Hacking the Free Seas
Aquatic craft makers will give a presentation and Mare Liberum will be building vessels at World Maker Faire in Queens, NYC.
Year: 2012
Roadworks 2012 Steamroller Printing Festival
I was lucky enough to be able to go to Roadworks yesterday, a steamroller printing festival held each year by the San Francisco Center for the Book. It’s basically a wonderfully nerdy block party, lined with bookmakers, printmakers, and letterpress companies, but the star is the steamroller. Four artists created 3×3-foot lino cuts which used […]
@Adafruit visits @Bre Pettis @MakerBot store in NYC (video)
Today Ladyada and I visited the new MakerBot store in NYC. Video above, (photos here). Great location, and it was packed in waves, even on a Sunday. MakerBot has MakerBot-made designs for sale in the store, as well as community-made models. All the designers were contacted and compensated for their participation. If you’re keeping score […]
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: day 365, by luckyjackson:: Halloween Paper Rosette Ornament, by m a r i c e felted superbears, by gabrielefelt Amigurumi tattooo machine, by Ohioja Bronze Dalek, by Lucyravenscar (Angry Angel)
MakerBot’s Mixed Messages About Open Source, Their Future
In the wake of MakerBot’s Replicator 2 announcement, there has been a lot of discussion and questioning about the open source status of the company’s offerings. The MakerWare software used to control both the new printer and the original Replicator is available for download now. It is clearly closed source, even though it contains some open source software, and instead of being open source, they are offering a developer program.
How-To: Contrasting Color Raincoat
I absolutely adore this contrasting color raincoat that Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shared on Riley Blake Designs. Head on over to the site to see how to make your own!