Childrens’ Technology maven and playful tinkerer Scott Traylor came up with this whimsical mod for used movie theatre 3d glasses. With his simple PDF template everyone can go green in more ways than one. From his site:
Today, I spent the morning going through my reader, trying my best to get excited about cold weather crafting. I was having a little trouble mustering my usual level of creative enthusiasm, but then I saw these chevron mittens from Trula Kids, and I new that I’d found my first project! The blogger made them […]
If you’ve seen my zombified vintage embroidery design, you know that I’m a fan of taking innocuous things and turning them … a bit disturbing. These holiday decorations from Jo Anne of Crafting for Cheapskates take that hobby to a whole new level. See how she’s turned thrifted holiday decorations into creepy knick knacks. I […]
LeBigRep is a monster RepRap capable of building within a 1-meter cube. Inspired by the RepRap Project, the idea arose of having a machine which could actually produce objects exceeding the dimension of objects produced by desktop fabbing devices as the RepRap, Makerbot, etc. Imagine printing furniture, sculptures and other life size structures and experimenting […]
Wim Delvoye customized these ironing boards with enamel paint. [via dudecraft] Thanks Sean!
This simple and modern cat quilt from Merrilee of mer meg initially caught my eye because my daughter is a huge cat fanatic and I thought it might be a good project to tackle for her. I loved Merrilee’s story behind the quilt even more, though, and enjoyed reading about her process and how her […]
We have featured projects from teenage chemist Hayden Parker, who is this semester an entering freshman at Willamette University, several times since he first showed up on our radar at Bay Area Maker Faire 2011. We recently asked Hayden to share some of the most useful practical tips he’s picked up from the home and hobby chemistry community, and this list is the result. Thanks, Hayden! Keep up the good work! – Ed.
