$10 spinning bow-tie
Fun spinning bow-tie project on the cheap – 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.
Controlled bleaching with discharge paste
Fungus amungus has a good instructable on using discharge paste for t-shirt designs – “Where bleach is incerdibly thin and can destroy natural fibers if you’re not careful, discharge paste is the opposite. It’s gooey so it doesn’t spill easily and can be used with silkscreens. It’s also nice to natural fibers, which is good […]
HOW TO – Photograph jewelry
Tabletop studio has some good tips and instructions on taking close up photos of jewelry (these techniques are good for other close ups of shiny things too)… – “Taking good quality pictures of jewelry for most is an unsolved mystery. However, there are some simple techniques used by the professional, which even amateur photographers can […]
HOW TO – Screen printing – Cheap, dirty, and at home
Tracy writes – “You don’t have to spend a ton of money on equipment or have a screen printing studio to make some pretty good quality prints. I taught some friends how to reuse old picture frames and curtains to make screens, burn them in the sun, and clean them with a garden hose. While […]
Blow Up – Breath amplifiers
Scott Snibbe’s “Blow Up” – “Blow Up records, amplifies, and projects human breath into a room-sized field of wind. The installation comprises two devices. The first is a rectangular array of twelve small impellers, which stands on a table on one side of the gallery. This small input device is electronically linked to a large […]
The Parker Steam Synthesizer
Machineproject writes – “Lorin Parker has a made a delightful minature steam engine that doubles as a synthesizer. Or a synthesizer that doubles as steam engine, whatever. “ – Link.
Kampala mobile phones
Mobile and wireless phone kiosks in Kamapala powered from car batteries – [via] Link.