How-To: Cross-Stitch Basics
In the market for a new crafty skill? Get your cross-stitch on with Becky Stern’s video and written tutorials on Adafruit!
Year: 2013
Pipe Cleaners Make for Elegant Zoetrope
Usually the most challenging and time-consuming step in building a zoetrope is positioning the individual still figures just right so they animate smoothly when it’s turned on. ITP student Sanniti Pimpley found a way around this by crafting her ballerinas from easily pose-able pink pipe cleaners.
How-To: Print on Fabric with Oil Pastels
Check out this tutorial for printing on fabric with oil pastels from Mary & Patch—I guarantee that you’ll never look at your cookie cutters and textured tchotchkes in the same way again!
A Micro-House Inspired by a Prison Cell
Plenty of small homes and small interior spaces take their cues from boat and airplane interiors, however this is the first I’d heard about where the inspiration for the design came from a prison, and expertise from the prisoners.
Mac Mail(Box)
Italian designer Francesco Mugnai posted a great collection of 22 unusual mailboxes, of which seven geeky favorites are shown here. The Power Mac G4 takes the cake because of its double entendre. Suddenly snail mail has all new appeal. The X-Wing mailbox below was made by MAKE community member Craig Smith (and mined from our […]
Introducing the Fenn, a Touchy-Feely Robot
Ian Danforth has created a robot he hopes change how people, mainly children, think about and interact with robots. It’s called the Fenn. Ian, founder of Embodied AI, has written a children’s story about our contact with an alien planet and the creatures who live there. The Fenn is the robotic embodiment of one of those creatures. Ian and the Fenn will be at Maker Faire Bay Area this month.
DiResta: Photo Book
In each bi-monthly episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PT), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy gets all crafty and makes a quick portfolio by cleverly folding up photos of guitars he’s made