Phil @ MAKE posted this recipe for how to make hamentashen Purim cookies. From the site: Hamentaschen, or Hamen’s hats, are triangular cookies to celebrate Hamen’s defeat at Purim (see the Book of Esther). In Hebrew, they are called Oznei Haman – Hamen’s ears. They are eaten at Purim and included in mishloach manot, the […]
SimpleArtsPlanet created this playful crocheted Rapunzel and her cute yarny prince. She looks kinda chipper for someone trapped in a tower, no? Check out SimpleArtsPlanet’s Flickr for more photos of her fairytale-inspired crochet. Rapunzel Amigurumi
RFID tags are those tiny identifiers in your keyfobs, pets, and quickpay systems. I use them in various art projects and games where the idenfication of specific people is important, but often they come in ugly packages that are cumbersome to use. I started using these flat disc tags recently, and in order to incorporate […]
Here’s the video of last night’s Colbert Report with Dean Kamen talking about his vapor compression distiller. The Colbert Report
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Crafter Dolin O’Shea of Lulu Bliss shows us how to create an embroidery pattern from a photo, in this case a photo of her cute dog Mikey. Dolin’s 101 on Embroidery article is in the current issue of CRAFT:06. Dolin and I have been […]
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Crafter Dolin O’Shea of Lulu Bliss shows us how to create an embroidery pattern from a photo, in this case a photo of her cute dog Mikey. Dolin’s 101 on Embroidery article is in the current issue of CRAFT:06. Dolin and I have been […]
Our fearless interns in the CRAFT/MAKE Lab, Lindsey, Matthew, Meara, Kris, and Ed, happily reported today that they’d received a new machine from Singer to replace the last one, which they’d overworked. Yay! Thanks, Singer! Ed Troxell documented the festivities in his Flickr set.
