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.
The US Patent Office has a kids section of sounds called “Trademark Soundex” – it’s a great collection of trademarked sounds in MP3 and WAV formats. They make excellent ringtones and samples to mix in with music you might create. [via] – Link.
It’s Saturday, so that means… Drinking straw art from Netorama – Link.
We had some plastic straw art today, here’s some amazing plastic cup art – “…Donovan has also hot-glued plastic cups into a massive hive hanging from the ceiling, glued buttons into a steep mountain topology reminiscent of peaks seen in Chinese art, glued white paper plates into Tribble-like forms, arranged tarpaper into rippling black landscapes […]
Wow, this auction started and ended before I could even post it, and I see why – “This running replica of the Star Wars Landspeeder was built by a professional movie and concept car builder. It is based on a 1988 Ford Escort donor. This was actually licensed in California and I has driven it […]
Sam writes – “In this guide we will show you how to make a guitar pickup using neodymium magnets, a couple Popsicle sticks, and some wire. Total cost for this project will probably be less then $5 (depending on the materials you have available). The sound is surprisingly good and will serve you well. You […]
Wuntu writes – “Here’s a photo of a human powered ferris wheel from the annual Marlboro, Vermont town fair.” – Link. Previous: Kid powered ferris wheel – Link.
Wired on geek graffiti – “The group of 12 graffiti artists surrounds its target, a sculpture in Manhattan known as The Cube, and waits for the signal to begin tagging it up. It’s a daunting task — the 15-foot sculpture in Astor Place was recently coated with anti-graffiti paint. But within seconds, The Cube is […]
