How-To: Vintage Dress to Stylish Smock Top
The steps Rachel of Smile and Wave took to transform this sweet vintage dress into a stylish smock top are so simple, they can be completed in no time at all.
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Papercraft Gumball Machine and More at the MOMA
I got a little taste of the high life this week at the VIP reception of a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art called, “Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects.” I saw some crafty projects there that have previously been featured on MAKE, including this life-sized papercraft gumball […]
Amazing Crochet Salacious Crumb
Star Wars fans will have no trouble recognizing this character crocheted by Alison of Crafty is Cool. Salacious Crumb was Jabba the Hutt’s … sidekick? Court Jester? Pet? He’s one of those so-ugly-he’s-cute characters, and Allison’s stitches capture him perfectly. He almost looks life-sized, and he’s even posable. Amazing. He’s headed off to Florida for […]
Apple II Beeptacular Spectacular at the Walker Art Center
The lovely folks of Machine Project are taking their show on the road. The road to Minneapolis. They will be conducting another “grand ‘musical’ experiment” this Friday from 1-5 pm at the Walker Art Center, creating a concert from as many Apple ][ computers as they can get their hands on. Bring yours and enjoy! […]
Build Your Own Jellyfish Habitat
Though MAKE Volume 27, which hits newsstands on July 26, is the Robots issue, like all issues of MAKE, it features a wide variety of projects. One of the major projects in Volume 27 is Alex Andon’s Jellyfish Tank. Jellyfish are hypnotic, with their translucent bodies, sweeping tentacles, and fluid motion, but they require custom […]
DIY Designer Necklace
I am loving all of the bright and colorful textile, rope, and thread jewelry I am seeing this summer. Honestly wtf did a rad spin on Proenza Schouler’s 2011 resort line with this DIY version of the colorful rope and thread necklace and I adore the result. What a great statement piece. More: DIY Rope […]
A Handbuilt Home in Boston: “Sage’s Gypsy Wagon”
In this side episode of “Tiny Yellow House”, I filmed a tour of “Sage’s Gypsy Wagon” (located in Boston, MA), a mobile dwelling that was handbuilt on a very modest budget by this city-side custom-guitar maker.