The CRAFT team loves handmade goods! Here’s our special list of what each of us are coveting this holiday season. Arwen O’Reilly Griffith: Single Bud Vase by Cynthia Vardhan Ceramics ($40) I often end up with a single flower or two after a walk with my toddler, and there’s nothing lovelier than having a reminder […]
I’m a huge fan of Ann Wood‘s gorgeous handmade creatures (we’ve posted about her creatures and other creative projects before), but I love this “beginnings” post on her blog, where she shares photos of her starting materials, drawings, and drafts of her creatures. Never having made a 3D sewn object before, I’m fascinated by the […]
Knit winner! The idea behind this installation at Mediamatic in Amsterdam is that installation participants play a game, and the winner gets his/her winning “panel” knit into a banner by a computerized knitting machine. I’m super happy to see the knit hacking Limor Fried and I did cited as preliminary research for getting this (way […]
For our second build in the Make It Last Build Series, we’re constructing a robotic plant. This week, we’re going to put together the brains of the machine, which we will use in the coming weeks to bring our plant to life. This basic circuit will have support for one servo motor, an external crystal […]
Alden Hart, one of our LED gurus at HacDC (that’s right, we have several — we’re geek like ‘at) sent out a memo about how impressed he was with the latest issue of Digi-Key’s TechZone magazine. I got a Digi-Key TechZone magazine in snail mail the other day and it has a lot of good […]
By Christine Koh Though the DSLR handbags now available for women are truly lovely, they’re an investment and a wee bit too permanent feeling for someone who likes to switch bags as frequently as I do. Recently, I invested in my first DSLR and was looking for a way to protect the camera in my […]
With the rainy and cold weather lately, sometimes it’s hard to find things to do with your little ones at home. I love this idea by Christie from Childhood 101 to make a fun play scene diorama using found objects, tiny toys, or whatever you want to recycle.
