I helped Tom Igoe with the RFID/Arduino workshop at ETech, and it was a lot of fun. Really inspiring to watch people explore and make! Alasdair Allan wrote up the workshop over at The Daily ACK: My afternoon tutorial is Hands-on RFID for Makers given by Tom Igoe and Brian Jepson. We’ve been given, well […]
Next up in Etsy’s Handmade Portrait series is this video about Holly Stewart, aka Artstew, who makes artwork using dispersed dyes on polyester. Great story!
Inimitable web celebrity Leslie Hall presents her tribute to crafters and makers – the danceworthy “Craft Talk”. [Thanks, Erica!] Hall and crew go for a Guinness record with the “world’s largest gem sweater in the world”. They’ll definitely have some competition should they try for knitting next – From the pages of CRAFT: CRAFT, Volume […]
Kelly of Make Grow Gather has an interview with fabric designer and author Heather Ross talking about her background, and inspiration for her fabric designs and book, Weekend Sewing. Leave a comment on Kelly’s blog for any questions you may have for Heather who will be back on Wednesday, March 11th to answer your questions.
Sometimes I find crafty inspiration in the most unexpected places. While watching The Colbert Report last night, my ears perked up when I heard Steven Colbert note that his musical guest, Lisa Hannigan, had stitched all the art for her CD cover and liner notes for the album Sea Sew. I was instantly intrigued and […]
MAKE, Volume 17 is here (m4v video)! Get your spark on with Steampunk genius and cover star Jake von Slatt’s Wimshurst Influence Machine. Learn to build your own categorized cabinet of wonders to display your collectible oddities. Read all about William Blake, a poet who was actually a maker! Go inside a California steam-powered sawmill. […]
Infrared sensors can give robotics projects useful data about nearby objects, but what if you want to actually see that data yourself? – I recently acquired a few Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F IR distance sensors. This is an inexpensive proximity sensor which can detect objects from 10-80cm. A nice tutorial on this sensor can be found at […]
