How-To: Origami Heart Lollipop Valentines
Jessica of Zakka Life shows you how to fold up a sweet origami heart and use it as a lollipop wrapper, perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Month: January 2011
Daisy-chained history o’ printers make artist’s book
Cory writes on Boing Boing: Xavier Antin’s installation piece “Just in Time” uses four devices spanning 100 years of desktop printing to generate a rather lovely book; each printer’s output is the input for the next one down the line. Just in Time, or A Short History of Production
Book Review + Interview: Handmade Weddings
These days it’s all about the personal touches you can bring to your wedding. That’s why I love the new book, Handmade Weddings by Eunice Moyle, Sabrina Moyle and Shana Faust. These three ladies have an impeccable design eye and style in my mind. Sisters Sabrina and Eunice are the duo behind Hello Lucky! and […]
Defusing the fuse issue
Well, the use of fuse ignition in the Build a $5 Heli-Rocket article from MAKE Volume 25 (also on Make: Projects), has caused quite a dust-up in the model rocket community. Use of fuses (as opposed to an electronic ignition system) is a no-no under NAR rules. So, don’t use fuses if you want to […]
Penrose tile floors
A Penrose tiling (Wikipedia), named for British mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose, who investigated them in the 1970s. A Penrose tiling is “aperiodic,” or, simply put, produces a pattern that does not repeat itself no matter how far you extend it across the plain. All Penrose tilings are aperiodic, but not all aperiodic tilings are Penrose tilings.
Lots of bright creative folks have installed custom Penrose tile floors. Here’s a selection of a few of my faves from around the web. I couldn’t find anybody online who’s selling pre-cut Penrose prototiles, so it looks like anybody who wants to do it themselves has to cut their own. Or, if somebody is feeling entrepreneurial…
Lazy Weekend Sweater Pattern
Knit this oversized short-sleeved sweater, perfect for three seasons of layering.
iPhone grip tape backing
Over the holidays I dropped my phone into the snow. Again. After cursing some, thinking some, and then cursing some more, I decided to make a backing for my phone that was less slippery than the glass or even the metal one I have. I went through a few materials (thin adhesive-backed silicone, adhesive sandpaper, […]
