Channel your inner-Hannibal Lecter with the latest project from Claire at Poopscape. She mixes old-school crafting (salt dough) with her brilliant dark sense of humor to create a platter of baked salt dough organs. Organs like the liver and kidneys are pretty easy to replicate and all the naturally occuring cracks in the salt dough […]
Australian fiber artist Ruth Marshall knits the intricate patterns found on big wild cats! She’s currently in residence at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC: I am delighted to be a part of the Open Studios at the Museum of Arts and Design. I am using this opportunity to launch my Tiger Pelt […]
Eric Gregori‘s clever robot uses a 3-axis Freescale accelerometer to balance. [Via bunnie’s blog]
Artists Jon Cohrs and Morgan Levy evaporated San Jose city water to make their environmental awareness “medicinal all-salt” and write: Are you feeling depressed? Sick of paying exorbitant rates for birth control? Try Alviso’s Medicinal All-Salt, harvested locally in San Jose. Traditionally, medical conditions are treated through expensive appointments and prescription drugs. Alviso’s Medicinal All-Salt […]
I understand that you may not want your cat unraveling and going nuts with a ball of your most special yarn, but you can’t deny the awesomeness of this Purina commercial. So fun. [via Laughing Squid]
From the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC: Dead or Alive , presented by the Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and objects that were once produced by or part of living organisms-insects, feathers, bones, […]
Square, Inc. makes a magstripe reader that attaches to your smartphone’s minijack and allows you to process credit card transactions with their handy service. It’s a pretty cool setup if you’re interested in payment processing. When you’re not using it though, you’re stuck with this eraser-sized plastic fob that you really don’t know what to do with. It’s small enough to put in your pocket, but it’s a little too important to accidentally let go through the wash, yet you want to keep it handy for when you’ll need it.
MAKE subscriber Steve Cooley may be onto a suitable solution to this problem. Using a dab of Shapelock, a key ring, and a rubber band, he’s fashioned a custom key fob stash that fits the Square reader like a glove. It’s a little kludgy, but it’s a great proof of concept.
