If you are curious about the technical details of designing and laying out gears and gear trains, you can download a complete, free, public domain copy of the 1922 edition of the American Machinist Gear Book from Google Books right now.
Amphibious architecture, I TXTed a beaver in the East River, neat… You can too, just text “EastRiver” or “BronxRiver” to 41411 Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface floating on the water’s surface, a veritable looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem. This manufactured point of connection submerges ubiquitous computing into the one element that covers 90% […]
I dunno if these pixel art stained glass windows I stumbled upon in Gary in Cleveland’s Flickr stream are his original work or not, but I dig ’em. Can anyone confirm authorship?
Keeping your eyes open during a life-casting of your face is probably impossible and in any case is certainly a very bad idea. So life-cast heads always have closed eyes. YouTuber brickintheyard, affiliated with BITY Mold Supply, has provided a great video tutorial on how to sculpt those eyes back open.
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: U for the Plush You! show by miaumau, Tidal twinings zig-zag basket class by Dunbar Gardens, Theremin Cat for TMBG’s Here Comes Science liner notes by the inimitable hine, and a closeup of this jellyfish embroidery by caffaknitted. What a weekend! If you haven’t joined the […]
It’s been awesome week on Craftzine. Here are some of my favorites: Carl Thompson Custom Basses How-To: Knit Caution Tape Spider Silk Weaving Pixelated Art From Paint Chips Shoelace Rug
There’s Jake, there’s Elwood, and there’s Dr. Kreepy. In this video he shows you how to cast cheap prop skulls by blowing canned expanding foam from the hardware store into a blow-molded plastic master. Good stuff. Wear work clothes!
