Jack Hall from Brighton, England, couldn’t pick, strum, or draw a bow, but when it came to building stringed instruments, he had an amazing talent. You see, every inch of the instruments he built is made entirely with used matchsticks. Yes, dead matches.
Today we visit the craft space of Ann Martin, known for her beautiful quilling and paper crafts on her blog, All Things Paper. (You may remember Ann’s Quilling 101 on CRAFT earlier this year.) Since paper is such an easy and portable medium, Ann gives us a peek into how she crafts at home. Read […]
For his final project in the course How To Make (almost) Anything, David Carr designed and built this 3-axis CNC milling machine.
Brooklyn Bride is a very hip blog for very hip brides. I love the stationery she’s been writing about lately for Parcel Post.
Iron-on skeptics beware, Lenore at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories just published an absolutely brilliant overview of techniques for taking your fabric designs to a new level of ease and creativity by using fusible webbing. More: Quick n’ dirty no-sew iPhone cozy How-To: Make a No-Sew Lace Headband How-To: No-Sew Apron Missle Command Circle Skirt Quiltbert: […]
If you’re into DIY in NYC, I wouldn’t miss Flux Thursday tomorrow: Flux Thursday is a monthly dinner, potluck and salon held at Flux Factory, your and my favorite artist collective in Queens, NYC. The June 2010 installment is kind of special, because it will also include an awards ceremony for Flux’s current exhibition, The […]
This clever $30 setup is basically a Targus TG-MP6710 monopod with a large PVC base for it. The base lets it work as a stabilizer, and the fact that it’s on a pole lets you use it as a boom. You can also flip it upside down so the camera is close to the ground […]
