Learning the basics of how to make your own chainmail is one of those skills that can have far-reaching applications in your crafts. This week’s flashback comes from way back in 2006, from the pages of our very first issue of CRAFT magazine. Annalee Newitz provides you with the know-how you need to get started […]
As a special preview for MAKE’s upcoming Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest, we’re giving away two copies of Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz, part of the Alex Rider series! Just leave a comment in this post and tell us why you or your kid(s) needs one of these books. That’s all you need to do […]
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Kris Magri, engineering intern How I designed Makey, Part II: Creating the “stretchy” robot body in Inventor When designing Makey the Robot for MAKE, Volume 19, I ran […]
Here’s a very nice bit of video documenting the recent Steampunk exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford. Steampunk Art @ Oxford
The folks at Nice Package have a new tutorial showing how to turn plain metal-rimmed gift tags into stylish, more personalized tags with simple supplies you likely have on hand. They’ve even provided a free download of vintage images and prints in case you want to save time or don’t have images of your own […]
BIBI is a French artist who almost entirely uses trash plastic in his art. He calls himself a “plastician.” [Thanks, Karen!] BIBI, Plastician Artist
I have a story to share. The other day, I bought some pumpkin gnocchi, and last night I decided to make it with sage fried in brown butter to cheer up my sick husband. I checked my trusty copy of How to Cook Everything for the cooking time (they’re done one minute after they rise […]
