Dana of MADE and I both live in Austin, where Fall foliage can be … umm … less than spectacular. Fortunately, she shows you how you can create your own Fall splendor with some colorful felt and a sewing machine. She’s got a few different projects using these felt leaves, be sure to check them […]
Simone Lourenco makes these incredible art pieces from cut paper.
Ravelry user Katie Kent (Monroe, WA) made her husband a pair of felted clogs that look like circuit boards. I like them a lot! She modified a knitted clog pattern by Bev Galeskas. [Link requires Ravelry login.]
Tonight I’ll be running the show behind the scenes on “Ask an engineer” – we’re going to talk about the Xbox Kinect bounty as well chatting with Amanda “wOz” Wozniak about her presentation on designing hardware… ASK AN ENGINEER – 11/13/2010 10pm ET TONIGHT! SPECIAL GUEST AMANDA “W0Z†WOZNIAK. By popular demand – “Ask an […]
Born in Budapest, Hungary on November 13, 1906 to a prosperous family, Eva Zeisel (nee Striker) would go on to become one of the most influential industrial designers of the twentieth century. Though she doesn’t consider herself an industrial designer, but rather a “maker of useful things”, at 104 she continues to crank out some of the most sought-after contemporary modern design.
By way of our favorite Pinball Wizard, Jeri Ellsworth, comes this fun little documentary about the Pacific Pinball Museum. We’ve been thrilled to host the Pacific Pinball Museum’s Lil’ Ju Ju mobile museum at the Bay Area Maker Faires. Lil’ Ju Ju is a modified a 1947 Spartan Manor Travel trailer housing six vintage pinball […]
On a cozy Saturday afternoon in December 2008 2006, I poured myself a glass of wine, and sat down to make something. I didn’t know what I wanted to make exactly, I was just feeling creative. I had watercolor paper and some other supplies. Over the course of that afternoon, well into the evening – […]
