If you’re near Santa Barbara this afternoon, don’t miss Garth Johnson’s artist lecture at Santa Barbara City College! I’ll be talking about my own work, Extreme Craft and the joys of paintball painting. For more from Garth, visit Extreme Craft–or come see Garth’s presentation at Maker Faire!
Windell, over at EMS Labs, takes a break from experimenting with hardware to play with his food, geeking out over the strange and cool properties of the Nelumbo Nucifera, also known as the Sacred Lotus (amongst other names): Any plant fiber running down the length of the rhizome would be trimmed down to an inch […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Holotone grafted a toy phone circuit to an old PC gaming joystick and added onboard speaker, touch contacts, photocell/LED control, pitch control and more! – thus the Tiny Optotouch is born. The joystick itself is just two potentiometers, so I use them as switchable pitch adjustment on […]
Kristy at Lower Your Presser Foot shares her discovery that IKEA’s Aneboda drawers are the perfect size for organizing sewing patterns–she managed to fit 587 pattern envelopes in hers and still has room for more. A great tip if you’re in need of more space in your sewing area! IKEA Pattern Drawers
Domino explains how to paint rainbow stairs inspired by clothing designer’s Lisa Perry’s colorful staircase above. [ via AT ohdeedoh ]
Shoulder-fired “spud gun” fires 10″ PVC missiles instead o’ spuds. Stinger Spud Gun [via] Related: Make a Spud Gun Instructions and 3D PDF The SGTC Mega-Launcher Spudgun From the pages of MAKE: From the pages of MAKE: The Night Lighter 36. Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru […]
Ruajennie made her own welcome mat using pieces of outdoor carpet and astroturf bits, turning it into a nice patchwork of a mat. Related: HOW TO – Make a Custom Welcome Mat
