The fabulous Lisa Katayama points to these adorable felt speakers on her equally fabulous TokyoMango blog. Whether they’re Russian stacking dolls or Kokeshi, they definitely seem like something you crafty, techno-savvy readers could easily re-create at home. Send us some photos if you do, or post them in the Craft Flickr pool.
Gareth @ MAKE points us to this awesome-looking Smart Art Competition: To show how discarded items can be redesigned into works of art as well as functional everyday items. Prizes First Place • $2,000 Cash Award • Future exhibition opportunity in a highly visible San Francisco venue or museum • Featured in the online Art […]
Photo from Scot Frank on Flickr A few weeks ago I met up with Scot Frank at an event held by Amy Smith‘s D-Lab group at MIT. Scot told me of his project One Earth Designs, and their work to help create effective engineering solutions for people in the developing world. Via email, Scot shared […]
In the first nine episodes of Make: television, we’ve profiled photographers, visual artists, pyrotechnic sculptors, kinetic wave sculptors, bicyclists, steampunkers, musicians, and conservationists. Check out the Maker Profile on Make: television this weekend, March 7th, to see Syuzi Pakhchyan and some of her amazing wearable creations. Syuzi is one of the very first Makers of […]
Melissa of art = love = life created these charming softies, based on the Baba Yaga character from Russian folklore. In the stories, Baba Yaga is often portrayed as living in a house with chicken feet. I made the first one for a friend who was having a bad day, but then I decided that […]
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
Shelly Leer aka ModHomeEcTeacher wrote this tutorial for working with double welt cord, a very professional-looking yet easy upholstery finishing technique. It covers up your staples and looks quite polished.
