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.
Machineproject writes “I was preparing to teach the usb workshop we’re doing with Make on Sunday at Machine, and I remembered this funny usb powered sculpture that I made a couple years ago. The best part about it was that the motor spinning the mirror ball made the whole thing tremble, so it did a […]
Bill writes “Here’s a build log of our Inflatable Moai project. We converted two Halloween lawn decorations into 9′ Moai for the Tiki Invasion show this past weekend @ the Mission Tiki Drive-in in Montclair, CA.” – Link. Wikipedia – Moai are statues carved from compressed volcanic ash on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The statues […]
Stokes writes “I’ve seen scores of homebrew MP3 players, radio receivers, et cetera, but this is a first for me: a totally homebrewed turntable. Even the tone arm was DIY. The fact the thing is built largely out of plywood, thread and Harley-Davidson parts yet looks quite professional makes it even more exceptional.” – Link.
The Match museum in Japan has a detailed history of matches, the science of matches and galleries of current (and old) match book art – “Japan Match Manufacturers Association and Japan Match Lateral Corporation operate this Match Museum. The biggest feature of this museum is superior match labels, which are specially selected from Rankei Library’s […]
Remeber Scott Urban’s eyeglass frames made out of wood? He now has a new series made from vinyl LPs (records) – [via] – Link. Related: Wood glasses – Link. HOW TO – Make emergency eyeglasses – Link. Eyeglasses Through the Ages – Link.
Professor of Imaging and Photographic Technology Andrew Davidhazy @ The Rochester Institute of Technology has an incredible gallery of high speed photos – [via] – Link. Related: Splashes, splashes and more splashes! – Link. Homemade Strobe Photography. Take pictures of popping balloons, breaking glass, and water droplets. MAKE 04 – Page 102. High speed photo […]
Curtis writes – “I made a very inexpensive mount to stick my small digital camera onto my motorcycle handlebars. Using video mode and a large SD card I can record video while running the bike through canyons, and since it is behind the windscreen even the audio doesn’t sound that bad.” – Link.
