Make your own musical instruments
Tim Escobedo says, “Simple AND playable DIY musical instruments in PVC, plastic and anything else that’s cheap.” Pictured here on the left is the $12 Uke and at right is the Plastic Fantastic Sax. 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.
Plush You Toy Workshop
There will be a Plush You workshop at The Richard Hugo House on September 30th at 11:30am. Blair of Wise Craft will be teaching you how tomake your own “Wee” soft toy based on Hillary Lang’s “Wee Wonderfuls Wee” pattern. (See all the variety in the Wee pool in flickr.) The workshop is $10 and […]
Shopping cart sculptures
Ptolemy Elrington makes amazing sculptures from old shopping carts that litter our rivers and canals. See some of his amazing creations that also celebrate nature. Thanks Pekar! Link. More: Flickr photos from Birdfair 2006 in England – Link.
Dr. Jeannine Mosely building the Business Card Menger Sponge
I’ve posted this to the MAKE blog but I know that this will interest the Crafters too. There’s some new photos up on flickr (and in the MAKE and CRAFT flickr pools) showing the building process of Institute for Figuring exhibit, “The Business Card Menger Sponge” by Dr. Jeannine Mosely which is now on display […]
Bakken Summer Science Camp
Justin says, “What do you get when you bring over 150 kids into a workshop and tell them they can build whatever they want? That is what we did at the Bakken Summer Science Camp and they came up with some amazing stuff. Boats, cars, robots, secret alarms, ping pong ball throwers, light up dog […]
Simplicity – Built by Wendy Patterns
Built by Wendy is a cool clothing line by Wendy Mullin. She’s teamed up with Simplicity to bring you 4 new sewing patterns under the line called “Built by YOU”. [ via ] Link.
Finding the perfect knitting needles
The knitbuddies blog has a great post on how to find the perfect knitting needles. With so much to choose from these days (even lighted ones), it could be daunting to know which one is good for your project. Knitting needles of course can be more of a personal choice so feel free to comment […]