Kid-Friendly Control Panel
Turn leftover items from your kitchen junk drawer or supply closet into a kid-sized control panel for hours of imaginative play this weekend, thanks to Abernathy Crafts. More: MAKE | Build Your Own Backyard Rocketship
Year: 2012
My Diablo III Sculpture: Azmodan
Jason Babler is MAKE’s Creative Director. Late at night he sneaks into his garage to work on one-of-a-kind sculptures. Here’s his latest! -Gareth Branwyn I began this sculpture two years ago, when I was working for a book publishing company. I had the good fortune to be the Art Director for Blizzard’s book, Diablo III: […]
How-To: Paper Airplane Canvas Collage
I absolutely adore this paper airplane wall art that Heather from Brie Brie Blooms shared on Mom Endeavors. Such a fun idea! Head over to Mom Endeavors to see the full how-to. [Via Pinterest] More: How-To: Cardboard Wall Art @Craftzine.com blog crabble Wall Art – The Gift for a Grandma That Has it All @Craftzine.com […]
Lego Mindstorms Light-Painting Robot
Lightplot is a robotic 3D light painting system. Animation is exported from 3DS Max, and imported into the Lightplot software which then drives a robotic arm to draw the models in the air. The software also controls a DSLR camera to take long exposure photographs of each frame of animation. The project grew from early […]
Hand-Cut Roadmap Silhouettes
Nikki Rosato creates these enigmatic silhouettes by cutting out everything but the roads on old maps and trimming them into the shape of a person. [via books, paper, scissors]
Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Guitar
When most people think of carbonite, they think of flash frozen space smugglers, but as we’ve seen here numerous times, it’s also great for casting soaps, chocolates, fashioning writing desks, and the occasional iPhone case.
Maker Camp: Tensegrity Towers with Bill Gurstelle
Week 3, Theoretical Thursday at Maker Camp. Today we’re going to be learning about tension, by building a “tensegrity tower” sculpture from dowels and stretch cord that seems to defy the laws of physics. When we’re done, we’ll have a system of wooden dowels that float in the air.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
