These amazing works of art are made entirely from found materials. Here is an excerpt from the artist: Hubcap creatures are made entirely from re-cycled materials. All the hubcaps are found, usually on the side of the road, and therefore bear the scars of their previous lives in the form of scratches and abrasions. I […]
Do you or your kids like to make movies that require dramatic doors? The teens at Phantom Moose Films made these great ones from nothing more than cardboard and spray paint. The video is of three different ways they can be used. The site has plenty of pictures from which to glean the processes they […]
We posted about the Japanese scooter scene last week. If it made you interested in modding your own scooter, then this might be a good place for inspiration. The website is in Japanese, and the Google translation isn’t the best, but it is a great series of pictures of the build process. Did I mention […]
Make your own iPhone skin with this tutorial. You can download a template from the website, along with very detailed instructions. I really like the matte black finish, since it will help hide all those messy fingerprints and tiny scratches. The slimmest of iPhone cases is still too thick to use with the dock, so […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Senseless has been toiling away for a good while now on his “Top Secret!” underground bunker project – and the results are more than impressive! See all the photo-documentation on his Flickr set Related: Duck and Cover! Fall out shelters
Sister Diane shows us how to turn plastic canvas and a pile of buttons into these pretty button pendants.
This is a functional glass seismograph for measuring earthquakes. It stands about 40″ tall, and is about 48″ wide installed. It measures vibrations along the x and y axes (side to side), as well as the z axis (up and down), on three helicorders. Ideally, it should be bolted into bedrock for accuracy… Andy Paiko […]
