Check out “Soundie” by Kanjun Qiu. It’s an interactive hoodie that plays music based on touch. It also has some LEDs for visual feedback. The entire piece is based on the LilyPad Arduino. I’ve looked at a ton of light up garments, El Wire, etc. This is one of the most tastefully- and artfully-done articles […]
When the fabulous Pontani Sisters engage in their covert after-hours life of fighting crime, they use a select arsenal of weaponry. Seen above are the sisters in action with the Head-Mounted Water Cannon from MAKE Volume 07. John Young shared this lively DIY with us in 2006, along with this hilarious intro: Let’s face it: […]
Here’s what to do if your pool raft doesn’t have a cupholder: make your own drink holder out of pool noodles!
Via WMMNA, Regine writes: Encastrable is a series of guerrilla art residencies held inside gardening and DIY megastores in the Paris area. At no cost at all, the young artists have at their disposal a huge array of material that they can grab, move, superimpose, and organize onto temporary installations and sculptures. Authorization of the […]
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories show us how to make this rad geometric sculpture: George W. Hart is a professor at Stony Brook and is one of our favorite artists, making a wide variety of stunning geometric sculptures. On his of his many works that has particularly captivated us for some time is a sculpture called […]
Bitter Betty Blogs has a tutorial for creating this cute peek-a-boo effect with rick-rack joining two pieces of fabric. She’s used it for curtains in her kitchen, but points out that it would also be a great to use along hemlines and tablecloths with contrasting bands of fabric.
Lisa from Greece writes in: I am fairly new to making paper beads but completely hooked. My only problem is – how the heck can I be assured of making the same shape time after time? Most of my beads are longish but I would love to make small, roundish ones to put between the […]
