Month: December 2009

Young people making handcrafted holiday items at Providence Fab Lab

Young people making handcrafted holiday items at Providence Fab Lab

This holiday season, Kafumba and about 30 other youth are taking a product design class at AS220 Labs, taught by AS220 Labs staff and a designer from Providence-based medical device product development firm Ximedica. The young people have been making and selling handcrafted merchandise in AS220’s Fab Lab – a suite of personal fabrication equipment and software created at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms that includes a laser cutter, milling machine and vinyl cutter.

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Urban Craft Uprising Recap

Last weekend was the 5th annual Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle, the city’s biggest indie craft fair. With almost 9,000 attendees, it was the biggest UCU yet. Although the show’s over you can still shop with the vendors from the show. Applications for vending at the second UCU summer show will open mid February. Subscribe […]

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How-To: Illuminated snowflake ornament

How-To: Illuminated snowflake ornament

Rachel @ CRAFT points us to Syuzi Pakhchyan’s illuminated snowflake ornament tutorial which uses a simple circuit with a battery and magnetic jewelry clasp to power a single LED in the center. In the Maker Shed: Fashioning Technology Ready to take your craft projects to the next level? With “smart” materials, unorthodox assembly techniques, and […]

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