When I mentioned to Chris Hackett, director of Madagascar Institute, that I’d have a bum knee during World Maker Faire NY, he offered to “get the Rascal Cycle working” for me. He did indeed, and I rode it from my station in the CRAFT booth to my demo performances on the opposite side of the […]
Curbly editor, and ManMadeDIY blogger, Chris Gardner has a cool post up about transforming an old patio table into a large jewelry organizer. I think I’d have to use a banquet table to get all my jewels in one place…
Lisa Gansky on BoingBoing writes: LA public art project, Fallen Fruit, started by mapping public fruit–fruit trees growing in or over public property. Since then, the interests of this Meshy project “have expanded from mapping public fruit to include Public Fruit Jams in which we invite the citizens to bring homegrown or public fruit and […]
My dad is a huge fan of Jell-o, and we’d always rolled our eyes a little about it, but clearly he’s not the only one who sees its possibilities. Liz Hickok creates incredible jellied cityscapes, lit from below and true to scale, giving gritty city streets a fantastical, magical twist. While she mostly photographs her […]
I currently live in one of the oldest live/work loft buildings in San Francisco. It’s true what they say, loft living comes with its advantages and disadvantages. The plus side: the square footage is generous, the ceilings are high, and I can make any structural changes so long as they’re to code. The downside: the […]
Craig Smith, whose work has appeared in this blog numerous times (see links below) is at it again: My wife went to visit family this weekend. So left by myself, something geek-like is bound to happen. I started cutting and forming plastic sheets, assembling doo-dads and modifying my car. The result is a car where […]
By Becky Stern I love any activity that promotes creativity and discovery. To me, tinkering with electronics is the same as stitching a picture, and combined they can tell a story that crafters and gearheads both want to hear. This picture of a frog catching fireflies is embellished with lights that bring the bugs to […]
