HOW TO – Modern Centerpiece with Natural Materials
Kayte Terry shows us how to turn natural materials like twigs and wool roving into beautiful modern centerpieces with this tutorial on CraftStylish.
Year: 2008
HOW TO – Sew a Long Silk Scarf
Colette Sewing Patterns has a tutorial for making a long silk scarf. The tutorial includes instructions for how to create a french seam and how to make a hand rolled hem.
City Sampler: Portland, OR
The new City Sampler from Portland, Oregon was coordinated by Portland Independent Artisans Cooperative (PDXindie) for the Sampler. They grabbed items from 20 Portland artists to create 100 boxes. Here are a few of my personal favorites from the collection: cute Robo Dino sticker from Lolly-Tots little glass mobile from Leah Pellegrini recycled marble thumbtacks […]
Rompler drum machine
Sebastian made a hardware-only (no microcontroller) drum machine – I wanted to make a device that plays back digital audio, without the use of any programming or a microcontroller or a computer. In other words, the most basic rompler, as a hardware-only device. I’m continually impressed by the complex breadboarding I see in projects like […]
Embroidered Anatomical Ear
Craftster user Weird_Lover_Wilde made this gorgeously detailed embroidered ear as a gift for her family doctor. She must have a great doctor to inspire this kind of craftsmanship! Look at all those lovely stiches!
Embed high-res Youtube videos
Here’s an example of a normal embedded Youtube video, borrowed from Patti Schiendelman’s Gakken Mechamo Inchworm post. Back in march, it was discovered that when you view a video directly on Youtube, you could add a “&fmt=18” to the URL to enable a higher quality, higher resolution stream which is encoded with the H.264 codec. […]
Interactivos? call for garage science projects
News from Regine at WMMNA: The Medialab-Prado people are launching the latest of their increasingly successful interactivos? calls for the presentation of projects. A maximum of 8 projects will be selected for their production in a workshop that will take place in Madrid on January 28 to February 14, 2009. Happy project leaders will count […]
