Polymath Design Lab: Shannon Henry (video)
Shannon Henry demonstrates her E-textile fiber optic skirts at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. LEDs, fiber optics, and accelerometers are just a few of the elements that she uses to embellish her fashions.
Month: August 2011
Announcing the Maker Faire YouTube Channel
Big news! Maker Faire has its own channel on YouTube. We’re publishing videos from our 2011 Bay Area and Detroit Maker Faires regularly over the next few months. We’re extremely excited and proud to share these maker profiles with you, so if you want to keep up to date on the latest, be sure to subscribe on YouTube.
Colossus: Zachary Coffin (video)
Zachary Coffin‘s Colossus is a large-scale sculpture of wood and steel that holds massive granite rocks suspended above the ground. Ropes hanging from the rocks are pulled by attendees of Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, setting the entire seventy foot tall structure slowly spinning with great inertia.
Announcing the Maker Faire YouTube Channel
Big news! Maker Faire has its own channel on YouTube. We’re publishing videos from our 2011 Bay Area and Detroit Maker Faires regularly over the next few months. We’re extremely excited and proud to share these maker profiles with you, so if you want to keep up to date on the latest, be sure to subscribe on YouTube.
How-To: Felt Friendship Bracelet
I’m with Mollie of Wild Olive: I love knotted friendship bracelets, but the length of time it takes to make them keeps me from trying them very often. Her “cheater” version of the classic embroidery floss accessory is beautiful and fun, and can be whipped up in a fraction of the time as the traditional […]
How-To: Full Tang Cord Handle Wrap
There are lots of great Paracord projects over on Instructables, and weโve featured quite a few of them here before (see below), but this one from Harlan Whitman caught my eye, both because of the great job Harlan does presenting the technique, and because of the great-looking results he gets on this camp axe, which he made himself.
How-To: Lace Caplet
Nicole Smith from Appliance Clothing shared the pattern for this sweet little lace caplet on Bernina’s Sewing Republic. With a touch of vintage flavor and some very feminine details, this is definitely a wardrobe piece that looks both classic and fresh! (Don’t you just love the bow?) You can download the pattern on the Sewing […]
