One of the biggest installations coming to this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area on May 21 and 22 is Zachary Coffin’s Colossus. This nearly 70-foot-tall sculpture allows participants to spin 40,000lbs of stone and steel. Needless to say, we can’t wait to see this piece in action (not to mention watch being it installed). We […]
My friend Gary Peare informed me that the next issue of California Freemason magazine is devoted to craft artisans. If you fit the bill send a “detailed email” to communications@freemason.org. They are looking for people with personal or professional experience crafting goods in any of the following fields: Furniture, Woodworking, Leather, Tile design, Glass & […]
One of the most iconic projects from the pages of MAKE is the VCR Cat Feeder from MAKE Volume 03 (2005). It’s depressing to think of all the discarded VCRs in the world, but author James Larsson gave us a creative and useful way to repurpose this hunk of outdated machinery. Cats are wonderfully independent […]
On Monday AM, we rolled out a few changes to the makezine.com homepage. If you’re used to coming to the site through blog.makezine.com, you might want to start coming in through the front door. Every day, we’ll be updating the three-image gallery at the top with links to popular posts, projects, special features, contests, and […]
Can you help us create our booths at Bay Area Maker Faire? We’re looking for a cool way to handle seating for demonstrations and panel discussions. We’re looking for anyone with 40-60 chairs that they want to showcase in the MAKE and CRAFT booth this year. Show your product to tens of thousands of attendees […]
This is a cute way of making some “map art” with just a map and colored strings.
The latest installment of our editors’ picks is up over on our Facebook page. Be sure to “like” us there so you can see what is inspiring us recently. We are inspired by many things outside of the craft world so here’s a collection our favorite things from music to cocktails to the most gigantic […]
