Mike Cook was tasked with creating a crazy golf hole for FON (Full Of Noises), a festival of sound and art run in the Town of Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom. As part of the festival, the organizers wanted to transform the local pitch and putt golf course into a more novel experience. Mike’s final product is […]
Sachiko at Tea Rose Home created this beautiful little dress from a package of five assorted tea towels. I only wish they made tea towels much larger, so I can have one in my size, too! Take a look at her lovingly-photographed tutorial – her process for turning towels into garment is simple and ingenious.
We’ve been talking about making our own jam for the past few days at my house, so it’s only fitting we stocked up on Ball jars today on National Can-it-Forward Day. Check out the web site for recipes and information on how to be your own preserver. What kind of foods are folks out there […]
This is the sweater you were looking for. Erica Schoenberger of EricaKnit on Etsy offers up this rad custom knit R2D2 sweater, and can even whip up a matching R2 beanie. Love it. [via Laughing Squid and Bonnie Burton]
Today is AS220′s annual Foo Fest, and in addition to the AS220 Labs Fab Lab, as well as many artists and musicians you’ll see, the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire has a table set up where you can get information about the Faire, and have your picture, er, point cloud taken with a Kinect connected to a Mac running Kyle McDonald’s KinectToStl. RI Mini Maker Faire will be here until 5:30, so come down soon!
I do love an instant-gratification project with a sense of humor. Christen of Twirling Betty acquired some pretty Japanese Washi tape and used it to create a set of refrigerator magnets that look like… tape! The whole project takes minutes to do, and is a great way to recycle any unwanted magnets thrust upon you […]
Berto Aussems of Maastricht, the Netherlands, built a trolling motor powered by a drill. Anyone with a cordless drill can make this trolling motor, just from wood. This is a fun project; making it, in a couple of hours, and to navigate on still waters. OK, you have to buy a propellor, a square drillhead, […]
