Want to Be a “Resident Goodnik?”
My old friend and cohort Nate Heasley sent me this announcement for a cool summer opportunity available through his non-profit org, Goodnik
Month: April 2012
Playing With UV-Cured Resin
NYC Resistor members recently spent an evening playing around with resin: For today’s #hackfriday at NYC Resistor a bunch of us were inspired by Junior and ScribbleJ‘s 3D printing projects and experimented with UV curing resin using a DLP projector. We had some JMP UV stamp resin, although it didn’t cure solid with the normal […]
Recipe: Baked Pecan Caramel Cheesecake
Pecans are one of my all-time favorite foods. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in Texas and spent many afternoons grabbing them off the ground, smashing their shells and digging out the sweet treat inside, but whatever it is my fondness for them knows no bounds. Another favorite combination of mine is cheesecake and caramel, […]
Paper-cut Installations by Stuart McLachlan
I wish I had the patience and hand-eye coordination to do intricate paper-cuts, so I am always blown away by people who make it an art. Stuart McLachlan is clearly a master of paper-cut; his stunning kid’s party hats and elaborate installations are incredible. I love the way he immerses people in the paper. (Via […]
Honor the Exotic Pliers
Please don’t call them “wire strippers.” The more PC term is “exotic pliers.”
Graphic Novel-Inspired Quilt, “Bad Rain”
Textile artist Ferret (Harrow, UK) made this impressive quilt, “Bad Rain,” inspired by an illustrated spread in the graphic novel Cancertown. She then brought the quilt to a comic show, and scored a photo with the graphic novel’s artist, Stephen Downey, and the author, Cy Dethan (below). Unfortunately the 629 pixel width of this blog […]
The Concrete Lathe Project
The origin of mechanical precision is a classic chicken-and-egg problem: If you need a precision machine tool to make a precision machine tool, where do precision machine tools come from, in the first place?