Vintage Pencil and Ruler Chimes
These clever chimes made from vintage rulers and pencils were created with care by Etsy user Vanessa Boer.
Month: April 2013
How-To: Double Crochet
Make the stitches in your crochet projects stack up even faster with this double crochet tutorial.
How-To: Perler Bead Earrings
Fusible craft beads get a decidedly grownup makeover with this Perler bead earrings tutorial!
Herr Heinisch’s Homemade Helping Hands
German maker Oliver Heinisch shares his clever homemade bench-top clamp arrangement.
Lego Technic Spirograph
PG52’s Lego Spirograph (website is in French) sports four speeds for the board rotation and four for the arms. I love the complicated gearbox that enables the whole operation to run off of a single motor.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Christian Ristow
New Mexico-based artist and roboticist Christian Ristow has been dropping jaws with his creations at Maker Faire Bay Area since 2008 and has been a maker all his life. Growing up in the Bay Area in the 70s and 80s, he was inspired by the “robot-combat-as-performance-art, primarily perpetrated by the group Survival Research Laboratories” (SRL). […]
San Francisco’s New Exploratorium Unveiled
San Francisco’s landmark museum of science, art, and human perception re-opens its doors this week at a new, spectacular location on the downtown waterfront. Tim Hunkin’s new clock steals the show, but the new ginormous parabolic mirror is a close second. Sushi and cocktail bar a close third!
