Hand-Painted Saw
Artist Zachary Smith uses saws as charming canvases for his handsome hand-painted typography.
Month: April 2013
New Early Release Ebook from O’Reilly: Building iPhone and iPad Electronics Projects
Want to build iPhone and iPad electronics apps without paying the Apple developer tax? Check out this new book from Mike Westerfield.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Megan O. Andersen
Los Angeles-based crafter and maker Megan O. Andersen—aka RadMegan—is one of my favorite voices in the DIY community. As far as crafty credentials go, I think the first sentence on the “About Megan” page on her blog sums it up perfectly: “Megan O. Andersen has been crafting, baking, cooking, drawing, sculpting and gardening since she could hold a crayon.”
Kollabora’s “Blast From the Past” Contest
Attention crafters! DIY online community Kollabora is giving away three $100 gift certificates to their store in the “Blast from the Past” contest. (The Kollabora store is great โ they sell yarn, sewing supplies, jewelry-making tools, knitting/crochet notions, and more.) To enter the contest, upload your favorite original project from the past on Kollabora with “Blast from the Past” included in the title.
Inside MIT’s Hobby Shop
It’s remarkable how the MIT Hobby Shop presages aspects of the hackerspace movement… In the 1937-38 academic year, Vannevar Bush, then Vice President of MIT, granted a group of 16 MIT students permission to use a room in the basement of building 2. With equipment they found around the Institute they set up a wood […]
How-To: Hexagon Quilt Stamps
Into stamps and stitches? You’ll love this hexagon quilt stamps tutorial from Mollie at Wild Olive!
A Conversation With 3D Artist Joshua Harker
Joshua Harker has been a maker and artist his whole life. He worked professionally as a product and toy designer for a few years before turning to 3D art. Within the last year and a half, he’s created the first and fourth most funded sculpture projects on Kickstarter, and sold thousands of beautiful works of art, all created with 3D Printing. I spoke to him about his process and his views on the current state of the 3D Printing industry.
