Cory “I can spell squidgey however I want” Doctorow points us at Nick Turvey’s Venus, currently on display outside the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It’s carved urethane foam, coated in rubber, over a stainless steel skeleton, and yields nauseatingly and/or delightfully to the touch. [via Boing Boing]
Yarnabees adapted Lion Brand’s owl bib pattern to make her own penguin bib version. It reminds me of our doe-eyed fuzzy panda amigurumi crochet along.
Shawn @ CRAFT posted up this knitted meat by Stephanie Casper, yum! More: How-To: Make a plush “irradiated sirloin”
Sean @ Make: Online writes: I made one of these Death Star cookies when I was five… and had forgotten about it until I saw this post from Mayor Todd Franklin. Well, OK, “I” made it in the sense that I watched my mother make it and (I think) she let me poke some of […]
So, it was pinewood derby time for the Cub Scouts again. My son’s pack has a race for the adult kids too. I had been plotting my car since last year’s races. I wanted to really light the thing up. Last year I had working head and tail lights, but this time I wanted bigger […]
I am loving the DIY gadget aesthetics of these FernSprecher voice-memo machines made from old telephone handsets by Jörg Schatzmann of Berlin. FernSprecher, one of the German words for telephone, literally means “remote speaker.” One button records a message, the other plays it back. [Thanks, Jörg!]
I love this fun variation on a gift bow from Tracy in the Martha Stewart Crafts Department. The cut out letters create a pop-up effect, perfect for adding a special message to the top of your gift.
