Year: 2011

Open Make Maker: Virginia Fleck

Open Make Maker: Virginia Fleck

Virginia Fleck will host a workshop on building a collaborative, inflatable meditation cushion made of recycled plastic bags.

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Each Open MAKE will center around a different material-centric theme. This month it’s PLASTICS.

Open MAKE is a monthly program highlighting the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local makers. Visitors are invited to participate in tinkering and making activities inside the Tinkering Studio, where makers from around the Bay Area will share their work. In addition, Dale Dougherty, founder and publisher of MAKE magazine, will interview Featured Makers in the McBean Theater.

MakeShift 25 Deadline June 3

MakeShift 25 Deadline June 3

Calling all braaaaaaains… The deadline to submit a solution for the MakeShift that was featured in MAKE Volume 25 is June 3! This one was a personal favorite. (Also, I’m the zombie in the bottom left corner of the window!) Check out some fun outtakes from the photo shoot on the article page. The Scenario: […]

How-To: A U.S. Map in Patchwork

By pure coincidence, I ran across this beautiful patchwork U.S. Map on See Kate Sew right after I read Katie Wilson’s post on 50 State Mottos Come to Life. Kate’s patchwork tutorial is fabulous, covering how to generate the state-shaped patterns on your computer and assemble the whole thing without too much sewing. As she […]