Plavalaguna on Craftster whipped up a customized, homemade boardgame called Huggable (inspired by Scrabble) as a gift for her boyfriend. The game pieces are made from baked, carved, and varnished clay while the board itself is made from hand-stitched felt.
Italian duo Eva & Franco Mattes 0100101110101101.org had a show up in June at Dutch gallery Mu called It’s always six o’clock . It features toys and characters taking over other toys and characters, including the piece above with Winnie the Pooh. More pictures, via Buzzfeed.
Next time you’ve got the sniffles and you find yourself in the Kleenex aisle, take a closer look at the boxes they come in. Our very own CRAFT: 09 cover girl, Betz White, has designed a box for the company featuring some of her trademark felted and stitched artwork.
Espresso geeks are always trying to measure and adjust the pressure and temperature of our machines to make better shots. Like the gearhead distinction between theoretical engine horsepower and actual power to the wheels of a car, we don’t always trust the boiler manometer, and want to know what the pressure is right at the […]
If you built a kit in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire Austin, you might have gotten some help from Jimmie Rodgers, the creator of one of the newest additions to the Maker Shed Store, the Open Heart Kit. It’s an array of LEDs that you hook up to an Arduino, and can be programmed […]
The Mcor Technologies 3D printer makes objects from regular paper… via Giz
Jamie @ F.A.T writes… A visualization of people who’ve contributed to the Barack Obama page on Wikipedia. Users who edit a lot drift toward the center. Best watched full screen. Visualized using code_swarm (Processing) and my new Wikipedia page history parser Wikiswarm (Ruby). Instructions on how to make your own visualizations can be found in […]
