Another V8 table
Awhile back we featured a great V8 engine coffee table, the SardonicBastard posted up these two for you to check out as well… – Link. Related: V8 coffee table – Link.
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.
Clock made from a taxi meter
Check out these great clocks from decny.com – “I got interested in clocks as a way of learning some electronics, particularly microcontrollers. Besides, I like blinking lights. I favor the mid-range PICs from Microchip and use a development board/programmer from Mikroelektronika.” – Link.
VictorioNixie tube
Jonny5rd writes – “This “electrochemical and electromechanical apparatus for the display of illuminated messages” is really a (heavily) modified persistence-of-vision toy. This toy was a pen i picked up at the local pharmacy (Walgreen’s) with a spinning head that displayed whatever message you programmed in. It was only $5.00, so i picked up a couple […]
Green Cell Foam for Needle Felting
While we are on needlefelting, Moxie pointed me to Sticky Wicket Crafts which sells vegetable-based foam for needle felters called Green Cell foam. Eco-friendly crafting is great! Also check out all the needle felting kits too which will give you all the right tools and fibers to get you started! Link.
Knit Squid iPodCozy
From Phil@MAKE: Here’s a fun quick knitting project. A squid shaped iPod cozy! [via] – Link.
HOW TO – Photograph smoke
Photocritic shows you how to take great photos of smoke! “Abstract photography is nothing new, and people constantly come up with new — or re-invent old — versions of photography techniques. One of the ones that is going like wild-fire (excuse the pun) around the interwebs at the moment is the art of photographing coloured […]
Felted Katamari Cuff and Felting Tutorial
Moxie has needlefelted a cute Katamari cuff. Moxie says, “Starting from nothing but fiber, I needle felt the cuff base and then add the details. There is no sewing involved.” There are photos of more cute cuffs on her flickr. Link. She also has a great photo tutorial on how to go from fiber to […]