Cool Tools has a review up for The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay and Neil Ardley, which has just been added to my wish list. The striking and explanatory illustrations show you how even very complicated things work in a simple and fun way.
Kim at True Up has put together a very handy guide to the various digital fabric printing services available online. I do recommend each of the companies, but each has its own price range, basecloth offerings, printing technology, file requirements, and extra services. I’ve prepared this free downloadable .pdf that compares all these factors at […]
It’s almost time for Burning Man, and you know what that means — no, not rampant nudity — dust. Lots and lots of dust. Tim Elverston decided to make his own pair of black leather dust goggles from an old leather jacket and some pieces of tempered and UV resistant glass from halogen ‘puck style’ […]
Your Friendly Neighborhood Organ Grinder is an Etsy shop filled with crafty organs of all sorts. Brains, eyeballs and more all mashed up with keychains, hair clips, in jars, on walls, you name it. Via Street Anatomy.
Last week I reviewed a new primer for design, Digital Textile Design, written by Melanie Bowles and Ceri Isaac (Laurence King Publishers). This week we have an excerpt to share: a tutorial on making custom plaid.
Remember the “The Manga Guide to Statistics” ? Hack a Day reviews The Manga Guide to Electricity… fun! “The Manga Guide to Electricityâ€, part of “The Manga Guide†series by No Starch Press, is a novel approach to the old problem of getting over the initial mental block when trying to learn electronics. We decided […]
This week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast is one we featured back here in 2007, the Maddy Top from BurdaStyle. It’s a stylish top that you can sew up this weekend to wear right away. This top’s signature look is centered on the diamond gathered in the front. Make sure you choose the right fabric because the […]
