Month: May 2012

Introduction to Sewing Scissors

Introduction to Sewing Scissors

Want to give your collection of sewing scissors an upgrade, but find yourself feeling a bit intimidated by all of the choices? Check out this Cultivating a Scissor Arsenal post from Gertie at Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing! She explains the what-shape-and-why for her favorite sewing scissors, and the comments are filled with even […]

Copper Powder Conductive Ink

Copper Powder Conductive Ink

NYC Resistor’s Nick Vermeer is working on conductive ink: I’ve recently had success in making a conductive ink using a fine copper powder suspended in an acrylic airbrush medium. This paper on conductive epoxies was really the key to getting this ink working. The paper shows that etching the metal filler slightly before mixing it […]

Evelin Kasikov’s Stitched Portraits

Evelin Kasikov’s Stitched Portraits

Evelin Kasikov’s embroidery work has been featured on CRAFT before because her projects were so incredible, and her new work, called The Portrait Project, is no exception. The Portrait Project is a set of 10 stitched portraits, all based on the same grid. Images are created by using different stitching methods and thread thicknesses. The […]

Arduino GRANDE at Maker Faire

Arduino GRANDE at Maker Faire

Honey, I Shrunk the Maker I built this 6x larger than real life, fully functional Arduino GRANDE. Why? There was talk among the MAKE: editors about how Arduino is really big at Maker Faire, and I thought, why not make it even bigger? Literally. After modeling it in 3D software, drafting it for laser cutting, […]