Kickstarted: Make it Yourself?
After your project gets funded on Kickstarter, should you make it yourself or find a manufacturing partner?
Year: 2012
How-To: Melted Crayon Ornaments
Got crayons? Make some funky and festive DIY decorations with this melted crayon ornament tutorial!
Spinning Cassette Tape
Twitter user miquraffreshia uploaded this image of cassette tape being spun into yarn.
The Wood Database
For a given variety of wood, The Wood Database has images of the wood grain in various stages of preparation (sanded, sealed, endgrain). It’s a great resource for anyone who works with wood.
Make: Believe // Making Puppets: From Clay to Play (PT 1)
Lex Rudd walked us through how she designs lifelike puppes, fabrication techniques, including early sculpture, pattern making, molding, casting, prototypes, raw materials, and finished products.
Give a gander at Lex’s website www.alexisrudd.com for some of her other works.
More about Make: Believe: makezine.com/go/believe
Make: Believe // Making Puppets: From Clay to Play (PT 2)
Lex Rudd walked us through how she designs lifelike puppes, fabrication techniques, including early sculpture, pattern making, molding, casting, prototypes, raw materials, and finished products.
Give a gander at Lex’s website www.alexisrudd.com for some of her other works.
More about Make: Believe: makezine.com/go/believe
DIY Paper Cup Reindeer
Handmade Charlotte is featuring an adorable Christmas-approved project from Estéfi Machado.