In honor of Plastics month here on MAKE, I’m excited to chime in with some of my recent Zero to Maker exploits into the world of silicone. For the non-maker (or “pre-maker,” as I like to say), working with plastic can be revelatory. It opens your eyes to the wonders and possibilities of easily creating everyday objects and provides a new perspective on the way so much of our world is manufactured.
Linda of Craftaholics Anonymous has a great idea for hanging her milk glass plates right the first time – traced paper templates. It’s a smart idea to help you lay out your design and not put unwanted holes in your wall. I’ll keep this in mind the next time I want to hang one of […]
Thingiverse user Steven Conine designed, printed, and published this excellent model of the Braddock park row house he inhabits in Bostn.
Rick Karr hosts a PBS series called NYC 2.0 to air Sunday nights (and online) for the next six weeks. The first episode features hackerspace NYC Resistor, MakerBot, and Boxee. Rick visited my studio and other dear friends so I’m looking forward to the NYC 2.0 lineup! The Hackers (Air date: Sunday, September 18, 8:30pm) […]
Hunter McCurry brought the Pullcordion to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. This handmade mechanical musical instrument is played by pulling on strings that are attached to pieces of dryer ventilation tubing with harmonica reeds mounted on them. Subscribe to the Maker Faire Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube […]
Sebastian Korczak hacked together a 360° rotating 3D scanner using little more than a record turntable modified with Arduino, digital camera, and a laser pointer. Korczak’s laser was mated with a special lens to create a linear beam. The distortion of this beam as it scanned the room coupled with the video data is put into a Python script, which outputs a point cloud of whatever is scanned. In this manner he is able to get full real-time scans of entire rooms. Fortunately for us, he’s provided extensive documentation on his homepage.
With fall just around the corner and a new kitchen table to set, I have come up with one super easy way to create a table setting that is low on technique but high on charm. I wrote this tutorial up using one pillowcase per setting.
