Buddha statue made from pills
Life… is suffering, but we have lots of medications to get over that.. So, on that note – here’s a buddha statue made entirely of pills… Thanks Spluch! [via] – Link. Related: Portraits made from pills – 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.
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln in pennies (time lapse video)
This is a time lapse video of a 1,702 penny portrait of Lincoln. The coin sorting took seven hours, and making the image took just under six…. [via] – Link.
Mechanical art
There isn’t much information about the artist or where these are from, but it’s an incredible gallery of sculptures made from mechanical parts… Many of the sculptures are familiar characters like Alien, Pinhead, Gremlins and Predator… [via] – Link. Update: The photos might be from this site/artist – Link.
Facadeprinter – distance printing machine
The Facadeprinter by Martin Fussenegger and Michael Haas is distance printer that uses paint balls to print images, like this bunny, from up to 50 feet away… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE art – Link.
Free Halloween knitting patterns
Here are a few (free) Halloween patterns, from black cat motifs to witches hats – Link.
CRAFT Podcast Pattern: Boobie Scarf by Jillian Moreno
Jillian Moreno, co-author of Big Girl Knits and editor of KnittySpin Magazine has whipped up an important scarf for this week’s CRAFT pattern podcast. Jillian’s “Boobie Scarf” was featured along with 4 other patterns for Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Knitty.com back in the Fall of 2004. Jillian says, “Sometimes I need to be very […]
Ruben’s Tube – Sound visualization… with FIRE!
Here’s a really neat way to see sound waves… With fire! I think if I ever make a fireplace, it’ll have something like this. Twinrawk writes – “The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane and fire. Created for Flash Forward 2006, but useful in any case where you are not allowed to […]