Bird Call by Susie Ghahremani, Nov 11- Dec 6 at GR2 in LA
Artist Susie Ghahremani will have her solo art show entitled “Bird Call” at Giant Robot in LA. Check it out if you’re in the area! 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.
HOW TO – Sew Smart DIY LED shirts
Our pal Diana Ng has a fun how-to over on Gizmodo on how to make your own LED enabled shirts… – “Diana Ng of Project Runway fame is a geek’s fashion designer. Today, she’s teaching us how to sew LEDs into your clothing. We’re all familiar with the LED belt buckle and the Motorola/Burton jacket, […]
Blip Festival 2006 NYC NOV 30 – DEC 3
If you’re in the NYC area mark your calendars for 11/30 to 12/3, this looks to be a great fest! I’m pretty sure MAKE is going to be doing something there, so when the details are all set, we’ll have another post – “THE TANK and 8BITPEOPLES are pleased to present the Blip Festival, a […]
HOW TO – Make your own hacky sack / footbag
Here’s a quickie how-to on making your own hacky sack! – Link. Related hacky: Make a Foot Bag or Hacky Sack – Link. Stars & Stripes Hacky Sack – Link.
HOW TO – Make a paper catamaran
All_Thumbs has a downloadable/printable paper catamaran you can make – “Cut and fold a sailing catamaran for your nearest “ocean”. It can carry a crew of ants, pepples, or some of your sister’s favourite (miniature) dolls. You will need a pair of scissors and an A4 80g/sqm office paper. (No sweat, the design can modified […]
The Maker File: Interview Tim Black
Each Tuesday we have “The Maker File” – an interview with an interesting Maker and what they do, this week’s is an interview with Tim Black from the Mad Scientists collective by MAKE & CRAFT publisher, Dale Dougherty. The Mad Scientists are a group of Silicon Valley techies who engage in art projects at Burning […]
Knit Swiffer cover
Green Mountain Mama took the knit dishcloth pattern in the Mason-Dixon Knitting book and modded it and knit herself a swiffer cover. [ via ] Link.