Mashable highlights Maker Faire
Mashable put together a nice video of highlights from the Faire.
Year: 2010
Nathan Vincent’s Manly Doilies
I love the history and look of traditional handicrafts, and I really love it when someone uses those techniques to turn our assumptions on their heads. Artist Nathan Vincent has made an amazing series of doilies that makes me laugh with delight as I look closer at the beautifully realized details. Each piece enshrines a […]
Science-themed Tarot deck
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). The deck’s gonna be available for sale soon, but the exact date is TBA. You can sign up to be notified by e-mail here.
Urban Camouflage
Urban Camouflage actively subverts consumer culture by passively partaking in it. The project was begun in 2007 by Sabina Keric and Yvonne Bayer during their time as students at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design in Sweden. The outfits are inspired by ghillie suits, the camouflage suits of snipers and hunters. I just love […]
Arc Attack wows Maker Faire crowds
One of the hands-down crowd favorites at this year’s Bay Area Faire was Arc Attack, a pair of musical Tesla coils, accompanied by a human band, and lots of twisting, branching arcs of half-a-million volts of electricity that the show’s MC orchestrates from within a Faraday suit. In other words, wholesome family entertainment, Maker Faire […]
One-Hour Elastic Thread Dress
By Nicole Vasbinder You can make this dress in about an hour using elastic thread to create shirring (soft gathers), which adds shaping. Elastic thread is super easy to work with but does take a little practice to get right. Definitely practice on some scrap fabric to get the hang of it.
How-To: Sew a Pouf
Brett Bara on design*sponge shows you how to sew a colorful pouf which can be a great accent piece for your living room.