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.
Familyfun.com has a complete tutorial on how to make a cardboard dollhouse including furniture and decorations from most things we trash around the house. The house is framed from a cardboard box and the furniture is made mostly from packaging or household items. This armchair is made from a berry carton and the computer desk […]
I’ve tried the self heating cans, but not the cooling ones yet… “Tempra Technology and Crown Holdings present the first real self-refridgerating can. There’s finally a real, working, practical self-refridgerating can. The Instant Cool Can (I.C. Can) is a 100% safe and environmentally friendly self-refridgerating process that cools using brilliantly simple water evaporation. In fact, […]
If you live in a big city with a lot of parking meters, meet your new keychain – ” Designed by Pollen Design. Springloaded holder with key ring holds 10 US quarters. 24 hour countdown with loud alarm. Bright LCD display” – [via] – Link.
Tom writes – “Check out Steven Tafts excellent summary of how he built a homebrew omniscope anamorphic pinhole camera from some wood and pvc pipe! His design makes images that were previously only possible using a commercially available camera that costs $100s of dollars more!” – Link.
That’s a nice dress you have, why thank you, I sung it myself! – “An Australian digital artist is using his voice to design textiles. Pierre Proske has developed computer software that translates different frequencies in someone’s voice into spiral patterns, producing what he calls ‘voiceprints’.” – Link. Related: DigitalStar – Link.
John writes – “How to make turn a silver 50c coin into a ring using a hammer. Date, 50c, United States, and Liberty visible inside ring” – Link. Previous: How to make a Coin Ring – Link.
Susan writes – “Marie O’Connell writes a guest-article on Richard Hess’s blog about audio tape restoration. O’Connell’s piece is mind-blowing for its ingenuity. She solved the problem of Sticky Shed Syndrome with an IV bag, tubing, piano felt, windshield wipers, and a tape deck… oh, and of course, isopropyl alcohol.” – Link.
