Month: May 2010

Anna Ventura, (iN)VISIBLE

Remember when you were a kid looking at clouds, and suddenly the one cloud turned into a turtle, and then a whale? Wait. What am I saying. Remember yesterday when you found that rock that looked like a face, or the popcorn you swore was a dead ringer for The Old Man in the Mountain? […]

Maker Faire: Original Scraper Bikes

Maker Faire: Original Scraper Bikes

Maker Faire is everybody’s fair. It doesn’t just belong to the roboticists or the scientists or the artists or the crafters. The magic is that it belongs to everyone who loves making, creating, and sharing. Representing for East Oakland, Calif., at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area (May 22nd and 23rd at the San Mateo […]

Costume ray gun

Costume ray gun

Found in the MAKE Flickr pool: Mario Caicedo Langer of Bogotá, Colombia, built this excellent prop weapon called the Pistol WTF 2000 that packs light and sound effects. (Click on the image for a bigger pic.) MATERIALS: My old heat gun (RIP), pieces of video camera, industrial plastic rollers, toilet tank tree, blender glass funds. […]

Crafting a Corset, Part 2: Assembly

By Alaina Zulli Part 2 of our three-part series will take you through all the steps of assembling your corset. You’ll learn how to flat-line, attach the waist ribbon, and make boning channels. Don’t fret if you don’t have your boning and other corset supplies just yet — you won’t need them until Part 3. […]