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.
Lone Koefoed writes, “A knitted, pink tank from the Danish Army (related to the knitted pink motorcycle in Georgia). Part of an art exhibition and created by Marianne Joergensen plus appr 1000 volunteers (knitters) from around the world who knitted the squares 15*15 cm which MJ then stitched onto the tank.” [ Photo via Flickr […]
Peter writes – “For anyone who checked out my webcam-to-scratching (or other music control) project in Make 04, Jesse Kriss has a new project that’s sort of like the reverse. He’s built a custom patch in the open source software Processing that translates live scratching on a turntable to real-time visuals. Very cool, and you […]
Garth from Extreme Craft pointed us to a fantastic story he did on artist Theresa Honeywell who created this knit motorcycle which is on display now through April 30th at the Georgia Museum of Art. Honeywell’s work explores the cool tough male world with her pieces like the knit tool belt, knit jackammer, as well […]
You knew this was coming, right?? Just announced at the Maker Faire this past weekend is our new magazine devoted completely to crafts! CRAFT: Make Cool Stuff, will be available on newsstands this fall so don’t miss out. Find out how to make everything cool and crafty from silkscreening basics to making your own LED […]
Here’s how to make your old timey stereogram photographs – “Do you want to make your own stereo photographs and view your memories in amazing, full-colour, 3-dimensional detail? With one or two cameras and a tripod, you can make this happen with great success! Here’s how…” [via] – Link.
Alison Lewis of SWITCH is on her way to the Maker Faire where she will be teaching the workshop,”Lovie Circuits” on both Sat and Sun. Alison will show you how to make two loving circuits for wearing or for plushie dolls. When the circuits are together they magically connect and both light up with a […]
Bucky writes – “This site has extremely detailed instructions for building your very own tornado machine. I just finished building mine, and can attest that the machine indeed works” – HOW TO & photo – Link
