I can’t believe I haven’t thought of this before: Bonnie Burton at Star Wars Crafts made a glitter (snow) globe out of an old jar, a bottle cap, and a figurine. The possibilities for building scenes into the jar lid are seemingly endless! More: Star Wars Crafts – Craft Video Podcast
Dave Selden writes in with his amazing food football stadium, which I’m sure was a delight at his Superbowl party. He documented his process so you can build one for your next stadium-themed party. More: Superbowl Sunday foods
Our new issue of CRAFT: 10 hits the newsstands next Tuesday but I can’t contain myself over our new cover girl, Amy Sedaris. The suspense is too much and I feel like Kristin Wig’s character in that SNL Surprise Party skit. (An impression that I love to do, btw.) Amy Sedaris not only is the […]
It looks easy enough, a few stitches here and there that almost make it seem a line drawing: simple and lyrical. But Portland-based Vivienne Strauss captures something else in this lovely scene. A come-hither look? Or something just shy of nonchalance? If you happen to be in New York City from February 6-27, you can […]
Here’s a really neat energy project: In this instructable, we describe how to build a photo-bioreactor that uses algae to convert carbon dioxide and sunlight into energy. The energy that is produced is in the form of algae biomass. The photo-bioreactor is built from plastic recycled water bottles. By using algae as a biofuel, we […]
from a2geek’s Flickr photo set Ann Arbour-area geeks traversed unpleasant wintery conditions, risked lives, and were rewarded with free Make: television. Even with treacherous roads and cold temperatures, 70 people showed up for our screening of two episodes of Make TV Thursday night on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Some […]
The film Handmade Nation is premiering in NYC! A new wave of craft is catching the attention of the nation. It has emerged as a marriage between historical technique, punk, and the DIY (do it yourself) ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism, and art. In June 2006 director Faythe Levine set […]
