Cows Made From Recycled Car Parts
Artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä created these bovine sculptures using body parts from junked cars. She’s made enough of them for a veritable automotive animal farm.
Month: September 2012
Installation from Thousands of Paper Strips
Artist Daniele Papuli created this mind-boggling floor installation, called Cartoframma, from nothing but thousands and thousands of strips of paper! [via Alec Shao] More: Paper-cut Installations by Stuart McLachlan Amazing Paper Art Installation
How-To: Pencil Dish Rack
I’m not sure how practical it would be in the long run, but I’m kind of in love with this pencil dish rack tutorial from Samuel at RE_. As a designer, I use a big quantity of drawing pencils every year. I never know what to do with them when they get too small so […]
DIY Gold Leaf Cement Planters
I’ve seen a few tutorials on how to make cement containers, but still have been a bit intimidated to try it myself. After reading this how-to over at Ruffled, I’ve changed my mind!
How-To: Ruler Clutch Purse
Head back to school—or back to the office—in style with this awesome ruler clutch purse from Heidi at Hands Occupied!
New in the Maker Shed: Trebuchet Kit
Who doesn’t love a good trebuchet? This comprehensive Trebuchet Kit (available in the Maker Shed) is 100% hand made in Michigan by people who spend their free time launching pumpkins.
Lego Robot Builds With Lego
Akiyuky’s beautiful 5-axis robotic arm, the S-750, uses two Mindstorms NXT bricks and a passel of motors to control the arm as it carefully builds a chair out of Lego. I especially love the robot’s pneumatically actuated gripper and also the sweet cable carrier. [via The NXT Step]
