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I am loving the free vintage knitting patterns off the glamarama site. The 1962 hooded poncho (left) and the 1956 Bernat Cape would still look fresh and modern today. Looks like something you can get at Anthropologie but make yourself! Link.
Here’s a stunning gallery of colored water droplets captured by high speed photography, the workflow and circuit are included – [via] – Link. More: Waterfigures workflow – Link. Waterfigures circuit – Link. Related: High Speed Photography Kit – Link. Homemade Strobe Photography – Link. High speed and photoinstrumentation photos – Link. More High-Speed Photos – […]
Following our Week of Toys theme, Crafter Bonnie Burton gave us a heads up on her cool interview with stuffed creature hat maker Jenny Harada. Many of Jenny’s hats are made from recycled clothing.Link.
Chris writes – “Animator D.T. Nethery blogs about one of his co-workers who draws on a digital pad but missed the feel of the old style animation desk. The solution, combine the two! Check out his blog entry for some great shots of the conversion.” – Link.
Want to really crank up your music? Make a DIY headphone amp… and of course, put it in a mint/candy/sour-tin… Thanks Macaba! – Link. Related: Tons of mint tin projects – Link. Mint tin project archives – Link. Mint-Tin Amp – Pocket amplifier punches up headphones. MAKE 04 – Page 131.
In MAKE 07 we feature I-Wei Huang, one of my favorite Makers who creates all sorts of steam powered RC controlled robots – When not digitally animating the creatures he dreams up, I-Wei Huang uses steam to breathe life. A 3D animator by day, Huang’s extracurricular interests are far from virtual. In his free time, […]
Aaron has a pretty intense looking drill, he writes – “High speed drill made from auto blower motor (10,000 RPM). No need to center punch. Works great on aluminum sheet. Better than any other drills I’ve tried.” [via] – Link. On a related note, Kevin Kelly has a great new site called “Street Use” with […]
