photos: Robert Diamante Jenine Shereos created a unique series of leaves from human hair that she stitched together by hand. Inspired by the delicate and detailed venation of a leaf, I began stitching individual strands of hair by hand into a water- soluble backing material. At each point where one strand of hair intersected another, […]
Well, more accurately, they transform into “whegs,” which look like legs, but are driven like wheels and don’t, as a rule, have powered joints. Apart from sheer novelty value, the advantage seems to be that Quattroped is capable of high “road speeds” when it’s on a smooth surface and in wheeled mode, but can transform […]
Back in September, I posted about the Star Wars stitcheries of Love and Sandwich, and mentioned that the Chewbacca “Laugh it up, fuzzball” was my favorite. I was really excited, then, to see this time lapse of her creating that very piece over on Feeling Stitchy. It’s two and a half hours of work shown […]
Relays can do cool stuff when you hook them up to the Internet. Check out XDA member JsChiSurf demonstrate his Android controlled garage door opener. Using an old Linux box connected to a serial relay, he’s able to toggle his garage door opener using a custom app from his Android handset.
It was only a matter of time before someone attempted the falafel waffle. And it actually makes sense. A waffle is typically lightly fried wheat dough, and falafel is fried chickpea dough. Dan Shumski of Waffleizer describes how he made it, along with how to achieve the best results when making the hummus to accompany. […]
Named in honor of Madame Curie (whose full name was Maria Sklodowska-Curie), the Maria S.C. chandelier from Polish designer Pani Jurek allows for all kinds of interesting end-user customization options. And it’s hard to imagine an easier remake. [via CRAFT]
In response to the Make: Newsletter Special Edition (on Tips) that we sent out yesterday, MAKE pal, and automata artist, Dug North sent us a link to a piece he did on Dremel tips. The article is part of Dug’s Automata Tips, Techniques and Tricks, a series he’s doing on Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. 10: Carving […]
