How-To: Ribbon Garland
London-based stylist Sania Pell shares a really quick and easy way to whip up a sweet ribbon and fabric garland over on deor8. These kinds of garlands would be nice to make in different fabrics and switch out for each season.
Month: May 2011
How-To: Ladybug Cupcakes
These ladybug cupcakes are cute as a bug (sorry, couldn’t resist)! This here gardener is loving the springtime trend of using chocolate cupcakes as dirt sprouting sweet things (check out these sweet sprouts cupcake toppers as well). I’m personally always in favor of marzipan for decorating, but if you want to try using fondant as […]
Meet the Makers: Jordan Champagne
Jordan Champagne, owner of Happy Girl Kitchen, is a preservationist. She cherishes reclaimed wood, she only plays records in her shop, and she has a giant Velvet Elvis in her office. But her real skills are in preserving food. The things that she puts into jars are real, whole foods, that are often truly living. […]
How-To: Easy Knit Clock Frame
I’m in love with the stripes, and with the simple making process! Ravelry member retrobaby has shared a gorgeous way to knit up a frame for a wall clock. It’s a simple stripe of garter stitch, with a drawstring to help it fit. I’m thinking about giving this a shot in crochet, too.
SparkFun Drone Contest Recap with Chris Anderson
The New York Times has produced an entertaining recap vid of last month’s Autonomous Vehicle Competition, hosted by our pals at SparkFun. It’s narrated by WIRED’s Chris Anderson, who is also the founder and chairman of DIY Drones. The contest embraces three classes of autonomous outdoor vehicles–roughly, wheeled, winged, and with rotors.
Meet the Makers: Maurice Connolly
Maurice Connolly built a 300 lb steel sculpture and dropped it off a cliff. He pitted his art against gravity, just to see what would happen. The piece is a massive sphere called Ganymede- constructed from recycled wine barrel hoops and hundreds and hundreds of bolts. Once Maurice mastered the material and perfected the form, he turned his curiosity towards force, motion, and the nature of unpredictability.
Maurice’s freshly distorted sphere will be at Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 & 22. You can meet him and ask about tensile strength, conical strips of steel, and what it feels like to drop your art off a cliff.
Meet the Makers: Christina McFall
Christina McFall is obsessed with color, texture, form, and chemical reactions. She approaches the art of cyanotype printing with the mind of a scientist, carefully recording tests and cataloging results. She hand draws and tessellates patterns with her tablet to produce her negatives. Her innovative printing methods harness UV light to create Prussian Blue prints on fabric. She then hacks the dye with various treatments to induce a rainbow of unexpected results. Ultimately she creates beautiful and useful pieces with the prints. Meet Christina McFall and get an up-close view of her intricate textiles at Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 & 22.
