Crochet Gollum Hat
Regina from Monster Crochet made herself a crochet Gollum hat. Regina says, “C’mon, sure Yoda hats are groovy, but I don’t think anyone’s got one of these! ” [ via ] 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.
Homemade adjustable redwood tabletop camera stand
MAKE Flickr photo pool member [ michal ] made a nice redwood tabletop camera stand for taking photos – Link.
Podcast: Woodblock Prints, Aluminum Reliefs, and Write with Light
This weekend project is crafty! The time to send out cards for the holidays is here. Make them special by crafting your own. Here are three ideas for you to make your cards extra special. Woodblock prints look great and it’s surprisingly easy to make a lot of them. Aluminum relief cards look like they […]
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Fitzpatterns Shirley Dress
Get your sparkle on during the holiday party circuit with Lisa Howdin’s Shirley Dress from Fitzpatterns. The off-the-shoulder dress with a tie belt is a super simple dress you can make. Use knit fabrics such as Lurex, knits, jerseys, terry towelling, cotton/lycra mixes. Pictured here is a dress made in black and silver Lurex. This […]
Awesome Arts
Alee_anne writes – “This year AWESOME ARTS Australia invited 10 communities throughout regional and remote Western Australia to participate in an engaging and fun project, using art as a context for equitable and productive exchange. Bike Lab uses a purpose built, self-contained kit featuring bicycle parts reinvented as enormous meccano-like components, with computer cut plates […]
Coral reef made from junk
Steven writes – “In keeping with your coverage of the crocheted coral reef, I thought you might be interested in the coral reef that my friend sylvia has been working on since last year. She uses pipe cleaners, balloons, coffee filters, rubber typing fingers and god knows what else to make the individual pieces.” – […]
Woodpixel – Create your own pixel art… from wood
Woodpixels are six sided blocks with different shades on each side, you can make your own pixel art (Mario, Pac-Man ghosts, etc). Wouldn’t be that hard to make a DIY version either… [via] – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make pixel art – Link. Make Pixel Art – Link. 3D pixel Duck Hunt, in real-life […]