Pencil Drawing Takes Art Prize
Chris LaPorte is the winner of this year’s Art Prize in Grand Rapids with his larger-than-life pencil drawing, “Calvary, American Officers, 1921.” Via WOOD-TV 8
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
How-To: Fall Kirigami
Jessica of Zakka Life shares a simple tutorial and a set of templates for creating these beautiful and delicate fall-inspired kirigami leave. She notes they can be used on tablescapes or strung as garland. They are so beautiful and simple, I imagine making them could be quite addictive. [via SisterDiane]
Star Wars Paper Animation
Forget 3D, here’s the Star Wars Trilogy in papervision 2D! Made by Jeremy Messsersmith. [via BoingBoing]
Martha Stewart visits Oprah Winfrey
Guilty pleasure alert – yes, I raced home after work yesterday to watch Martha Stewart show Oprah Winfrey how to use a craft punch. Was I insanely jealous of all the goodies the audience members got? Oh, yeah. Did my mom e-mail repeatedly all day at work to remind me to watch the show? Of […]
How-To: Paper Woodpecker Toy
Joel of Made by Joel strikes with his beautiful simplicity again. This time, he’s adding style to a favorite science toy: the oscillating woodpecker. Watch his video to see it in action, and then download the image and follow the step-by-step instructions on his blog to make your own!
Yellow Owl Analog LCD Notecards
No matter how much I love the digital world, I’m an analog girl at heart, so these customizable notecards from Yellow Owl are right up my alley. Each card provides you with the LCD grid, and the set comes with the LCD alphabet cheat sheet plus a bright colored pencil. And what better way to […]
Spooky, Stamped Garland
Tricia Harp of Frizzlestix has a tutorial up today for an adorable “Spooky, Stamped Garland” for Halloween. Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food – whatever you create for Halloween is welcome in the contest. Read our full contest […]
