Month: March 2008

Basket weaving with cable ties…

Basket weaving with cable ties…

Artist Niall de Buitléar writes in with some of his latest works… Various sculptures by Irish artist Niall de Buitlear using a range of found materials including cable ties (collected from poles and lampposts after election posters had been removed), plastic cables from bales of concrete blocks and burnt matchsticks. I use various labour intensive […]

LED birthday candle

LED birthday candle

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Laen built this LED birthday candle, “Made from a home-made flip-flop circuit, a pill bottle, and some foil.” The foil protrusion at the top may look like a wick, but it’s actually a contact for a breath controlled switch – if it’s blown into contact with the left […]