Kim Chaloner repurposed her Robeez (baby shoes) bag to work a two color knitting project. The rope handle can be removed, creating two perfect coated holes for yarn. I’ve seen these plastic zippered bags for other products, too, and the smooth surface allows the yarn to spin around the ball inside quite easily. Perfect for […]
If you don’t have time to whip up a handmade valentine this year, do the next best thing and buy one from an indie crafter. Here are a few card ideas to get you started. If a card you like ends up selling out, hunt around elsewhere in their respective shops–there may be something else […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Chris Metcalf constructed this flash snoot from corrugated cardboard and gaffer tape. Although it may sound like the name of a Dr. Suess character, a snoot is a sort of choke used in photography to limit the spread of light from a flash. Snoot’s can create an eerie vignetting […]
Another find from last Friday’s downtown Phoenix art walk, these hand-felted hearts by Amy Long have unexpected details like tiny horseshoes or fire sprinkler heads. They’ll be up at the Eye Lounge until the end of the month. More pictures at my Flickr – Link, and info about Amy’s MFA exhibition – Link.
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Mr. Tentacle submitted this image of his six-legged robot, Hexateuthis – “the 6-legged land squid”. The design uses 18 Lynxmotion servo motors controlled by a Pololu Orangutan board (with an Atmega168 at the helm). Throw in some sleek cabling/chassis contrast and you’ve got yourself one fine piece of machine. Hexateuthis […]
Craftster user Iampoison has posted a detailed photo tutorial on how to make a sweet little jelly donut out of polymer clay, perfect for turning into a charm and stringing onto a necklace. Link.
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Ranjit created this tiny synthesizer for the thing-a-day project. Though only about two inches long, this noisemaker has five sliding switches to augment tone and a pitch control on top. Unfortunately, no schematic was made available – but one book was cited as a source: Handmade Electronic Music takes a […]
