Christina Colantuoni visited us at Maker Faire New York and told us about the spooky, ghoulish cakes she creates. She sent us a picture of her Necronomicon cake she created using a base of a plain rectangle shape, freeer paper-created chocolate, and spider web embellishments. I think she’s ready for Halloween!
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Turn pieces of scrap fabric into snazzy, snappy coin purses.
Continue ReadingEd Haas shows his Calliope #5, a handmade pyrophone, at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Controlled by a midi keyboard, this wind instrument is similar to an organ, but has the ability to shoot fire if propane gas is used in addition to air when sounding the pipes.
Continue ReadingI’m happy to present a special playlist of fashion tech Maker Faire videos over on Threadbanger. I’ve picked some of my favorite crafters using technology, and the playlist lets you lean back and watch them almost like a TV show.
Continue ReadingAs a kid who grew up in the 80s, I remember the show Jem as absolute cartoon gold. There was fashion, mystery, music, a holographic computer system that was earring-activated, and an awesome pink-haired female rock star to tie it all together. Flickr user moxiedoll77 definitely brings back many fond memories with her fantastic Jem […]
Continue ReadingCandy Corn is a long-time staple of Halloween candy. In fact, the sweet treat has been around since the 1880s. In the video above, The Harvard Crimson tests a recipe from The Field Guide to Candy by Anita Chu. Watch to learn how to whip up your own batch of kernels using a few household ingredients: corn syrup, powdered milk, salt, vanilla extract, food coloring, sugar, and butter.
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The Providence, RI branch of the Fab Academy is now accepting applications for the 2012 session taking place from January 2 2010 – June 30, 2012. The deadline for applications is December 10th. However, applications will be processed as they are submitted and class size is limited.
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