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.
Nice video for CRAFT pal Kristen Rask’s shop, Schmancy Toys, in Seattle, full of handmade artful and plush creations. Video by Behrens Films. More: Cotton Monster Interview on Plush You! Pictures from Plush You! 2009 Book Review: Button and Stitch by Kristen Rask Sneak Peek: Lost at Sea in NYC
Jonathan Guberman of Toronto’s Site 3 coLaboratory hackerspace wrote in to share his Automatypewriter project: Introducing the Automatypewriter, a new way to experience interactive fiction! It’s still a little rough around the edges (in particular, you can see that the spacebar sticks a little, and the whole thing needs to be tidied up), but you […]
I know, I know, my “Scariest Pumpkin Ever” build is from a few years ago, but I thought I would post it up again for those of you that might have missed it the first time around. If you have an Arduino, and a few other inexpensive parts, there is still plenty of time to […]
Artist and inventor Jamie O’Shea decided to embark on a wilderness experiment to see if he could build a telegraph from materials and tools he finds and makes in the woods. Armed only with modern information (from online, of course), watch as he makes rope, creates fire, and produces copper. He calls the project Immaculate […]
Uwe and Chris Oehler of Guelph, ON, built this 5′ Dalek costume, basing their initial design on the “official” blueprints found on Make: Online. My son and I make a Halloween costume each year. In the past he’s been such things as an astronaut, a steam punk robot, a kid with a fish eating his […]
