How-To: Rolling Book Storage Basket
Make your own rolling book storage baskets with this handy tutorial!
Year: 2013
Custom Hanwriting Jewelery
Jeweler Brittany Isenberg creates custom jewelry pieces from sterling silver based on handwriting.
Urban Sensor Hacks Hangout TODAY at 3:30pm PT
The goal of Urban Sensor Hack is to bring together makers who are creating sensor-based applications that take advantage of cheap sensors and microcontrollers to track events or monitor conditions in urban areas.
How-To: Embroidered Felt Clutch
Treat yourself to a sweet new cool-weather handbag with this embroidered felt clutch tutorial!
What was your First Accidental Explosion?
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
Dr. Silicone (How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Siloxane Bonds)
I wanted to make a spatula that would last forever, with FDA approved food grade silicone and a high heat safety rating. (I molded a couple prototypes at home, thinking that if it worked right I’d make a few for friends and family as gifts. The models were cool, but lacked polish.) Once I made the decision to move to a professional manufacturer, more interesting questions arose. How do we optimize flexibility in the blade? What material should we use in the core to give it balance and minimize heat retention? And most of all: how heat resistant can we get it to be?
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Pepper’s Ghost Illusion
Pepper’s Ghost is a special effects technique for creating transparent ghostly images. This technique has been a staple of theaters and haunted houses since John Pepper popularized it in the 1800’s. It works by reflecting an image of the ghost off of a sheet of plexiglass. The plexiglass is set at a 45 degree angle in front of the audience. At this angle the background remains clearly visible, but it also reflects a partial image of the ghost that is located off to one side.
