‘Making It In Cuba’ Documentary to Highlight The Nationโs Ubiquitous Maker Culture
Film will highlight the ingenuity that punctuates life in Cuba
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.
Craft A Pocket Chewbacca To Take To The Star Wars Premiere
With the final installment of the Star Wars saga premiering in the immediate future, it is time to whip up a last minute craft project to help show your enthusiasm at the show. You know there’s not much more you want in life than to have your own loyal companion like Chewbacca, and now you […]
A Hard To Find Traditional Treat, Recreated With Ease
Dina Amin wrote in to share this video with us and the simplicity and pure accessibility were immediately striking. Here, she’s showing how to create a Moulid doll, a traditional sweet treat that seems to have fallen out of favor with retailers. We wanted to bring this tradition back since the sugar dolls are not […]
Printing Custom Shirts With The Roland BT-12
I got a chance to play with the Roland VersaStudio BT-12, which is a compact DTG printer. If you’ve never heard of DTG(Direct To Garment) before, is when you print directly onto fabric, as opposed to something like screenprinting or iron-on transfers. Typically DTG printers are quite large and cumbersome, not to mention expensive. The […]
An RFID Music Box Fit For A Child
Browsing around the internet, looking for cool laser cut projects to do while I’ve got a fancy laser cutter here for review, I found a very interesting looking music box posted to reddit. I thought the design was delightful. While I personally could do without the little figures with built-in RFID tags, this music box […]
A Phoenix Rises From The Ashes, And Memories, Of The Most Destructive Fire In California History
The 153,000 acre Camp Fire was the most destructive in California history. The blaze destroyed over 18,700 homes, businesses and other structures. Jessie Mercer created a Phoenix Rising out of keys she collected from the people who lived and/or worked in the communities affected by the camp fire.ย Keys to peoples homes, businesses, schools, fire […]
The Ultimate Guide to Maker Faire Shenzhen 2019
9-10 November 2019 Vanke Design Commune, Nanshan, Shenzhen Maker Faire Shenzhen 2019 Join us in the largest maker gathering on Earth! This year for the Maker Forum, we willย be inviting speakers from different sectors, cultures, and professional backgrounds to share their projects, stories and insights in sustainable development. As for the Applications of Technology […]
