Make: Online’s recent Math Monday post features a fashion roundup on modular clothing. George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics writes: The mathematics of modular textiles allows you to take many small pieces of slotted fabric and interconnect them into a do-it-yourself garment. There is no sewing as the textile and the garment are created […]
sliptonic is back with a new pinewood derby carโฆ It’s Pinewood Derby season again and I kinda enjoy making derby cars. This year, my youngest son and I made an awesome car for his bear den divisionโฆ We also have an ‘open’ class where the rules are a little more relaxed. Last year’s car was […]
Frits and Rik are back with another episode of This Week in Hobby Robotics! Find out what’s going on in the land of robots. Frits (from Denmark), who works professionally in web concept development, is the creator of Letsmakerobots.com, a popular international source for hobby robotics. His cohost, Rik (from Holland), is part of the […]
Over the past few days, as more and more terrible news is reported on the current events related to the tsunami and earthquake in Japan, I’ve seen many crafters online asking how they can help. Once again, it’s so wonderful to see the crafting community rally together when help is needed most. Here are a […]
Shown above is only the most recent work, using this technique, of Photobucket user ionustron, for whom it has been a lifelong hobby. Hereโs another:
When I was a kid, we got to use some breakaway sugar glass prop bottles in a drama club play once, and I remember it as being so fun! We had to be careful because the bottles are expensive, but here’s a tutorial for making your own with a silicone mold and some sugar and corn syrup
File this under science meets textile. Silk worms that produce vibrantly coloured and luminescent silks have been created by scientists in Singapore. The resulting fibre offers a cheap way to circumvent the dying process and may even have medical applications. By feeding silkworms a mulberry mixture containing fluorescent dye, Natalia’s team was able to harvest […]
