I love spring with its rain showers, budding trees, and sense of renewal. And while it’s definitely fun to play in the mud, it’s not so fun when that mud enters my car. (Did I mention I have a big, white, fluffy dog?) Great time to revisit Brookelynn Morris’ Custom Seat Covers project from CRAFT […]
Sean Ragan writes: A few times in my experiments with creative reuse I’ve had some very satisfying Aha! moments. One was my finding, back in 2004, that this flexible blue plastic conduit (or “ENT” = Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing), which I find very beautiful, fits perfectly into 3/4″ PVC pipe fittings. Using only conduit, 3/4″ PVC […]
Here’s a really attractively displayed project by H. Mathis: Using Craigslist, I posed a listing in every state. Each had to be unique. The Craigslist post read that I was working on an art project. (oh man, do people love that) I explained that I created a dirt retrieval system to get the dirt back […]
Inspired by the 50 handmade boxes sent from the Coraline movie creators to bloggers, my little mochi put together a Coraline mini-mystery box swap. The boxes are being completed and shipped, and there are some really stunning pieces showing up in the swap’s Flickr pool. I love the way everyone was so inspired to create […]
In response to Chris’ Val ties the canoe piece, one of our readers, Dave, wrote: Zeppelin knot I bought a used Mother Earth News magazine just because of the article on a knot that it had inside. It is a GREAT knot for tying two lines together. The history makes it interesting. Here is the […]
Junkbot sculptor Lockwasher strikes again (strikes back?). What is Beer2-D3 made from? Beer2’s technical specs: Head – 1945 chrome BLC utility light shell. Eye – vintage movie camera lens w/adjustable spring-loaded aluminum casing. Body – 4.7 liter “adult soda” mini-keg. Legs – propane tank valve handles, brass spacers, drilled-out washers, pair of aluminum Lady Josephine […]
By way of Ladyada comes this tidbit from this morning’s iPhone OS 3.0 press conference. She writes: Ryan Block from GDGT has some major news from the iPhone 3.0 press conference, pretty soon you’ll be able to make/hack/add any accessories to the iPhone – wow! We’ll see some Arduino projects shortly. 10:20AM – Apps talk […]
