Etsy sellers Stil Novo Design make one-off hand-crafted furniture from reclaimed French white oak wine barrel staves. The pieces are good-looking and quite reasonably priced for handmade furniture. [Thanks, Camilla!]
Sugru is a lot like epoxy putty, except that it sets on exposure to air (so you don’t have to knead two different components together) and that it dries to a soft, pliable, bouncy silicone elastomer. It sticks to most surfaces and bonds especially well to metals. [via Hack a Day]
Andre writes – That’s right – we’re finally coming full circle with the Fritzing project and are soon launching the much-wanted fabrication service that turns your Fritzing sketches into professional printed circuit boards! So in order to kick it off, we thought why not celebrate this as a fritzmas present to the community. We will […]
MAKE subscriber Kakehi spotted this unusual Arduino incarnation at a recent Make: Tokyo meeting – Kimio Kosaka’s Arduino skeleton, made from nothing but components, steel wire, solder, and loving care. The board design is based off of the Metaboard Arduino-(mostly)compatible, which implements USB compatibility in the chip’s firmware. Hmmm รขโฌยฆ insulated standoffs anyone? Maybe a […]
Craftster user littlepierre created this stunning trompe l’oeil topstitched dress as part of her senior design class at Florida State. I love the details and how they turn a simple dress into something quite extraordinary. Fantastic! (also worth mentioning are the amazing plastic canvas pill box hats she’s wearing in the pictures) [via Mr. X […]
Over at NYCResistor, Devon shows off his handmade satchel of durability plus some of the unique pieces it holds therein. Perfect accessory for your next renaissance fair outing! Related: Chainmail chess set
Sean @ MAKE writes: If, like me, you’ve been stressing out about where to find a cardboard rhino head before Xmas, I bring glad tidings: Ye need look no further than Cardboard Safari. They also have cardboard moose heads, deer heads, whole rhinoceri, and, predictably, rocket ships.
