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.
Interesting, unusual concept from artist Kit Webster, who has covered the surface of a flat panel display with a grid of square pyramidal prisms of various sizes. The image displayed on the underlying screen is designed to interact optically with the prisms, bringing patterns of light and color up out of the screen into the […]
I really love how detailed and intricate you can get with paper. In this video I show you how to use some basic paper cutting techniques to create your own fancy paper mask. Links: Bird Masks Deer Mask Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube.
At an RCA event Oscar Lhermitte had the idea to mount a camera to an electric drill and record the outcome, dubbed “Seeing in Circles.” With the camera recording at 15 fps and the drill spinning 20 times per second, the resulting image turns whatever the camera is pointed at into a swirling kaleidoscopic video. Lhermitte explains:
I’m having fun seeing all the tributes to Dr. Suess today, and one of my favorites is this awesome needle felted Lorax from Megan of Radmegan. While my Lorax may look mean, he really is a softie. He just wants his beloved trees to grow tall and strong, and to wish his creator, Dr. Seuss […]
This lens cap cozy tutorial from Melissa at The Polkadot Chair is my new favorite thing on the internet. It’s cute, it’s practical, and the awesome camera fabric that she used has my heart all aflutter! In the tutorial, she shows you how to make two versions—one with a magnetic snap closure and one that […]
Seamstress Sarah Bahr and artist Hugh O’Rourke collaborated to create this killer suit made from a used drop cloth in reference to Joseph Beuy’s famous Felt Suit. According to Sarah Bahr: This project helped remind me of my interest in the meaning of clothing and the emotional response humans can have to sentimental clothing. This […]
Alpha maker Craig Smith discovers the hard way that it’s a good idea to label paint and stain cans with the projects they were used on.
