In a world full of fancy, complicated food, sometimes the simple ideas are still the best. Maybe it’s just my persistent sweet tooth talking, but these chocolate filled raspberries from Lisa at Grey Luster Girl look like they would hit the spot perfectly right about now. It’s never too early in the day for chocolate, […]
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I really like using the Adweeny for Arduino projects; it’s small, it’s easy to pug into a breadboard, and it’s inexpensive so you don’t mind permanently embedding it. But what if you want to make the Ardweeny compatible with shields? That’s where this ProtoShield for Ardweeny, available in the Maker Shed, comes in handy
Continue ReadingSpace stitchery has a special place in my heart, so I was thrilled when Hannah shared the work of artist Marta Brysha with me this morning. Marta works in a gorgeous studio in the central highlands of Tasmania and uses stunning hand dyed threads and fabrics to create her embroideries depicting nebulae, galaxies and other […]
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The Originals Factory is an art bot by Liat Segal & Assaf Talmudi: The Originals Factory is a work in progress fusing together and questioning digital, mechanic and plastic approaches to art, abstraction and originality. It is basically a DIY robot, built and programmed to create landscape paintings in the style of American abstract expressionism. […]
Continue ReadingConsidering that he wears one of the most recognizable sweaters of all time, I think that it makes perfect sense that flickr user Olá Olá Bonjour TragedyTrousers! created this awesome amigurumi Freddy Krueger! [via knithacker]
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Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool, this homemade fractal antenna for digital television signals by Roy Jacobsen of Fargo, ND. Instructions for, and discussions of, similar designs are available in this Instructable from William Ruckman. Judging from the comments over there, folks who have built their own fractal antennae are quite pleased with how they […]
Continue ReadingMy big Christmas gift this year was a new sewing machine, and one of the things I’m most looking forward to playing with all the decorative stitches. A simple project would be a great place to start, and these cute little felt envelopes from Nest of Posies fit the bill.
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