I was poking around on Jenny Hart’s blog the other day, and was delighted to find Japanese embroidery artist Ayako Otsuka. Otsuka’s work is varied and ranges from a unique style of delicate white on white embroidery, to elegant botanical stumpwork, to quirky freehand. (As you can see I am more enamored with the latter.) […]
Make a silver Firefox pendant using some basic jewelry making tools and turn your favorite web browser into a fashion statement in this week’s CRAFT Video. To get the foxy template, check out Tobi Leingruber’s Foxbling on Thingiverse. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube.
CRAFT reader Vy writes in with her DIY unraveling countdown calendar tutorial for a pregnant loved one, inspired by Patrick Frey’s original we posted earlier this month.
Listen to Maker Faire director extraordinaire on 2600’s radio show, Off The Hook (which airs on WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC), recorded Wednesday 9/15 (Sherry’s segment comes on at 22:11). More: Maker Faire Fun: Crew in Cupcakes World Maker Faire NY: RuBot II interview World Maker Faire NY: Puff interview Maker Faire Fashion Tech Show […]
How awesome is this kid-sized Ferris Bueller vest from amber dorko stopper? For some years now, I have wanted to re-create the iconic sweater vest worn by Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Unapologetic child of the eighties that I am. I certainly wasn’t going to wear it, nor Ben. It was an even […]
Via Jake at the Steampunk Workshop: A guy named Jonathan built this cool wood-inlaid monitor. I’m a computer engineer and cut marquetry part time so i decided to combine the two and fashion a monitor of my own. It’s seemingly a lot more difficult to get good quality brassware here in England than it is […]
Logan Austeja Daniel, Martin Azevedo, and biochemist/jeweler/entrepreneur Raven Hanna of Made With Molecules are the brains behind this beautiful deck of Tarot cards with scientific themes. Suits were commissioned from five different artists: Janelle Schneider (Wands), Kristy Whitehouse (Pentacles), Shari Arai DeBoer (Swords), Tammy Stellanova (Cups), and Kris Johnson Michiels (Major Arcana). We first posted […]
