Pinball photos
Kevin Tiell has a great gallery of macro pinball shots – Link. Awhile back the MAKE team visited the Pinball hall of fame in Vegas – it would be great to send Kevin out and photo all those machines!
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.
Interview with Crabfu Steamworks
One of our favorite Makers is I-Wei Huang of Crabfu Steamworks – not only is there an interview with him, but an entire blog devoted to all things steam powered – Link.
How Baseball Bats are made
Pat writes in with this week’s “How it’s made” video – “In honor of baseball’s All-Star game to be played next Tuesday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, we present another video from our friends at South Carolina Educational TV of the making of that American classic, the Louisville Slugger. For fans and non-fans alike, this […]
SUV RUB
Chris Sollars rubbing of a Ford Expedition SUV – Link.
180,000 hand-sized clay figurines
This is crazy – “…For the Biennale, Gormley has shipped out his Asian Field, an installation of 180,000 hand-sized clay figurines. Three hundred and fifty villagers in southern China individually crafted the figurines in just five days from more than 100 tonnes of red clay. Together, the figurines form a vast sea of bodies that […]
The Dinner bike
Finally, a pedal powered dining experience for the food connoisseur – Link.
Baskets made from telephone wire
Ethan has a post about these amazing baskets that are made from telcom wire in Africa (or not) – “Some of the most striking pieces of contemporary African art you’ll find are the colorful Zulu imbenge baskets that are woven from “recycled” telephone wire. Using the same techniques as were used to weave reed baskets […]