Month: January 2008

Glass artist

Glass artist

For centuries the Hammesfahr family has been blowing rods of glass into objects of art, I wonder if they’re still doing this? Looks like they had a book Mechanix Illustrated 1947- THE place is a Brooklyn workshop, the year, 1947. George Hammesfahr blows gently into the hollow glass rod and a wine-red bubble puffs slowly […]

Wireless MidiTron

Wireless MidiTron

Eric released a new wireless MidiTron – MidiTronâ„¢ Wireless is a wireless sensor-to-MIDI interface. It consists of a compact sensor interface/transmitter unit and a corresponding receiver/output unit which interfaces via USB or MIDI. It provides 20 inputs in any combination of up to 10 analog inputs and 20 digital inputs. Sensor inputs are converted and […]

Brooch Display

Like many others, I’ve been bitten by the “new year, fresh start” bug and have been spending some time re-organizing my apartment. I came across a beloved but rarely-used fabric purse in my closet and decided to pin my (mostly handmade) brooch collection to it. Now I can grab what I need without digging through […]