Craft & Design

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.

How-To: Pointillism Easter Eggs

How-To: Pointillism Easter Eggs

This may be a bit more time-intensive than traditional egg dying methods—every dot is individually placed by hand—but it sure is pretty. Check out this pointillism Easter eggs tutorial from Orange Kitty Crafts to see how it’s done! More: Kids’ Kitchen: Dyeing Easter Eggs @Craftzine.com blog Craft Thread Easter Eggs @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Eggshell Bud […]

LED Strip T-shirt

LED Strip T-shirt

Jerry Isdale of Maui Makers created this LED strip t-shirt with waterproof LED strips and a programmable microcontroller and then wore it to teach a class in. According to Jerry, “adding other effects (like a beating heart, or other animations) is simple matter of programming.” [via adafruit]

How-To: Leather Boot Dollhouse

How-To: Leather Boot Dollhouse

April is Shoe Month here on CRAFT, and I can’t think of a better way to kick things off (pun intended?) than with a cool project like this dollhouse made from a leather boot by Sharon of Handmade Obsessions. Since I was a little girl I always wanted a shoe dollhouse most likely because there […]

The Watchmaker

The Watchmaker

Dustin Cohen is a Brooklyn-based documentary film maker collecting rich, textural vignettes of local burough artisans passionate about their craft. In his latest Made in Brooklyn short, The Watchmaker, Cohen follows David Sokosh, a former gallery owner turned horologist.