Curator Ele Carpenter writes about craftivsm and contemporary capitalism in this article on Axis, a contemporary art webzine: It’s hardly surprising that people are skeptical of the political claims of craftivism when they are overwhelmed by knitted cakes at every gift shop and summer faire! Mixed up in the revolutionary fervor of DIY craft is […]
In honor of Geek Crafts month on CRAFT, we put up Brookelynn Morris’ LED Hula Hoop tutorial on Make: Projects. LED hula hoops are so beautiful to watch, and creating a custom hoop is a satisfying challenge. Twenty-one LEDs are used in this hoop; 6 are flashing LEDs that cycle through the colors of the […]
World Maker Faire New York is this weekend, and we’ve put together a full schedule for of awesome demos for both days at the CRAFT booth. Each day this week, we’ll profile one of the folks who will be presenting. Be sure to mark your schedule and head to the CRAFT booth for all the […]
Spotted on Thingiverse, these neato printable tool clips by elite MakerBotter Christian Arnø of Norway, creator of the MakerBot dremel mount and the printable MakerBot! Output some today and get organized!
Plush toy maven and CRAFT friend Lauren Venell writes: I recently made this “Cash Cow” plush for the Plush You LA show at Munky King. It’s divided into the hidden costs of factory farming that we all pay, such as pollution clean-up, treating food-borne illness, and direct government subsidies to livestock companies. Lauren also […]
I love the beautiful simplicity of this paper owl mobile from Joel of Made by Joel. He’s provided a template and instructions for making your own. I’d love to make a whole grouping of them to hang in a window.
Justin Huynh over at Liquidware has pieced together another Beagleboard gadget. This time around he’s focused on building a DIY Beagleboard Ebook reader out of snap-on components and the open source FBReader software. It won’t fit in your pocket, but it more than makes up for it in hackability.
