Dan Strohl of custom car site Hemmings.com wrote a great piece on solvent-welding plastics: basically gluing together broken pieces of plastic with a solvent chosen to work best with that type of plastic. Step one is identifying the plastic. There’s all sorts of plastics out there, and they all respond to different solvents. Urethane Supply […]
We’ve talked about Jessica Decker’s awesome giant cross-stitch projects before, but did you know that you can now purchase kits to make your own? Check out the new giant cross-stitch kits from Jessica Decker and Kollabora!
Glassblowing is beautiful to watch: seeing the artist mold the pliable molten glass into a shape using just their breath (and sometimes tongs) as the primary tools. This video shows a glassblower making a horse sculpture. The way the horse twists and curves as he tweaks the shape, it appears to be coming to life! […]
If you’re looking for a nice portable speaker for your iPhone or iPod Touch and are into the retro look of an old lunch box, then you’ll dig AudioPail, a portable speaker solution from Eureka Springs, Arkansas maker Brian Wood.
It’s Toolsday here at MAKE, and that means that we’re having a Hangout on Air. Join us 6pm PDT to talk about some of your favorite tools and to show off your workspace. If you’d like to join the live broadcast hangout, leave a comment on the Toolsday post on the +MAKE page. We will […]
The thing this first-time Burner found the most overwhelming (in the good way) was the presence of the maker spirit everywhere I looked. Practically everything that makes its way to Black Rock City is made by hand, and most of it is made just because nothing quite like it has ever been made before.
For the Warhol fans out there, how many of you picked up some of these limited edition Campbell’s soup cans? Sherry from Young House Love did and quickly turned them into art supply organizers.
