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.
Artist and engineer Fabienne Serriere created a limited edition of “mate cosies,” which simulaneously keep your hands warm and your Club-Mate cold, on her hacked Brother 930e knitting machine. And she’s selling them in Berlin to raise money for an industrial knitting machine, which she then plans to hack and use to manufacture open-source knitwear!
This time around on “Tiny Yellow House”, Deek decided to mess around with passive solar heat so as to warm the always-cold front foyer of his home. The result: a smallish, closeable, passive solar collector that fits into a window opening. Its not rocket science (and it NEVER will be here on “Tiny Yellow House”) but it does work- even in January, in New England.
If you think print is dead, you need to check out these incredibly vibrant landscapes made by Montreal artist Guy Laramee using old books. His vision and attention to detail yield gorgeously dreamy results. Here’s a detail shot of the piece above: And there are plenty more where these came from. Head to Laramee’s site […]
Bill Gurstelle shows you how to make a tuning fork from a piece of aluminum in this video complementing his column in MAKE Volume 29.
https://makezine.com/29
Subscribers can read Bill’s article here: http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol29/?pg=174&pm=2&u1=friend
“… pull this thread as I walk away.” Weezer fans will recognize these as lyrics from “Undone – The Sweater Song,” which was the 1994 debut single off of Weezer’s self-titled blue album. This embroidery piece by Flickr user lockedinthepark is a lovely and understated tribute to the song. [via the Craftster Blog]
I love giving handmade for birthdays and holidays, but I always seem to have a hard time coming up with good gift ideas for the guys on my list. I like my gifts to be both personalized and useful, so I’m really excited about this emergency car kit tutorial that Megan Reardon (of Not Martha […]
Jessica from Hipster Tea Party put together a tutorial on how to make these simple rosette friendship bracelets. Make a big batch and hand them out to friends during your next craft night.
