Your Comments
And we’re back with our thirty-seventh installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Makezine, our Facebook page, and Twitter.
Year: 2012
How-To: Rope Words and Letters
Getting hitched? Or maybe you’re just looking for a creative way to add some unique typography to your home decor? Check out this rope words tutorial that Jessica and Garett from Wednesday shared on Green Wedding Shoes. Who would have thought using jute beyond the 1970’s could be so cute! These rope words are a […]
Made On Earth — Slap Shot to the Moon
When Jeff Stone and his wife, Susan, decided to build a telescope, run-of-the-mill building materials just wouldn’t do.
Tips for Building with Kids
More and more parents are taking it upon themselves to organize groups of kids for after-school hands-on learning projects. Read Joe Mayer’s account of building robots with 7- to 10-year-olds at makezine.com/go/educate for inspiration. To gather pearls of wisdom, we asked a few of our favorite educators, “What are your top five tips for building […]
More Making Makers: Project MAKE Brings Hands-On Learning to High School Students
When I was in school, along with my regular academic classes, I had the opportunity to take practical arts classes in drafting, cooking, and sewing, as well as shop classes working with wood, metal, and autos. These experiences, in addition to summers tagging along with my jack-of-all-trades grandfather, helped to instill in me not just […]
Lifetime Creativity: A Master’s Advice for Young Makers
The Building Blocks Every kid draws; I just never stopped. I spent countless hours dreaming up and drawing robots and creatures. People often call the ability to do art a natural talent, something you’re born with. But what many don’t see are the obsessive hours spent trying to improve on a skill that can […]
Young Maker Profile: Schuyler St. Leger
Schuyler St. Leger got his start with an original Lego Mindstorms RCX kit and was inspired by the tinkering of cartoon inventors Wallace and Gromit. From there he learned to write code with Processing and Scratch, explored electronics, and learned to knit from his grandma. The Garduino Garden Controller from MAKE Volume 18 opened his […]
