Knitting Sculpture from Paper and Glue
Graphic Designer Lusi Klimenko used nothing but paper and glue to create this amazing sculpture of a basket overflowing with knitting paraphernalia.
Year: 2012
Make your own Magdeburg Hemispheres
Way back in the 17th Century German scientist Otto von Guericke demonstrated the power of vacuum forming by joining two steel half domes that two teams of horses pulling in opposite directions could not pull apart. In this video, MAKE Contributing Editor William Gurstelle recreates the experiment in ReMaking History with two cake pans. And you can, too, in this easy to follow experiment.
Take Your Mom (or Friend) to MAKE Day
As expected, I spent much of the holidays explaining our OpenROV project to my relatives. Much of that discussion involved detailing the maker movement, Maker Faire, Kickstarter, open source hardware, 3D printing. Almost all of the maker infrastructure we’ve utilized is completely new to them, not to mention the foreigness of underwater robotics.
Basically, I told them, we’re living in a golden age for inventors and inventing. That’s all they really needed to know.
My mom decided to challenge my thesis. She shared one of her ideas with me.
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Need some crafty inspiration? Here are some of the cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week!
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
The Chemistry of Snowflakes
The American Chemical Society has a great two-minute video explaining the basic chemistry behind snowflake formation, including how each degree of temperature difference adds to the branches of the flake. Are no two snowflakes really alike? It depends on if we’re talking about big snowflakes or little ones. On a side note, the incredible snowflake […]
How-To: Lace-Backed Shirt
Turn that tired top in the back of your closet into a pretty lace-backed shirt!
