Our friends at Oakland’s The Crucible write: Please join us for the 7th Annual Fire & Light: Soirée and Art Auction. This event transforms our industrial art studio into an enchanted setting of dazzling art, fine food and wine, and fiery effects. Enjoy an electrifying performance by Omega Recoil, and members of both Gamelan X […]
Gina from Acute Designs is pretty honest in her latest blog post – if she could use lace as spray paint stencils all the time, she would. She’s put together a few simple projects using that technique, like this dry erase board, but this time she swapped the lace for the doily.
Love Maegan shows us how to bring an old pair f shoes back to life by covering them with a bold patterned fabric like houndstooth.
Chelsea Bloxsom made these Mario villain hoops for an art show. I think the Chain Chomp works particularly well in the hoop, but they all look pretty awesome. Darn those Chain Chomps! They always get me when I’m on the Rainbow Road in Mario Kart.
Stanley is a converted player piano that interacts with Twitter users to play their favorite songs. Users tweet at Stanley to request a tune, a computer searches through a vast MIDI library to find it, then the MIDI information is sent to a set of solenoids on the piano that plunk out the notes.
Add some summertime style to your sewing room with this kite pincushion tutorial from Riley Blake Designs! More: Project: Needle Felt A Voodoo Doll Pincushion @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Nesting Doll Pin Cushion @Craftzine.com blog How-To: UP House Pincushion @Craftzine.com blog
Micheal Colombo over at MAKE posted this example of true ingenuity: a swing made from a skateboard. You could even just hang the ropes and make it a bring-your-own-skateboard swing. More: Public Swings Art Project @Craftzine.com blog HOW TO – Tire Swing @Craftzine.com blog Heavy Duty Porch Swing @Craftzine.com blog
