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.
Leevonk writes – I always liked to draw and was thinking of becoming a cartoonist as a kid, but the tedium of the technique at the time (1980s) drove me away. Now we have computers and everyone is making flash animations. Flash attracted me because you don’t have to redraw the thing every frame, you […]
Michael sent in how to build your own camera jib from $60 worth of do-it-yourself store supplies… $60 jib “The Poor Man’s Jib” – Link.
The Purl Bee has a tutorial up on how to make these beautiful embroidered bags for Chinese New Year. The Chinese Lunar New Year is this Sunday, Feb 18th and it will enter in the Year of the Pig 4075. You can make this cute bag and stash them with the Chinese Lucky Candies. Link.
Here’s another paper craft you can make for Valentine’s day from The Peace of Paper. Make an Origami Valentine with this helpful video tutorial. Link.
Mark says, “I kind of forgot about Valentines, so made a little video of how I made a cute bunch of flowers, hope you all like it and hopefully it will get some fellas out of hot water! :) Happy Valentines!” Link.
VWORK points to Artist Edo Paulus who made these sun-sensitive musical instruments – check out the video for moving pictures and sound… Resonating-With-Light is an installation that consists of multiple small electronic units in a natural environment with sunlight. Each unit collects solar energy and transforms this energy into a repetitive bouncing of itself onto […]
Stephanie writes – One of the Handmade Detroit gals posted a super neat Valetine’s wreath project, made from paint chips. Thanks for taking a peek! Handmade Detroit » Project: Valentine’s Day wreath adds “pizaaaaaaaz!” – Link.
