Jenny Ryan is responsible for turning me on to the wonder that is Leslie Hall. I’ve been jamming out (and laughing hysterically) to her tunes since I learned about her last fall as Jenny prepped for Felt Club. Hall wrote a song called “Craft Talk” especially for her Felt Club performance, and she’s released a […]
Here’s an unusual goal for a project – nothing. Though designed for apparently no productive results, the simple hand-operated Do-Nothing (aka Kentucky Do-Nothing) is capable of drawing ellipses if outfitted with a writing implement – plus it could definitely teach those new to basic woodworking a thing or two. In fact making a do-nothing is […]
We’ve posted a bit about abrasion holography in the past, but since then, “science hobbyist” extraordinaire Bill Beaty has posted the above vid demonstrating some great examples of his technique. The process is surprisingly simple, requiring some basic materials and a bit of patience – Scratch-holograms can be made on CD cases using a couple […]
The MAKE crew was in attendance at yesterday’s FIRST robotics event in NYC. Every year this competition fills the Javits Center with a ton of creative and constructive energy — oh and robots too! Machine athletes battled for supremacy and many Parents & kids came by to say hi and talk bots. Check out more […]
I read recently an article in the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest by Lisa Anne Auerbach called “d.d.i.y. Don’t Do It Yourself:” D.I.Y. used to mean grabbing a Sharpieâ„¢ and starting one’s own revolution through words and actions. Now it means going into debt at mega-stores, consuming more and more materials manufactured overseas, raping the […]
I’m probably not alone in saying that I used to code adventure games on my TI-85 when I was younger, but Sam Heald’s Super Mario reproduction is so much cooler: Super Mario features beautiful graphics courtesy of Bill Nagel, 13 unique enemies, 64 unique background tiles (some with animation), fast scrolling, powerups like growth or […]
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we try to focus on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into […]
