CRAFT, Vol. 10: Celebrate! – CRAFT Video Podcast
Here’s a peak at some of the great stuff in CRAFT, Volume 10! Head to craftzine.com for more crafty DIY projects.
Year: 2009
Backwards Beekeeper video
I belong to the Backwards Beekeepers Club in Los Angeles, which is run by Kirk Anderson. Club member Russell Bates made this nice video on how to make starter strips for your beehive frames.
HOW TO – Fuzzy Math Plushies
Instructables user j_l_larson writes: Do you tend to avoid anything that involves math? Are you calclueless? Don’t you hate how they call it “the calculus” like it’s all high falutin and more important than the other math subjects? The basic problem is, math has a bad rep. Math was like mental gymnastics class, some people […]
Super Class A 30W amplifier
I love ogling these crazed homebrewed audio power amps that people build. This one is based on Jean Hiraga’s 20W Class-A Amplifier, but it’s been tricked out further to become the “Super Class A 30W Amplifier.” Check out those monster caps. Those are six 220000 uF capacitors (1.2 Farads!) and (in the center) that’s a […]
The Photographic Dictionary
I just discovered The Photographic Dictionary site through the COLOURlovers blog, and it’s a great source of visual inspiration. The image above (by Federico Ciamei) is for the definition of Stripe, but the words range from the very concrete (Airport, or Green) to the abstract (Ephemeral, or Senescent). I love the way it makes me […]
LED felt brooches
These were posted to the MAKE Flickr pool with no explanation (in English), but you can pretty figure it out. It’s basically an LED Throwie inside of felt craft with a pin back. Techno-Handcraft More: HOW TO – Make LED Throwies
Lamps made from slides and film
Artist and MAKE subscriber Michael Marcovici sent us the link to these amazing lamps he made out of mounted slides and reels of film. While you’re at his site, check out his other amazing work. Lights