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.
Shawn writes – “This is the best Polaroid Transfer tutorial I’ve seen online– nice photos and clearly written instructions. This is a perfect technique for spicing up your own photos or having fun with found slides. Polaroid transfers have a unique visual style that is a little ghostly, a little impressionistic, and often very moody. […]
The Fire Arts Exposition at Monster park in San Francisco was HOT! Tons of homemade fire breathing contraptions and more. The finale was a fire tornado and a huge electricity-meets-fire finish. Here’s a bit about the event and some photos – Link. Related: Participating artists and performers – Link. The Black Rock Arts Foundation – […]
Adrian shows you how to make a pinhole camera from an old Polaroid – “I picked up a Polaroid camera for $1 at a garage sale thinking I could add a pinhole and have a pinholaroid. I didn’t find any good online tutorials, and feeling confident after building my digital pinhole camera, I decided to […]
Prank writes – “Make a copper etching of any image. This takes about 1 hour, including image prep, transfer, and etching, and it works really well. “ – Link.
Super simple and great use for those old CD jewel cases, fill them with photos – Link. Related: DIY Plasti-Prompter – Link. Other CD/DVD jewel case projects – Link.
M2Crafts writes – “This set of pages diarizes the construction of my kiln. I fire to cone 6 oxydation and use an electric kiln to do so. The kiln I’ve used till now is a very old cone 1 Olympic, it is also very small, around 3 cubic feet. It definitely needs to be replaced, […]
Our pal Mike over at PopSci & The Robotic Giraffe (Lindsay and the Giraffe also made an appearance at Maker Faire) – “It walks, it blinks, it seats six, and it blasts Kraftwerk: Meet one man’s 17-foot-tall pet project. It started with a seven-inch walking toy giraffe and a desire to see Burning Man from […]
