Month: October 2007

Craft Biz Q+A: Made by Tess

This week’s interviewee is Tess Lee, the creative force behing the super-sweet site Made by Tess. Tess is an avid crafter and sewer, and a fairly recent transplant to North Carolina, where she participates in her local quilt guild (even riding to meetings with her sewing machine strapped to her bike). She’s best known for […]

The Drum buddy

The Drum buddy

Liane writes – Just wanted to give you a heads-up if you don’t already know… My favorite contemporary musical invention is going back into production! Mr. Quintron will be making ten more Drum Buddies after Laurie Anderson herself placed an order for one. The Drum Buddy is a unique percussion synthesizer made with oscillators, photoresistors, […]

MouseTrap Moves Into Maker Faire

Mark Perez and his team are on site at Maker Faire Austin and they’ve begun unloading all the major pieces of Life-sized Mousetrap Game. (There are eleven large sections.) Yesterday, I heard that Cyclecide Bike Rodeo was in Tucson. This morning, I had a phone call from Paul Cesewski who is bringing the 22-foot tall […]