I just love these beautiful jar lamps by Bay Area artist Marin Camille Hood, found over at Recyclart. It’s a great idea for what to do with extra glass around the house, and the light patterns made through crochet netting are delightful. Be sure to check out her bike chandeliers and subversive embroidery.
Personally, these laser-cut plastic end tables by Israel’s Studio Groovy (Fair warning: I couldn’t actually find them on their Flash-y website.) are not to my taste, but I really like the fact that that they put some old vinyl records in their laser cutter and managed to make something fairly cool out of them. Bonus: The table on the left uses the cut-out from the table on the right as decoration, so there’s very little waste. [via Recyclart]
Meg at Decor It Yourself met up with Dailey Crafton for a lesson in linoleum/rubber block printing. More: How-To: Linoleum Block Printing Printing Archives
Peter Atwood of Turners Falls, Mass. makes his living as a knife- and toolmaker. He produces limited runs of unique items every few days, which he then posts on his blog, Planet Pocket Tool. The name of his blog indicates his focus: small wrench-like tools. However, Atwood creates a wide variety of metal items like […]
The Arduino random() function can be used to easily generate a seemingly unpredictable series of numbers. The only problem is, from the first time it’s used in a sketch, random() actually begins spitting out the same series of seemingly random numbers. The standard solution to this conundrum is to start (or “seed”) the formula with […]
This tutorial from Root and Wings Co will allow you to create whatever cookie cutter shape you can think of with just a bit of copper and some basic tools.
Inspired by the late great American composer and experimental-instrument-maker Harry Partch (Wikipedia), Makers Market seller Johnson Arts created this gorgeous hardwood frame and hung a beautiful glass bell in it. Where’d they get the bell? It’s a repurposed glass sink! Check it out, along with other cool handmade one-offs from Johnson Arts, in their Makers Market store.
