This week on Corinne’s Craft Closet, I show you how to transform yourself into the creepy but classy, La Catrina, complete with how tos on hair, makeup, and her hat. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube.
Caspian Maclean of Perth, Australia, built his “limb embiggener” out of bamboo stakes and a bicycle brake. It still seems much easier then the original skeletonics system that inspired me, and more sturdy than my previous mechanical arm. Hopefully there’s enough information to give anyone a good start to making one. The Artifactory had all […]
I went on my very first fabric store shop hop last night for some great quilting stores in metro Detroit. Have you ever been on a shop hop before? You buy a “passport” which entitles you to special sales and gifts at each participating store. Knowing I’d be checking out some shops I’d never been […]
I’ll admit I watched every one of these nine videos, and the one above more than once: Tinplate Girl shows you how to process cans into raw material for tinplate projects. In other videos she covers tools, soldering, bending, and many other techniques for making things out of this fun and easily-accessible material. Food and solvent cans are made from tin-plated steel and often feature silkscreened artwork for adding color to your projects. I have to say: Tinplate Girl reminds me a little of Tina Fey.
Tinplate Girl shows you how to process cans into raw material for tinplate projects. In other videos she covers tools, soldering, bending, and many other techniques for making things out of this fun and easily-accessible material.
Joe and John DiPrima’s ArcAttack! is a performance group that creates electrifying melodies by controlling the frequency sweep on their solid state Tesla coil. This is accompanied by a full drum set that’s controlled electrically through a series of rotary solenoids.
Clever idea over at DIYPhotography.net: Wind outdoor lights around a wire wreathe frame, using the lights’ built-in-clips to secure them in place. The resulting “glamor” video lighting looks pretty good, as you can see. [Thanks, Udi!]
