Year: 2010

Maker Faire: Saphira

Maker Faire: Saphira

“Young Makers” is the theme for this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, the world’s largest DIY festival, taking place on May 22nd and 23rd at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Young Makers is a celebration of our future generations of makers as well as the youthful making spirit in each of us. At this year’s Faire, […]

Susie Cowie Embroidery

Never before have I encountered the term “Freelance Embroidery Designer.” But there it is, running out behind the name of one London-based Susie Cowie like so much colorful floss. Graduated with honors from the Glasgow School of Art in 2006, Cowie’s body of work includes fashion and interior concepts, costume and prop pieces, plus illustrative […]

MAKE Class at Parsons: Awesome DIY Projects

This semester at Parsons the New School for Design, I had the pleasure of teaching a group of inspired students (both undergrad and graduate) about DIY projects online. The students were interested in everything from electronics to crafts, and their final projects are tutorials across a very wide spectrum of topics. Here are the project […]