Are you the innovative type? A cook who marches to a different drummer? If you are interested in the science behind what happens to food while it’s cooking, then Cooking for Geeks from the Maker Shed just might be your kind of cookbook. Author Jeff Potter has done the cubicle thing, the startup thing, and […]
I find it laughable that I, someone who rarely wears anything besides Chuck Taylors, have now posted three different pairs of high heeled shoes in just more than a week. But the shoes have been just that stunning, and this latest pair is is particularly fabulous. Anna Maria Horner points us to these measuring tape […]
Konstruct is an investigation into Generative Art in an Augmented Reality environment. It is a sound reactive AR experience for the iPhone that allows the user to create a virtual sculpture by speaking, whistling or blowing into the device’s microphone. A variety of 3D shapes, colour palettes and settings can be combined to build an […]
Make: Live airs tonight! Don’t miss our bikes episode where guests Nick Normal and William Thomas Porter join us with pedal-powered projects. We’ll also be giving away some tools from Digi-Key to one lucky member of the chat. Giveaway prizes: 148 Piece tool set LED flashlight Make: Live 06 – Bikes, Basics to Extremes Wednesday […]
Ceramics maker Liz created this ceramic rendition of Miyazaki’s famous moving castle and glazed it with the exciting Raku process.
Here’s a skill I always wanted to learn. The chemistry program at my alma mater still actually includes glassblowing classes, but they are pretty perfunctory. Doing it right takes considerable practice, in my experience. And if you want to make apparatus, as I recall, you need access to an annealing oven. Etsy created this video portrait of their seller Kiva Ford, who makes both scientific and art glassware. [via Boing Boing]
The type nerd/new home owner in me is drooling over these gorgeous new ceramic house numbers from Heath Ceramics and House Industries. Joined together in mutual admiration, Heath and House Industries bring you Heath House Numbers, 3-dimensional clay tiles celebrating the legendary Neutra and Eames number fonts. Each tile skillfully combines precision with craft in […]
