Tony Cragg’s Dice Sculptures
Sculptor Tony Cragg created this dice-covered sculptures for Paris’s FIAC art show, which took place in October. Love to see this style with d20s! [via Colossal; photo courtesy of Daniel Milliner]
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.
Leaf Sculptures Made From Human Hair
photos: Robert Diamante Jenine Shereos created a unique series of leaves from human hair that she stitched together by hand. Inspired by the delicate and detailed venation of a leaf, I began stitching individual strands of hair by hand into a water- soluble backing material. At each point where one strand of hair intersected another, […]
Time Lapse Chewbacca Stitchery
Back in September, I posted about the Star Wars stitcheries of Love and Sandwich, and mentioned that the Chewbacca “Laugh it up, fuzzball” was my favorite. I was really excited, then, to see this time lapse of her creating that very piece over on Feeling Stitchy. It’s two and a half hours of work shown […]
Android Controlled Garage Door Opener
Relays can do cool stuff when you hook them up to the Internet. Check out XDA member JsChiSurf demonstrate his Android controlled garage door opener. Using an old Linux box connected to a serial relay, he’s able to toggle his garage door opener using a custom app from his Android handset.
Groundhog Day Postcard
Happy Groundhog Day! Andrew Ellis created this “Groundhog Day”-inspired illustration as part of a Bill Murray tribute postcard pack. It’s a perfect pick to celebrate a visit from Punxsutawney Phil.
How-To: Couching Embroidery Technique
Couching is an embroidery technique that produces smooth curves and textured lines, and is perfect for projects requiring bold lettering or crisp outlines. In this couching tutorial from Kari at The Craftinomicon, you’ll learn the basic stitch and find expert tips on making the process go as smoothly as possible. More: How-To: Stitch Embroidered Hearts […]
Easy Vacuum Forming with a Guy Fawkes Mask
My German pal Aram Bartholl shows you the principles of vacuum forming with his homemade rig for churning out Guy Fawkes masks. The video takes you to 28C3 and other public venues where visitors customized their masks while learning the process.