Don’t let your eyes fool you. The bold and colorful scallops on this adorable dress from Danielle of My Sparkle are not part of the fabric design. Each color was painstakingly appliqued on to the skirt. She shares her process and templates over on Project Run and Play. The design could be used on all […]
Use the camera in your Android smartphone to detect radiation with the Radioactivity Counter app from Rolf-Dieter Klein. Just place a small piece of black tape over the camera lens, calibrate for ambient noise, and you’ll be ready to take readings in no time. The app uses the device’s built-in CMOS sensor to detect primary […]
Here’s a cool woodworking project from Laura and Katie of Duo Fiberworks over on Prudent Baby. They share their plans and step-by-step instructions for building a wee wooden ironing board and iron. This is the kind of toy that would be passed down to kids and grandkids. Sadly, the irony (pun intended) in my house […]
Zigurd Mednieks checks in from CES In trying to find interesting products for makers, I came across some machine screws that are smaller than fleas, 0.2mm across the shaft. The Matsumoto Industries product was exhibited using a microscope. If you are making something very small, that’s your screw. They were too small for me to […]
Our featured image from the MAKE Flickr pool, this week, from Robert Birkenes, is a lovely work-in-progress shot showing off his build of Ross Orr’s Panoramic Pinhole Camera project from MAKE Vol 09.I’m also partial to Michael Jones’ shot of the wooden clockworks he’s building based on Clayton Boyer’s plans. Oh, and that wooden spool […]
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: pom pom trim and wig!, by mandalinarossa Black pearls handspun yarn, by snowberrylime fiber art in progress!, by cornflowerbluestudio Little seedling, by fibrouspics Crochet ruffle handpainted doll 149, by A Little Vintage
The Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake in Plymouth, MN “is a four-week exhibition that is part sculpture park, part artist residency, and part social experiment, inspired by traditional ice fishing houses that dot the state’s lakes in winter.” Jordan Husney helped out with the Dance Shanty, “an innocuous white structure on a frozen lake, […]
