Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club fame will soon be teaching two cool-sounding jewelry classes at Austin’s sewing and crafting hotspot, Craft-o-Rama. There’s a class on making colorful charm jewelry, and another one about creating fun fabric jewelry. Check out the Craft-o-Rama site for more info.
This may not be the most efficient sun tracker, but it sure is simple. This is a really clever way to make a sun tracker, and here is how it works: The small cell provides power to the motor directly. If there is no sun, or night, the motor is not going to work. The […]
Here’s a cool design for an LED pen using an old mouse enclosure – I meet Lori Stotko and Stuart Nafey http://lightdoodles.com/ at this years Makers Faire Auditions. They had these cool Light pens they had made to doodle with. I decided to make some when I got home, and remembered the old Sun three […]
Jovial_cynic continues exploring the possibilities of instrument amplification with this simple yet toneful “Tin Can Amp” built using the Little Gem circuit. You may recall his prior work with the baby-monitor/wireless amp Related: Speaker cans Speaker in a Can HOW TO – Turn a baby monitor into a wireless amp
Crammed Organisms aims to be the largest plush show ever put on–plush will be displayed in four different locations around St. Louis. There will also be a companion book published after the event. You have until March 29 to apply, so hurry hurry!
Some amazing works from the Family of Form exhibit at the Design Huis in Eindhoven, Netherlands. A lamp that develops like a living organism: switch it on and it slowly starts growing by knitting its own lampshade at a speed of three rotations per hour. Sleeping Beauty [via] And the Cindarella table apparently created with […]
m_m on Cut Out + Keep shows you how to sew up a this cute reversible cut-out handle bag.
