And we’re back with our twentieth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. After reading the embossed metal box from beverage can how-to, nathan.f77 made this awesome box: Heres my attempt at one. I really enjoyed making it, thanks for the great […]
This Alienware ad highlights Japan’s cool art trucks. I liked the makery atmosphere of the ad, though I think it’s possible the POV effect at the end was faked. See Pink Tentacle’s Dekotora truck post for a lot more pix of these super cool vehicles.
Happy Halloween Crafters! Hope you have a great night tonight “trick or treating” or heading out to a fun party. If you made somethin’ for today, don’t forget about our CRAFT Halloween contest. We’re looking for costumes (made for you, your kids, or your pets), as well as food and drinks, and spooky Halloween party […]
Part Kid, Part Machine, All Cop another great homemade costume :) The boy insisted for months that he wanted to be a robot for Halloween. His sister was a robot when she was his age. We looked at various robot images on the computer and he was most intrigued by Robocop. After I showed him […]
Images from the Masked Marvelous event in Queen, NY. Halloween… aka “the maker’s holiday.” We hope you’ve had another fun time planning costumes, props, food and party favors this year, and that you’re having a fun weekend unleashing your creations on family, friends, and hapless neighborhood children. We always get a kick out of seeing […]
NPR posted a great job video tutorial from Mito Habe-Evans and Claire O’Neill showing you how to turn a lil’ ol’ pumpkin into one snazzy pinhole camera. I think I’ll use the pumpkins the neighborhood squirrels have been snacking on for my pinhole pumpkin. Via Photojojo!
Stop motion armatures require a model to hold poses without drifting, yet offer wide degrees of rotational freedom. Most professional armatures use precision machined ball and socket joints. Castlegardener’s blog shows how to make your own using threaded rod and pre-tapped balls from the hardware store.
