Faux Mirrored Glass
Breath new life into old vessels with a pretty DIY mirrored glass tutorial by 17 Apart.
Month: June 2012
How-To: Mini Cross-Stitch Stamp
Sometimes you want a stitchy look, but don’t have time to actually stitch every little x your heart desires. Here’s where our own Haley comes in with a brilliant tutorial over on The Zen of Making. This mini cross-stitch stamp isn’t just adorable and clever, but it’s also a great way to get started with […]
iPad-Programmable LED Wall
Greg Friedland of San Francisco, CA, wrote in with his 32-square-foot LED matrix. The lights in the Aurora consist of a grid of 544 RGB LEDs capable of ~16 million colors attached to a 4′ by 8′ wood board. The LEDs are controlled by a microcontroller, which is in turn controlled by a program running […]
Ask MAKE: Thinkpad Keyboard Conversion
Ask MAKE is a monthly column where we answer your questions. Send your vexing conundrums on any aspect of making to askmake@makezine.com. If we don’t have the answer, we’ll scare up somebody who does.
Awesome R2D2 Yarn Bombing
This is quite possibly my favorite yarn bombing of all time. Sarah Rudder created a knitted R2D2 cover for a concrete street post in Bellingham, Washington. I set out in March of this year in the shadow of many talented knitters and crocheters, determined to yarn-bomb a lackluster part of downtown Bellingham, Washington. The pedestrian […]
How-To: Dalek Doctor Who Cake
Nancy Dorsner of Dabbled consistently creates amazing geeky cakes for her kids’ birthdays, and this year was no exception. She’s been posting teaser pics of this fantastic Dalek cake she made for her son, and now she has a complete tutorial for creating your own. I love seeing what ordinary materials she transforms into the […]
DIWire Build Plans Available for Download
The folks at Pensa have uploaded the bill of materials, code, and models of the custom parts for 3D printing for DIWire, their open-source wire-bending machine.
