like 3D Printing, Gardening, Electronics, Reading and Writing, and Woodworking, with a smiling robot head on the left, a coffee mug, and various stationery items.

Free templates to colour in, level up your skills and get inspired to try new things. Get the Skill Seeker books!

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Three hexagons connected in a chain, with the bottom one shaded black.
Illustration of a plant with elongated oval shapes and black stems.
Two chemical structure diagrams, one with an octagon shape and the other with a hexagon shape, connected by a line.
A black star-shaped figure on a dark background
Cover of a book titled "Make: Skill Seeker Young Maker Edition" with an illustration of a multi-room maker space filled with various tools and activities. The cover has a pink border with yellow accents and purple icons.
Gray, abstract, 3D ribbon-like decorative element with loops and curves on a white background.
Three stylized orange stars outlined in pink on a black background.

glowstitch

I’ve created machine sewable LEDs, making wearable technology and adding lights to clothing fun and easy.

Illustration of a fern behind GlowStitch LED strips.
Illustration of a fern behind GlowStitch LED strips.
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soldering kits

beautiful

A blue and green biology girl soldering kit, a space-themed astronaut soldering kit, and a black and gold cat lamp soldering kit with floral designs displayed on a white surface inside a pink-themed web browser window.
Colorful garden scene with pink, yellow, purple, and red flowers, green bushes, and rocks with mushrooms.
Cartoon illustration of a garden with colorful flowers and mushrooms on green bushes.
The Maker Queen Logo, featuring a pink-themed webpage with tools, a crown, and sparkles, featuring the text 'MAKER Queen'.
A black rectangular clutch bag with gold celestial designs, stars, and constellations, featuring the Maker Queen Logo, with the words "Maker Queen" written in gold on the bottom left corner.

My soldering kits have a unique, colourful aesthetic designed make learning how to solder a delight. These are now stocked with Adafruit (USA), Mouser (USA), BlinkyParts (Germany), Elecrow (China) and are also available through my Shop (Australia).

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