I felt a little guilty (at first) about buying and reading Harrisonโs Krixโs excellentย ebook, Painting and Weathering for Props and Replicas. Part of being a maker is discovery by making, and this guy decided to take all his years of success (or rather, failures) and teach us all how to properly mix paints and finishing […]
Has it been a busy week for you? Need a bit of relaxation with a maker twist? Instead of firing up that tired sounds of the oceanย soundtrackย grab your fuzziest headphones and crank them up to the tune of soothingย sharpener swooshes fromย professional engraverย Sam Alfano. In the above video, you can watch Sam carve out intricate fleurs-de-lis […]
Give your felt craft projects an extra layer of pizzazz by making your own patterned sheets!
Want a chance to win $5,000 and be featured at MakerConย New York this September? If so, consider entering the Pitch Your Prototype contest, a collaboration between Make: and Cornell University with the goal of digging up promising prototypes from the Maker community. Maybe youโve been working on a wearable, or wrestling with a Raspberry Pi. […]
How should we judge whether a toy fits into the maker movement?
Jim Jarmusch has released a short clip of the Nikola Tesla-inspired “opera” he’s been working on for several years with composer Phil Kline.
When it comes to woodworking, glue is often a point of confusion and concern for beginners. If you’re like me and your experience in the wood shop has been mainly based on trial and error, you may find yourself asking what glue you should use for what part of a project. In this video, Linn […]
