Painted Fabric Silhouettes
Anna Maria Horner went on Martha to make these adorable painted fabric silhouettes. A great way to make some quick and pretty wall art. [ via ] Link.
Continue ReadingAnna Maria Horner went on Martha to make these adorable painted fabric silhouettes. A great way to make some quick and pretty wall art. [ via ] Link.
Continue ReadingThe March sampler arrived with a lot of sweet silkscreen and letterpress treats. Time to start writing letters and cards to all my friends. Here are some of my favorites: Decorated pushpins by Marajane Creations – Link. Ribbon embracelets by Kooshis – Link. Assorted note cards by Noodleroll – Link. The Location Collection letterpress cards […]
Continue ReadingThis elephant pincushion on Cut Out + Keep is pretty big for just pins. Luckily it will look great by your sewing machine with or without the pins. Link.
Continue ReadingAah, traffic to your site never sounded so satisfyingly physical before – Bob sent us info on his physical hit counter which uses no microcontroller or complex parts, just an RS232 connection, a few electronic components and s little software. (well of course there is that clicking counter unit as well) Still, a fresh approach […]
Continue ReadingCarlos sent us this interesting take on persistence of vision tech. This “low tech – POV spinning display” uses an arduino, paint roller, and the contact braids from a toy slot car. Clever design – those contacts act as an effective timer/trigger, simplifying the manual animation(aka – waving) process. – Link Related: Menorah-POV – Link […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re in San Diego and want to see a giant example of extreme engineering (steam powered too) – check out the Midway museum, it’s an aircraft carrier circa WWII that served all the way up to the Kuwait war (1992) – it was he longest serving aircraft carrier in the history of the U.S. […]
Continue ReadingMAKE contributor Douglas Repetto writes: ArtBots is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their work for possible inclusion in the show. We […]
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