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Artist Daniel Palacios created the art installation simply titled “Waves.” Two motors in opposed positions rotate a piece of rope, causing it to whip through the air at high speed. The rope is coerced into a standing wave form, giving both visual and aural feedback to the viewer.
Cute shoes are hard to find, but for some reason, ugly shoes are readily available. Turn lemons into lemonade with quick shoe makeover. Spray on glue makes it easy to cover old shoes with new fabric. For this project, I chose a fabric with a tie-dye pattern that was very forgiving to work with. Because […]
Our friend and contributor, Dolin O’Shea, has a new line of beautiful knit and crochet patterns under her brand Lulu Bliss. Several of them are lovely airy pieces that are great for spring transition weather. Read more about them over on Dolin’s site. Thanks, Natalie! More from Dolin on CRAFT: Create Your Own Embroidery Pattern […]
We’ve featured many tutorials for various ways of making fluffy pom poms here on CRAFT, but I really like this video from Jenine Bressner on how to make pom poms in bulk. Once you see how you can make a whole mess of pom poms at once, you won’t want to make them one at […]
Do you have a fairy princess at home? Maker her a lovely stitched wand with this felt fairy wand tutorial from Wee Folk Art. You can download a free PDF of the pattern over on the site! More: How-To: Giant Bubble Wands @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Princess Hat @Craftzine.com blog HOW TO – Recycled Egg Carton […]
We’ve seen lots of cool Atari Punk Consoles here, over the years, but this rainbow-buttoned build from Peter, in San Diego, is an especially attractive specimen. Click through to the MAKE Flickr pool, below, to see and hear it in action. atari punk console in a fruit cake tin More: Collin’s Lab: Atari Punk Console […]
Folks who are deafblind traditionally focus on physical contact to communicate and use a verbose form of signing called Lorm. In an attempt to facilitate fast, casual conversation, and general mobility, researchers at Berlin’s Design Research Lab built the Mobile Lorm Glove to facilitate two-way digital communication.
