Back in 1974 Terry Gilliam made this tutorial film for the BBC about how he created the cut-out animations for Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn’t really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use. […]
Morgan of The Brick House shares how she turned basic IKEA cabinets into a stunning “fauxdenza” along a large open space of wall in her entry way. It was an inexpensive hack that resulted in a beautiful piece that’s highly functional. Love it.
Check out this rather clever Instructable by harari, who used RJ-45 plugs and jacks to create a wonderfully geeky wall-mounted key organization system. [via Lifehacker]
Philadelphia area maker Jenn Hall improved the visual quality of her motorcycle helmet by turning it into a R2D2 helmet. The process included scuffing up the existing paint job and adding consecutive coats of spray paint and laboriously cut masking tape. The whole thing is finished off with some PVC tubing, some blinking lights, and plenty of clear coat. What a great way to liven up an otherwise mundane safety apparatus.
Maker Robert Baruch posted this fun little ditty on Google+, the “Maker’s Bill of Rights” in Latin, because everything sounds cooler in Latin.
We love Meg Allan Cole’s videos, and there are about to be more! She’s started a YouTube channel to house all her videos (including CRAFT episodes!), and has a brand new tutorial on making some sweet pleather fringe gauntlets.
I learned simple things like which way to hold the soldering iron and how to clean the tip before soldering — trivial to an experienced maker, but nerve-wracking to the newbie. As important as such subtle learning was, the big lesson didn’t hit me until the following day while I was showing a friend my MintyBoost: the journey from Zero to Maker was going to be primarily-project based. As much as I wanted to learn, I wouldn’t really absorb anything unless I had a project (or series of projects) to center that learning around.
