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 trumpets are made

How trumpets are made

Pat sent in this week’s “Cool stuff being made” – Trumpets! He writes – “When you hear the greats like Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Al Hirt, not everyone thinks first about manufacturing, but they should. After all, these folks are all playing on a manufactured product, the trumpet. This video […]

Blue tarp Mardi Gras costume

CRAFT pool member Uproar posted up this fancy-smancy tarp dress! – “February 17, 2006. The outfit I designed for a charity fundraiser here in New Orleans to raise money for the America’s Wetland’s organization and other charities. Every garment in this fashion show and charity auction had to feature blue tarps as a prominent material!” […]