I post a list of upcoming craft fairs every week on Craftzine.com, so of course I’m happy when there’s a craft fair in my own neighborhood! My friends Olivia and Meredith organize a really fun event called Shop Party, which is a combination craft fair/art show/concert. This is a quarterly event for crafters and artisans […]
Creature Comforts shows off her colorful and patterned masking tape (I so want some!) to make some really pretty Easter-themed DIY masking tape stickers. She also includes a template for you to make a bunny and an egg.
Here at headquarters, we’re cranking on producing the next issue of MAKE, Volume 27, themed Robots! What better way to celebrate than to host a fun, simple robot contest? We liked the open-endedness of our Volume 26 Karts and Wheels Contest (must have wheels and carry a person), and the cool, creative entries we got […]
I just received yesterday my new Sally Yarn and I’m already almost through the yoke! Admittedly, I’m a fast knitter, but I’m well pleased at how quickly all the slipped stitches help move this along. The colorway I chose (dark brown and purple Sheffield) gives this sweater a very different feel than the retro original, […]
Find the Future Game at the New York Public Library, excellent glimpse of the “Future of Libraries”… Find the Future at NYPL is an augmented reality game by Jane McGonigal that celebrates the 100th birthday of the New York Public Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman building. Find The Future at NYPL brings visitors to the […]
Our comrades in the Maker Shed have given us one of their awesome Projects Pack for Arduino V2 kits to give away in the Make: Arduino area! The giveaway will run through Wed midnight (4/20), ending at 11:59m PDT. We’ll be giving a lucky winner one of these kits, worth over $100! To be eligible, […]
I’m loving this interview with Elod Beregszaszi (phew! try saying that name three times fast!) about the art of paper sculpture. He has this to say about his concertina folds: “In folding terms it’s like making a sentence out of words, and I love the way I can sculpt collapsible forms through the middle plane, […]
