California table
I spotted Jared Rusten’s walnut and oak California table in the CRAFT Flickr pool this weekend, and I couldn’t resist sharing it! It’s four feet long and the wood was salvaged from a local CA source.
Year: 2010
How-To: Knitted Earbud Covers
If you’re fed up with the foam covers on your earbud headphones, Instructables user yoyology shows you how to knit some new ones. I’d definitely try this if I could ever get the darn things to stay in my ears! More: How-To: Zipper Earbud Covers
Make: Time & Space: Top 10 workshops
As our special quarterly theme comes to a close, I’d thought I’d share some awesome workshops we’ve covered in Make: Online. Some of these shops are glorious, others more humble, but I found them all fascinating. Do you have a cool workshop and want to share? Send me links or photos at johnb@makezine.com. #10 Mark […]
How-To: Liberty Pinwheel Brooch
I love the festive look of this Liberty Pinwheel Brooch from Betz White. It’s a great way to use up small scraps of fabric and trims, and could be modified for any kind of celebration.
Programmable Origami
A group of researchers from Harvard and MIT have pushed us closer to a world of programmable matter. Their approach is a self-folding surface that can take on almost any shape.
Tweets carved in stone
Although I don’t always live up to the ideal, I hold with Strunk & White when it comes to prose: “Make every word tell.” In a world as cluttered with superfluous text as beer bottles, meaningful concision is more important than ever. So I really like what artists Autobahn and Richard Wendling are doing with their #StoneCarvedTweets project. [via Neatorama]
Baling wire Jansen walker
Theo Jansen, the Dutch kinetic sculptor that inspired a way of mechanical walking, has done it again. We’ve seen versions of his walking machines rendered in plastic tubing, laser-cut plastic sheet, wood, metal, paper, cardboard, Legos. And now, baling wire, thanks to MAKE subscriber Brandon Gruber (Vista, CA). Baling Wire Walker More: Theo Jansen papercraft […]