Paris 2007, a popularity meter
Tim Schwartz made clever use of an old indicator dial with his piece Paris, 2007.
Year: 2009
Ikea Lamp Hack
I wanted to create a new theme for his room to celebrate his starting school. He asked for a room decorated from the pages of one of his favorite books, The Octonauts. This was fun and difficult at the same time. One of my favorite elements turned out to be this gussied up lamp, which came from, you guessed it, Ikea.
Embroidered Wood Panel Car
Doe-c-doe created this fun embroidered ode to vintage wood-paneled cars. the overall piece is 18″ x 11″ & I got the illustration from a thrifted book. I created the wood paneling by scanning a piece of wood-grain contact paper then manipulated it in photoshop to make the scale & perspective work for the image, then […]
Today! Maker Faire on CBS’s “Eye on the Bay”
If you’re in the SF Bay area, don’t miss the segment on Maker Faire tonight at 7 p.m. on CBS 5’s Eye on the Bay!
A skeleton is electrocuted on Mark Csele’s porch
Our 2008 display, pictured here, featured a skeleton in an electric chair. When a kid approaches the porch the system triggers and the skeleton rises out of the chair accompanied by fog, a strobe light, and loud sounds of an electrical arc. The front window featured a rear-projection video of a large tesla coil operating with large arcs streaming everywhere to complete the ‘mad scientist’ appearance….The electric chair has a light rope for the “wires” connecting the skeleton to the chair. Upon triggering fog is released by a fog machine behind the chair, illuminated by eerie green light and a strobe light.
Lego baseplate shirt
Ty over at ThinkGeek hipped us to their latest custom product, which is a T-shirt with a Lego-compatible baseplate attached to the front so you can build stuff on it–murals, spaceships, chunky boobs, whatever floats your boat.
Straw-bale house construction timeline
Peter Maltzan is building a passive solar straw-bale house, and has been at it since October of 2008. He’s done a great job of documenting the construction process, which is now nearly complete, in photographs. Highly recommended if you want to get a feel for how it all goes together. Thanks to MAKE subscriber Pete Marchetto for suggesting the link.