In Make: Time & Space, our series on organizing your lives physically and mentally, we’ve talked about tips for arranging your tools and being more productive. What about your notebooks? I read this excellent Slate review of a book about Agatha Christie’s messy notebooks. Apparently she wrote anything in them, merging day-to-day stuff like shopping […]
If you follow CRAFT, as well, you may have seen Rachel’s post back in January about Oregon jeweler Shannon Conrad’s interlocking Lego rings. Shown above is the result of Shannon’s very first experiment with casting from Lego elements, a one-off solid silver Imperial Stormtrooper minifig she made for her 11-year-old son. It weighs 1.5 oz (44g). I know Lego fanboys who happily would trade their own teeth for one of those.
Corinne over at Threadbanger shows us how to recreate the sparkly silver and black bra from Lady Gaga’s Telephone music video. I love how she talked about multiple ways to do the project, including a method that didn’t work out so well and why it failed.
Born on this date in 1452 in Tuscany, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Wikipedia) is the original “Renaissance Man,” and thus near and dear to all our hearts here at MAKE. By the time he died in 1512, aged 67 years, his achievements had established him, arguably, as the most diversely talented human being who ever lived: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Oh, and namesake of a very famous turtle.
These Betty White cards from Vickie Howell are fun, and I love Vickie’s explination of why she was inspired to make them. There’s something about Betty’s continued relevance, cutting wit and awe-inspiring stamina that just makes me proud to be a woman. It’s hard not to smile at age 36 knowing that if I follow […]
Are you a fan of cotton candy that wishes you could enjoy the fluffy confection year-round? This DIY cotton candy machine from tukenmez0kalem seems like it could get you through the leaner months.
For iPhones, unauthorized repair shops flourish @ The NYTimes… Brendan McElroy’s living room in an apartment on the top floor of an East Village walk-up is crowded with anxious patients, each one jiggling a knee, or gnawing on a fingernail or lip. Mr. McElroy, right, at work on Nico Sterlacci’s iPhone in Mr. McElroy’s Manhattan […]
