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This is Drawn Pink, by Anne Lindberg part of an installation at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. In this piece Lindberg uses Eqyptian cotton thread and staples to create a larger-then-life experience. Be sure to check out the piece and the time-lapse video of the incredible work.
My impressions of The Creators Project festival in San Francisco.
MAKE alum Becky Stern’s first project in her new job at adafruit is a video about how to add EL accent wire to your sofa. Check it out!
I affectionately refer to my Brooklyn apartment as “the cave”. It’s a railroad-style layout—meaning that all rooms are in a straight line from the front of the building to the back—so I only have windows in the rooms at either end. Due to lack of light, I can’t actually grow plants in my studio, so […]
I’ve been a big Mad Men geek from the very beginning—my husband was on the design team that created the opening titles for the show, so it really couldn’t be helped—but I’ve made shockingly few Mad Men-related crafts. I intend to remedy this situation immediately with the Joan Holloway pen necklace tutorial that Heather from […]
This Geiger Counter Kit, available in the Maker Shed, is one of my favorite kits. I’ve wanted a Geiger Counter for a long time but could never justify spending a couple hundred dollars for a commercial unit. When this one came along I knew I had to have it!
Sean over at MAKE posted this great Instructables project, by fellow MAKE writer Tim Anderson, about making a gourd portrait based on the unbelievable work of Zhang Cairi. As Sean points out, the possibilities are virtually endless!
