This marquetry skateboard by Artifacture Studios looks cool as heck, and uses 7 different colors of wood veneer — but can it do a grind? Ultimately the deck was sold for $600 with the proceeds going to charity. [Via the Ponoko blog]
By Andrew Lewis Fudge is one of my favorite winter treats. The really great thing about homemade fudge is that there are so many potential flavors to choose from. Chocolate and chili fudge is devilishly good, and fudge made with real rum is very warming on a winter’s evening. It is only fair to warn […]
If you’ve been around long enough to have ever actually blown out your flip-flop, stepped on a pop top, you’ve already got one great reason to appreciate the 1975 introduction of the stay-on tab or stay tab: No more little metal razors littering the beaches.
Now, “Engineer Guy” Bill Hammack helps us appreciate the stay tab for another reason: It’s a little gem of mechanical poetry. There’s a lot going on when you pull that little ring. Bill’s video exegesis of that action, like all Bill’s videos, is a little piece of poetry unto itself. I can’t get enough of ’em. [Thanks, Bill!]
This flip book was created by ad agency DDB Canada using poster-sized frames attached to the wall of a racetrack. Neat! [Via Core77]
CasaSugar takes you inside the Alabama home of designer Natalie Chanin author of Alabama Stitch Book and the latest Alabama Studio Style. Related: CRAFT Article: Local Girl Comes Home and Makes Good
From Flickr user rsummer’s Maelstrom – Cavalcade photoset In response to our Maker Hobbies theme, we got an email from Martin Raynsford. He writes: My hobby is Live action role play (LARPing). It’s a bit like medieval re-enactment where the outcome of the battle isn’t already decided, and a bit like a real-life Lord of […]
Yesterday, a very interesting conversation was sparked by this post about Sew, Mama, Sew!’s awesome Handmade Holidays series. Ivoryh1632 left the following comment on the post: I love giving handmade gifts, I have more fun making them than I would have had shopping and I can make sure that the person gets something that fits […]
