Milwaukee Makerspace Open House Sounds like Milwaukee Makerspace is coming along, with a sweet new space and a recent open house! Check out these videos to learn more about the organization: Insect Robot Workshop at Xinchexian Shanghai Hackerspace Xinchexian will be holding a Chinese-language insect bot workshop Sunday the 24th from 1-5pm and the event […]
The Dr. Who Drank Infectious Broth, Gave Himself an Ulcer, and Solved a Medical Mystery. One of my favorite Nobel prize winner-stories of all time… Unable to make his case in studies with lab mice (because H. pylori affects only primates) and prohibited from experimenting on people, Marshall grew desperate. Finally he ran an experiment […]
The men featured create their own glamorous and customized pointy boots, the pointier the better! Beyond that, they have developed an entire lifestyle dedicated to showcasing their shoes. These cobblers wear skinny jeans to show them off and they choreograph dance moves specifically for performing in their pointy boots at tribal music shows. They are taking DIY fashion to the next level.
Patricia of A Little Hut shares her technique for making this beautifully detailed paper flower. I love the scoring of the cardstock and the quilled center to give it a sense of texture and depth. Use these for gift boxes, favors, napkin rings, or a brooch for mom on Mother’s Day!
RadBrad and KoolKat, of Atomic Zombie, wrote this wonderful guide to the fine art of bicycle deconstruction. You can learn a lot about a machine by stripping it down to its constituent parts. And in this case, you end up with a lot of parts that you can combine with other parts to fab your […]
As I mentioned last week, wine cork crafts are constantly requested from the Handmade Detroit gang. As I was thinking of making spring cards the other day a recent craft fair, I turned to the giant bowl of wine corks we have as inspiration.
Misbehaving technology got you down? Here’s a pretty video to relax to. Titled Valsa das Máquinas (Machine´s Waltz), it features equipment from a Brazilian textile factory set to a waltz. Throw in a spinning jenny or two, and we’ll have a full party! [via Kottke]
