Did you ever want to upgrade your bread-boarded circuits to something more permanent? Or maybe you’ve got a hankering to make your own metal jewelry? Today we’ll show you how you can do both! With super simple copper etching! Lets go!
This wins as Geek Parent Craft of the Year in my book. Julie of Juile’s Blog created an amazing pair of quiet books for babies based on Star Trek and Star Wars, complete with activities like practicing the Vulcan Salute and destroying TIE fighters. I am in complete awe with her details and ability to […]
UK educational supply center centre Mindsets online sells variously-sized 3mm thick sample sheets of Eastman’s Spectar copolyester at not-completely-outlandish prices. Spectar supposedly looks and handles much like acrylic, but with the surprising property that it can be cold-formed without breaking or whitening, and exhibits a memory effect, holding a cold bend until reheated.
When I was a little kid, I used to make bookmarks and puppets at my grandma’s house using yarn on big, plastic square grids. These tapestry wool creations from The Pin Pals look like a much more stylish, all-grown-up version of my beloved childhood craft! Isn’t the barrette beautiful?
Milkymist One is a video synthesizer to create real-time visuals from audio or video input. Launched in summer 2011 by a global cooperative of technology designers, it is used around the world by musicians and DJs, restaurant and club owners, people organizing parties or interested in visual art for their home. You can buy the […]
Our good pal, Jenny Hart, recently introduced some beautiful new cocktail napkins to her textile collections. Now she’s offering up free embroidery patterns to use on them, and they are fantastic. I’m particularly fond of the “R U 2 DRUNK 2 READ THIS” pattern, but there are also great Halloween and winter patterns, as well […]
At this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, there were robots of all kinds! Enjoy a few snapshots of our robotic friends, taken by Gregory Hayes.
