Building an automatic chicken waterer
One of their latest projects has been to build an automatic chicken waterer, which consists of a large barrel for water collection, a sturdy stand, and a commercial water bowl.
Month: September 2010
History of Cameos + Safari Animal Cameo Highballs Project
Inspired by cameo jewelry, design*sponge shares a glass etching project to make these safari-animal cameo highballs designed by Julia Rothman. Make the project but also read on for the amazing history behind cameo jewelry.
The Knitted Mile
The Knitted Mile, by Robyn Love (2008): Ninety knitters from around North America contributed pieces of TKM. Photographs of each knitter working on their section were included as part of the piece when it was removed from the road and installed in the gallery, Grey Matter. TKM also was exhibited at PS.122 as part of […]
Epic papercraft funnel
CHROMAtex, an installation by NYC artist collective SOFTlab at the Bridge Gallery. Interestingly, the artists funded the installation via Kickstarter and created it by printing each tile on photo paper, laser cutting it to the correct shape, then attaching it to its brothers with standard binder clips. [Photos by Alan Tansey]
How-To: Crochet Ric Rac
Just when you thought ric rac couldn’t get any cuter, Kate of Foxs Lane brings you crocheted ric rac. Brilliant!
Make a wooden horse with your kids
Be your kid’s hero by helping him/her build a pony/unicorn from scrap plywood. A sweet story from Sweet Juniper: When I asked her what she wanted to make for our project last week, she hadn’t had a horse lesson for a month because her instructor was traveling to various horse shows out west. She told […]
Color Wheelz comes to World Maker Faire
As anticipation for the World Maker Faire builds, makers are not only busy with their projects, but they’re also exploring creative ways to promote them. Check out this wonderful drawing by Julia Vallera for her Color Wheelz project which will be parked at the Faire. Julia’s van is sort of a traveling real-time personal history […]