Cranky and Plucky are a couple of really cool interactive sculptures that will be at Maker Faire Austin. I can’t wait to check them out in person. Cranky is a 14 ft. long metal cone on wheeels, that has 24 crankshaft music boxes pop riveted onto it’s exterior. They can be played one at a […]
Jason works with propane, forced air, metal salts, and a lot of other stuff that explodes and burns. Make sure to check out his performances at Maker Faire in Austin. Jason is a multidisciplinary artist who loves to experiment. A video artist by trade, he creates science based art from flame effects to giant soap […]
The “Phone Dial Web Browser” by artist / designer David Lu is a custom web browser that uses a vintage phone dial as a physical interface. Dial the IP address of the website that you want to reach and the browser will get you there. The project was built back in 2003 with a BX-24 […]
Mousetrap was a fun board game to play when you were a kid. Now imagine a life-size version. Sounds cool, right? Make sure to come to Maker Faire Austin, because we have one, and it will be crashing a lot of stuff. “‘The Maker Faire is all about making things, like a better mousetrap, or […]
Maker Faire in Austin is just a few weeks away! Where else are you going to experience 250 singing sea creatures? Be sure to check out the complete schedule at the Maker Faire website. What can be more annoying than a billy bass singing fish? Try 250 bolted to a Volvo and singing Opera. This […]
We are highly inspired by Lisa Kokin’s art work created from found materials such as photographs, buttons, books, old toys, and more. The pieces are all about memory and history, many using stitching techniques on items which are not normally sewn. Kokin describes her style, “My work has always had an obsessive quality and this […]
From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Reducing waste + getting a cool building material = DIY Shrinky Dinks. Hundreds of other projects of this quality + 10/18 to 10/19 in Austin makes […]
