Month: November 2012

Knitted Jewelry

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Amy Lawrence creates impressive pieces of jewelry with her Italian industrial knitting machine.

Toolsday: Dream Tools

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November 29th, 2012April 16th, 2015

Today’s Toolsday topic is Dream Tools-If money was no object, what tool(s) would you buy?

Host: Eric Weinhoffer
Guest: Michael Castor

Food Makers: Aquaponics

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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November 29th, 2012April 16th, 2015

17-year-old aquaponics innovator Pierre Beauchamp has been building systems since he was 13. In this episode of Food Makers he explains his interest in aquaponics and the system he designed for Del Oro High School in Auburn Calif.

Maker Faire Tokyo 2012: Presentation and Workshop Lineup

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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A preview of this weekend’s Maker Faire Tokyo presentation and workshop schedule. Sessions range from felting polar bear hair bands to mapping 30 years of the Japanese maker movement to 3D printing and more—all this weekend at Maker Faire Tokyo!

Holiday Gift Guide 2012: Japanese Woodworking Tools

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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I confess this gift guide is a little self-serving. Back in October I marveled at the beauty of woodworker Len Cullum’s workshop of Japanese tools in this blog post. I’ve long been fascinated by the simple elegance of Japanese joinery. Of course there’s nothing simple about it. It’s a craft that takes a lifetime to […]

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