From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Are your sneakers in need of some much-needed love? I can tell you that my beloved collection of Converse Chuck Taylors sure do! You can make your own shoelaces based on favorite colors, patterns, and even fabrics thanks in part to one sewing staple – a bias tape maker. If you’ve never made your own […]
Reddit user BillyAppletini posted about this amazing CAT-AT (and AT-AT Walker cat house) that he made for a friend. His comment thread has a lot of fun information about the building process, and his image gallery contains pictures of the project in-progress. I – I mean my cat – desperately needs one of these … […]
Photographer Gustavo Sanabria has a lovely series of photos that provide a peek into Bangkok, Thailand’s industrial Talat Noi neighborhood.
French design group Murmure made this set of concrete business cards. They’re memorable, but I’m not sure I’d like to squeeze even one into my wallet. From a design perspective, Murmure notes the clean look of the typography, set against the roughness of the material used.
You may be a grownup, but that doesn’t mean you have to get rid of your favorite posters. Instead, give them the professional treatment with this poster and sign mounting tutorial from Heather at Dollar Store Crafts. When you’re done, you’ll have a finished piece of art that’s fit to hang anywhere! Not limited to […]
Artist Katie Kretz currently has an exhibition of her unusual embroidery work at Hardcore Art in Miami. The image above is a detail of a work called “The Final Word,” and consists of thousands of french knots on black velvet. Check out the photostream of the exhibition, which runs through June 2nd, on flickr. More: […]
Arthur Gansen’s kinetic sculpture includes a gear train that will take well over two trillion years before the final gear makes one turn.
