Little Spaceman Lamp
Matt Borgatti designed and made this little spaceman lamp with an Edison bulb, perfect for your desk or bedside table. He’s looking to produce a line of them, and has a kickstarter page set up for the project.
Month: January 2010
Brotherton’s “Discoveries in Dystopia”
My friend Greg Brotherton, who’s presented at Maker Faire, co-runs Device Gallery (with wife Amy) in San Diego, and publishes the amazing Device book series (for which I’ve written intros), has a show opening tomorrow at the Oceanside Museum of Art in Oceanside, CA. There’s a “Meet the Artist” talk at 2pm. The show will […]
End-cut log cabin studio
AND it’s on wheels (and as far as I know, by “wheels,” they don’t mean logs underneath) [via Dinosaurs and Robots] Log Cabin Studio
Sewing Machine Converted to Scroll Saw
Matt Mets @ MAKE writes: Here’s an interesting, if possibly questionable idea. The folks over at Flowering Elbow converted a sewing machine into a scroll saw. If you’ve got an old sewing machine, it could be just what you need for cutting thin pieces of wood!
World’s biggest disco ball
Seven-and-a-half metres across, with 1,000 mirrors, suspended 50 metres in the air from a crane, and illuminated by spotlights from all over the city of Paris during this year’s annual Nuit Blanche arts festival. The work is La Maรยฎtresse de la Tour Eiffel by French conceptual artist Michel de Broin. [via Dude Craft]
Where Books Come Alive
This really is an extraordinary stop-motion animation from the New Zealand Book Council. It usually makes me sad to see books cut up, even for artistic purposes, but this is so masterfully done (and for such a good purpose!) that I can’t mind too much. Yay for books! (Via All About Papercutting.)
CRAFT Pattern: Hook, Needle, Pencil Case
This week’s pattern podcast is the Hook, Needle, Pencil Case by Diane Gilleland from CraftyPod. Using plastic canvas you’ll be able to construct and stitch a cute circular case to keep your craft tools organized! The PDF includes step-by-step directions and photos. From now until Jan 20th, visit CraftyPod and get $3 off all eBooks. […]
