Betz White created this fun embroidery hoop Jack-O-Lantern with scraps of felted wool sweaters and a bit of reverse appliqué. Such a fun idea, and it would be great to have a whole wall of them with faces created by all the members in your family!
Rob Meyer built this amazingly small (1/18th scale) R2-D2 with three of Solarbotics GM15 pager gearmotors. It uses two of the motors in the drive train and one to rotate the mech’s dome. It measures 2.36″/6cm tall! [via Solarbotics] Rob Meyer Productions
Eric and Christy at Instructables show you how to dress up your infant like a in an actual pumpkin.
It’s old news, but this awesome foam Golem suit from live action role players in New Zealand just caught my eye.
Lee at Threadbanger has an awesome roundup of trivets, pot holders, and table decor this weekend. I am loving Diane’s felted sweater trivet. Thanks Lee for also featuring a few projects from CRAFT!
Bread Heads By Anna Dilemna One of the most popular animated children’s characters in Japan is a superhero named Anpanman (Mr. Sweet Bun), who is made entirely of bread. Together with his doughy cohorts (who have names such as Mr. White Bread Man and Mr. Curry Bun), Anpanman fights malnutrition by allowing hungry people to […]
Erwin Wurm is one of my favorite contemporary artists. He often uses people and clothing in his work, either as models for photographs or molds for sculptures. His work is often funny, silly, while at the same time awkward and unsettling. This one’s called Gulp. [via VVORK]
