As our Make Space for Crafting series so clearly shows, a well-organized work space is inspirational and motivating, albeit perhaps tomorrow’s ambition. But for those times when your craft nook is tidy, it can be easy to forget what you’ve packed away so neatly in the drawers. Haylie B. Waring shares this wonderful DIY on […]
I’ve been hiring Angus Hines of Carrolton, VA, for a couple of months now for all my contract laser-cutting, and I can’t say enough good things about him. But, heck, I’ve never met him, so let’s focus on the empirical: Angus consistently quotes me about half what the big-laser cutters want to charge on the same jobs. (Hopefully he knows that, and I haven’t just shot myself in the foot by pointing it out.) Seriously, Angus himself says, “one of my goals is to help bring the price of DIY tech down to a more reasonable level.”
Now Angus is offering a kit of all the acrylic parts for the open-source Fab@Home Model 2 3D printer at about 75% of what the Fab@Home preferred vendors are charging. [Thanks, Angus!]
Wie-Chieh Shih made this somewhat intimidating laser jacket using 200 laser diodes.
Spring is here and that always gets me in the mood to sew. To kick off our month of sewing on CRAFT, we’re sharing one of our favorite projects from CRAFT: 06 by super crafty, super mom Andrea DeHart of craftybitch.com. There are 2 versions here for sewers of all levels. For you sewing pros, […]
Chris Carter (founding member of Throbbing Gristle) presents his latest sound generator, the elegantly styled Dirty Carter – The Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument uses a dual 4-stage shift register. Each register is controlled independently. Two oscillators are used per register: one as a clock, the other as input data that is cascaded through […]
It’ll be no secret, to our regular readers, that I am a giant fan of Dustin Wallace’s “Robotagami” product and the concept behind it. Dustin, whose work I’ve covered here many times, just recently added a “mini” version of his original humanoid Robotagami figure, water-jet-cut in 0.035″ stainless steel, for $25. I ordered one immediately. Making these is a side-line for Dustin, who works full-time as a mechanic, and so far hasn’t had time to put together proper instructions for the “Mini.” So I thought I would help him out, promote his product, put together my new toy, and try out my fancy new light tent at the same time.
I’m really enjoying the creative mixture of materials and concepts from Hairy Sock, including this eccentric “Drown in a Blossom” hair pin! I also really like the way the website is laid out; you can search by concept, type, and materials (including “hair”). There are also some wonderful photographs that make you look twice and […]
