Month: November 2010

Skeleton Dress

I love this skeleton dress! At $313 though, it’ll make a prime remake candidate to try to make on my knitting machine. [via Street Anatomy] More: How-To: Hacking the Brother KH-930e knitting machine Amazing Knit Skeleton Knitting Machines Antique Sock Knitting Machines at Maker Faire Austin – CRAFT Video Podcast

Lego hot wire cutter

David Ye of hacker collective Split Reaction (who built the fully automatic BB gun we posted earlier this week as well as helped build the Mega Claw featured in the World Maker Faire) created a nichrome wire cutter, using an unlikely material for the frame — Lego. Lego bricks are great for making models, but […]

How-To: 1950s-Style Bow Headband

Casey’s Elegant Musings is one of my favorite blogs to peruse for yummy vintage fashion and photography inspiration. Her outfits, accessories and even tips on things like styling your eyebrows with a vintage flair are seriously dreamy. I love this latest tutorial from her for making a 1950s-style bow headband. The fabric she uses is […]

Magnificent mech costume

Holy smokes. My personal post-Halloween costume timer officially expired yesterday, but I had to make an exception for this work of art from “friend of a friend” of Redditron This_comment_has. So. Awesome. [via Boing Boing] More: Behold Your Doom: Children’s battle mech Real-life mech awakens, emits flame from appendages Star Wars AT-ST (Chicken walker) costume […]

DIY guitar pick punch

DIY guitar pick punch

Check out this awesomely practical little guitar pick punch. You could buy a huge pile of picks for what it retails for, but then you wouldn’t get the satisfaction of creating your own custom picks out of flat pieces of plastic and other pick-worthy scraps you’ve got laying around.

Henry Dagg’s Sharpsichord

You need to install Adobe Flash Player, or use an HTML5 browser that supports H.264 video. In this episode of Spine TV’s Into The World Of…, they visit the studio/workshop of sound sculptor and musician Henry Dagg (Faversham, Kent, England) who hand-built a beautiful pin-barrel harp commissioned by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. […]