Throw open the shutters, sweep out the dust bunnies, and ready the tool set, it’s spring again! Time to freshen up the nest with a little crafty resourcefulness. Mai of Ruche shares her tips and tricks for these fabulous DIY home decor projects using everyday materials. Learn how to make shelves out of books, create […]
Instructables user CDandA shows us how to make this thick, crazy fabric rug that you can make from cut up t-shirts or other knit fabric.
Don’t let the eggshells that will be collecting this weekend go to waste. Check out this project from Chronicle Books’ Easter Eggs by Matthew Mead, and see how to turn an eggshell in to a sweet seed starter!
Run out of milk to go with breakfast? Instructables user bongodrummer has a solution: Oh no, there’s no milk left for my cereal! No problem – begin emergency breakfast cake procedures. I have been developing this super simple, versatile little beast for many years now (well, since I left home and started tinkering with food […]
One of the first coasterbots for our Robot Build contest has hit the MAKE Flickr pool. The work of Shawn Augustson, this robot looks very promising… I like how Shawn has altered the CD, which is totally within the rules. I had two different CD’s, one was a TDK that had gold paint on it. […]
So the bragging rights I mentioned in Monday’s post about the newly-discovered single shape that tiles the plane aperiodically go to mathematician and artist Edmund Harriss, aka Gelada, who produced these beautiful renderings of the Socolar-Taylor tile in Blender and uploaded printable 3D models to Thingiverse. There’s more info and images on Harriss’s blog, Maxwell’s Demon. [Thanks, Edmund!]
Take a look at the collection of plaster containers from Danny Seo’s collection above. The one on the far left is a bit of an illusion. He shows you how to create a plaster jar in a most unusual way (scrap bit of a knit scarf or sweater, anyone?) and turn it in to something […]
