tutorials

Light Up Your 3D Prints with Glow in the Dark Filament Techniques

Matt Griffin

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August 31st, 2015March 23rd, 2016 1

This new glow in the dark filament will have your 3D prints looking phosphorescent.

How-To: DIY Bottle Lamps

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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April 15th, 2014 0

Lighten up a little with this brilliant DIY Bottle Lamps tutorial by Kiri Masters of ilikethatlamp.

School Us: We Want Your Tutorials

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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December 4th, 2013 0

Projects and how-to’s are the core of what we do at MAKE. Equally important are tutorials. Tutorials are a subset of projects. They are the skills, techniques, and know-how needed to complete a project. If you’ve got expertise on a subject and are willing to share a tutorial with MAKE readers, we want to hear from you.

Mini Hexie Necklace

By Meg Allan Cole

Meg Allan Cole

DIY guru

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October 24th, 2013 0

CRAFT’s own Haley makes the coolest creations with her top-notch sewing skills, and shows us how in the most accessible way. Check out her latest tutorial on The Zen of Making where she shows us how to make this really cool mini hexie necklace.

Robot Puppet Party at Maker Faire

By Karen Tanenbaum

Karen Tanenbaum

I am a technology researcher and designer; a Steampunk prop maker and costumer; a writer of both academic papers and blog posts; a voracious reader/watcher of science fiction. I am currently contributing to MAKE by writing about the Maker Faire. You can contact me via karen@makermedia.com

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April 11th, 2013December 8th, 2015 2

The Hello World Program would like to invite you to a Robot Puppet Party at the Maker Faire Bay Area next month. Hello World has been running for about a year, building a library of video tutorials on a variety of open source tech topics, narrated by handmade puppets. Guido the Python teaches the Python programming language, of course, while the robot Unique ID discusses robotics, circuitry and the basics of object-oriented programming. Currently under construction is a new fox puppet who will be in charge of HTML tutorials.

New in the Maker Shed: Arduino Robot Shield Kit

By Michael Castor

Michael Castor

I am the Evangelist for the Maker Shed. It seems that there is no limit to my making interests. I'm a tinkerer at heart and have a passion for solving problems and figuring out how things work. When not working for Make I can be found falling off my unicycle, running in adverse weather conditions, skiing down the nearest hill, restoring vintage motorcycles, or working on my car.

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June 22nd, 2012November 16th, 2015

Want to learn about Arduino and robotics? Check out the new Robotics Shield Kit for Arduino from the Maker Shed!

How-To: Choose Great Tutorial Photographs

By Brookelynn Morris

Brookelynn Morris

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July 6th, 2010 2

Every week it’s my job to create a tutorial for How-To Tuesdays. The projects themselves are fun, crafty and creative, but making a tutorial while crafting presents a unique challenge. I try to write careful and thoughtful instructions for each project, but my goal is for any reader to be able to follow a project […]