It’s a new year and Ecouterre asks 28 eco-fashion experts (including yours truely, their eco-fashion predictions for 2011. Ecouterre writes: We asked 28 eco-fashion movers and shakers, including a museum textile conservator, a fashion professor, a vegan coat designer, an online curator of preowned clothing, and several of our media comrades in arms to offer […]
The Kinect allows tracking of users without additional markers. We develop a magic mirror that generated an overlay of a video image with volume visualization from a CT volume. Such a system could be used for education of anatomy. [Via Beyond the Beyond]
By Andrea DeHart Everywhere you look these days people are mad for plaid. I’ve always liked the “lumberjack look,” and I wanted to find a way to refashion an oversized plaid flannel shirt, with a feminine twist. I recommend starting with the largest men’s shirt you can find at your local thrift store. This project […]
I’ve long admired the sleek details of Patricia Zapata’s paper craft designs. On A Little Hut, she shares with us her basic tools for paper crafting. The Martha Stewart bone folder may have to be a little New Year’s craft treat to myself.
Stools colored, printed, and arranged to suggest a giant numeric keypad. Totally useless, and completely delightful. Also somewhat enigmatic, at least to my shamefully monolingual brain. The photo appears to originate from this Japanese site called Pantograph, which, sadly, I cannot read. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Shrinky Dinks are a kid craft that I can’t let go of. Even as an adult, I still get giddy watching them morph and curl and turn into tiny versions of what they once were. Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made shares how she married sewing cards and Shrinky Dinks to create fun jewelry, […]
We got an email this morning from the fine folks who are organizing this year’s Maker Faire: North Carolina. Here’s a brief description of the event: Maker Faire: North Carolina celebrates things people create themselves — from James Bond-worthy electronic gizmos to Martha Stewart-quality “slow made” foods and homemade clothes. Inspiration is ubiquitous at the […]
