Holly Wales’ Tape Animals
Saw these on Modern Craft: Holly Wales is a talented illustrator (check out her “Household Objects” series) who also creates fun assemblages and collage work. I love her animals made from tape.
Month: July 2008
Papercraft Crab and Polar Bear
Patti @ MAKE points us to two great free papercraft animal patterns: Papercraft Paradise has links to a couple really neat paper models. Konicaminolta has a wonderful fiddler crab model. There are 2 PDFs – one has the parts, the other has instructions. And Kirin has a cute polar bear papercraft with a wobbly head; […]
Singing with the fishes
The Sashimi Tabernacle Choir is an art car project by Richard Carter, John Schroeter (Houston, TX), and some thirty volunteers. The car incorporates 250 singing Billy Bass animatronic fish and 250 mechanical lobsters, including a conductor that’s perched on a boom over the hood of the 1984 Volvo sedan the choir calls home. After the […]
Movie Theater Seat Makeover
Spotted on Apartment Therapy SF: KnitSonya gave these tired, old movie theater seats a gorgeous makeover using a colorful array of Marimekko fabrics.
Heath Ceramics Factory Tour
Last weekend, I took a quick trip to San Francisco, and was lucky enough to fit in a side jaunt to Sausalito to visit the Heath Ceramics factory for a tour. Peeking behind the scenes at this legendary mid-century pottery house was an amazing experience, which I really recommend you check out if you get […]
Citizen Engineer – Phones: SIM card & payphone hacking
Citizen Engineer is an online video series about open source hardware, electronics, art and hacking. The first video debuted at “The Last HOPE” conference today in New York City. Volume 1is about phones: SIM card & payphone hacking. Learn how a SIM card works (the small card inside GSM cell phones) make a SIM card […]
Singer Futura Computerized Embroidery Machine – CRAFT Video Podcast
Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes While at Maker Faire in May, I got a chance to get a terrific demo from Vivian Lavinskas of Singer Sewing Company on their Singer Futura line of computerized embroidery machines. Having one myself and being a techie, I can vouch for […]
