I’ve known for a while that one of the key legal challenges to the growth of the DIY segment as a source of innovation is liability law. So-called consumer protection laws have long been used to punish manufacturers who produce defective or harmful products, even if the use of the product extends beyond what the […]
Matt Cottam wrote in with this cool project he made for Papercamp. He started with patterns from The American Girl’s Home Book of Work And Play by Helen Campbell (1890) and cut them on a laser cutter on 300gsm paper. Matt brought the images into Illustrator, and traced their outlines with the pen tool. To […]
Gareth @ MAKE writes: Tabistry? Yup. At least according to this site it’s the “art of creating versatile textile out of ordinary soda/bear/soup/fruit/other can pull tabs woven together with fabric, ribbon, cord, wire, jump rings or any other material.” Some of the work is quite lovely. Seems a little… inappropriate to make a kid’s hat […]
Very cool – Franky wrote up a MIDI code library for use with Arduino. It handles the basic serial setup, interprets and filters incoming messages – also sets a pin to control the optocoupler chip (no worrying about incoming data messing with sketch uploads). Plus it handles MIDI out/thru transmissions as well – super helpful. […]
Bunny Cakes created these cute zebra Valentine cards as an option for her children to hand out at school. She’s offered a PDF version for download on her web site, and for the first few commenters on her post, she’ll even create a custom version with your kiddo’s name.
Plum Pudding shows us how to use an old shoebox to create a toy terrarium, full of magazine photo cutouts, twigs and rocks.
Just wanted to share the news that I have teamed up with CRAFT contributors BIllie Lopez and Tootie Maldonado to open a new “Home Ec. Department” within their Los Angeles gift shop ReForm School! We’re kicking things off next month with a series of amazing classes from a variety of local makers (including many folks […]
