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Brad Fuller over at the O’Reilly Digital Media blog pointed to a new Bob Moog memorial foundation established by the Moog family that is going to have scholarships, a Bob Moog memorial museum, outreach programs for disadvantaged students and special events for electronic music – [via] – Link & check out the documentary series podcast. […]
This appears to be a 3D lenticular lens (frame) & software that will make your normal 2D photos looks 3D when modified and printed out – not sure how the results look, but I’ll keep my eyes peeled to check this out, looks like a fun way to do lenticulars – [via] – about & […]
Nat over at our siste blog CRAFT has a good write up on these bags made from busted skateboards – “Focused in the UK makes unique looking handbags out of broken old skateboards. You can purchase these cool bags or you can sell them bits of your broken skateboard. The philosophy behind Focused from their […]
Here’s a neat gallery of hand carved nickels, called “Hobo nickels” – from Wikipedia – “The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The nickel, because of its size, thickness, and relative softness, was a favored coin for this purpose. However, the […]
TheOtherSimon has some pretty interesting camera mods to take panoramic photos, he writes – “Make a panoramic camera that shoots onto 2 frames of 35mm film out of a nimslo 3d stereo camera and an old Delmonta twin lens reflex. The Nimslo is a camera that has 4 lenses (count em) and was designed to […]
We’ve had a few shopping cart related projects and articles on MAKE, from a “shopper chopper” to making furniture from them, this new book The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification looks like a modern day bird watchers guide, urbanized for spotting shopping carts in the various habitats – […]
I’ve posted a few tutorials on how to felt an old sweater into a bag, but Alicia of Posie gets Cozy has made some really cute ones recently complete with fun buttons, pocket stitchery, and quilted linings. Link. More: Recycled sweater bags in 30 min – Link. Make a sweater arm scarf – Link.
