Patio Table as Jewelry Organizer
Curbly editor, and ManMadeDIY blogger, Chris Gardner has a cool post up about transforming an old patio table into a large jewelry organizer. I think I’d have to use a banquet table to get all my jewels in one place…
Month: September 2010
Fallen Fruit Jam
Lisa Gansky on BoingBoing writes: LA public art project, Fallen Fruit, started by mapping public fruit–fruit trees growing in or over public property. Since then, the interests of this Meshy project “have expanded from mapping public fruit to include Public Fruit Jams in which we invite the citizens to bring homegrown or public fruit and […]
Liz Hickok’s Jellied Cities
My dad is a huge fan of Jell-o, and we’d always rolled our eyes a little about it, but clearly he’s not the only one who sees its possibilities. Liz Hickok creates incredible jellied cityscapes, lit from below and true to scale, giving gritty city streets a fantastical, magical twist. While she mostly photographs her […]
Brooklyn Loft Cabin
I currently live in one of the oldest live/work loft buildings in San Francisco. It’s true what they say, loft living comes with its advantages and disadvantages. The plus side: the square footage is generous, the ceilings are high, and I can make any structural changes so long as they’re to code. The downside: the […]
Borged-out car
Craig Smith, whose work has appeared in this blog numerous times (see links below) is at it again: My wife went to visit family this weekend. So left by myself, something geek-like is bound to happen. I started cutting and forming plastic sheets, assembling doo-dads and modifying my car. The result is a car where […]
How-To: LED Embroidery
By Becky Stern I love any activity that promotes creativity and discovery. To me, tinkering with electronics is the same as stitching a picture, and combined they can tell a story that crafters and gearheads both want to hear. This picture of a frog catching fireflies is embellished with lights that bring the bugs to […]
Christine Outram and her Copenhagen Wheel
James Dyson Award winner Christine Outram was at World Maker Faire showing off her winning Copenhagen Wheel design. The self-contained power-wheel captures and stores energy released when braking and cycling and stores it for when a rider could use a little assist. The wheel is controlled via a mobile phone. The Copenhagen Wheel