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MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week’s MAKE Flickr pool roundup is full of great Halloween memories. Our featured image, recalling Wednesday’s Cardboard Clone Trooper, is an equally-impressive cardboard Master Chief costume from user jek in the box. For sheer comedy value, my personal fave is user Unconverted’s QR code costume, lowermost, followed in close second by hine’s costume squid hat. And, somehow, to me, Chris Connors’ untitled skull-scrubbing shot sums up the maker Halloween experience quite nicely.

Continue Reading November 6th, 2011 Sean Michael Ragan2

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Day 3 Crane Mobile 2, by LaurenBrevner Galaxy of origami stars: starfish, by bloomize Miniature Knitting, by DJLDorset White Ukulele, by hine westie dog mobile: side, by eleni creative

Continue Reading November 6th, 2011 Haley Pierson-Cox

Book Review: Textiles: The Whole Story

I recently picked up a wonderful book published by Thames & Hudson, Textiles: The Whole Story by Beverly Gordon. It covers the history of textiles, both as functional pieces, as an art form and it shows the portrayal of textiles in art. Then the book moves on to show how textiles are now being used, […]

Continue Reading November 6th, 2011 Lindseymnorth

Crank Your Panavise in Turbo Mode

We’ve previously covered a popular mod to the Panavise Jr., which makes it easier to quickly open and close the tool. Even the people at Panavise liked the idea so much that they started manufacturing it. Chris from The New Hobbyist has taken this mod to “a whole ‘nother” level with his 3D printed drill bit which allows him to use the speed of his drill to open an close the vise. Getting the design right on his so-called “Panavise Jr. Speed Winder” took six revisions, but his persistence paid off and now Chris is sharing his design with us slow-winding folks. Thank you, sir!

Continue Reading November 6th, 2011 Matt Richardson12

Authors of Arduino Bots and Gadgets at Maker Faire

Kimmo Karvinen and Tero Karvinen are the authors of Arduino Bots and Gadgets, a primer on how to integrate many types of electronic hardware into the Arduino physical computing platform. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, Tero talked to us about the advantages of prototyping with the Arduino for electronics projects. He also told us […]

Continue Reading November 5th, 2011 Matt Richardson

Customize Your Crayola

Like a typical Target trip for me, I went for shampoo and ended up buying a lot of crayons. I got sucked in to the “Customize Your Crayola” display. Have you seen it? Packs of Crayola crayons, sold in sets of eight, are packaged together by color and theme, such as “Cupcake My Day” (yes, […]

Continue Reading November 5th, 2011 Bridesmaidlish

How-To: Giftwrap Using Pipe Cleaners

I know they tend to be viewed as kindergarten craft staples, but I still have a special fondness for colorful pipe cleaners (chenille stems, if you’re feeling fancy). I like these simple ideas for incorporating them into gift wrap from Brittany of The House That Lars Built over on Oh Happy Day.

Continue Reading November 5th, 2011 Rachelhobson

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