Ranjit Bhatnagar is getting some really neat watery sounds from this tiny kalimba made from a tube clamp and some guitar wire clippings. Great for audio FX, just stick a contact mic on things and check out the sounds you get!
Last week was the Greener Gadgets conference in NYC. MAKE went and scoped it out, lots of cool ideas being discussed! We saw presentations from product designers, architects, and entrepreneurs. Pictured above is Robert Fabricant talking about biofeedback. Check out video from the event at the Greener Gadgets site. Above photo is by Joe Saavedra.
It’s still cold season here in NYC, everyone I know seems to be sick! If you’ve got the tissue box blues, try dressing it up with a hankerchief or old t-shirt scrap to make the box more cuddly for the long hours on the couch. Check out Michelle’s tissue box cover tutorial.
Patrick Hughes is a British artist who coined the term ‘reverspective’ to describe his technique of painting a dimensional surface to create an exaggerated 3D effect in his work. The gimmick (which reminds me a lot of the “Hollow Face” optical illusion) combines foreshortening and the fact that his paintings really do extend into the third dimension–just not as much as it seems. If you can’t see one in person, video really helps to understand the effect. Besides the one above, from Flickr user NAME, there’s a professionally-produced Flash video at Hughes’ website. [via Neatorama]
When recently faced with the dauntingly tedious task of assembling my first-ever batch of electronics kits, I was lucky enough to have the ever-helpful eye of seasoned kit-maker Becky Stern close by. While observing my one-man assembly ‘process’, Becky advised a more efficient, modular assembly line technique using intermediary storage vessels. Streamlining the process left […]
Beloved quilt designer, Denyse Schmidt, will be teaching her improvisational quilting class this Saturday at Providence, Rhode Island’s Craftland School of Craft. She’ll explain her intuitive design techniques, as well as the skills needed for a strong foundation to bring your own quilt projects to life. Students will create exciting work that will challenge the […]
Last month at MacWorld I stopped by the LADIG booth to see what all the fuss was about. Making my way through the swarm of DSLR toting macheads I finally got to the booth to find beaming LADIG members handing out these fantastic cutout bounce cards.
