How-To: Cross-Stitch E.T. iPhone Case
What do you need when it’s time to phone home? A cross-stitch E.T. iPhone case tutorial, of course!
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.
Yasuaki Onishi’s Hot Glue Art
Yasuaki Onishi is an artist whose medium of choice is the hot glue gun.
Building the Perfect Sand-Art Pen
Austrian couple Benedikt Wurth and Rosi Binder have built the ideal sand art pen. Unlike sand pens already in existence, the Sand-Pen has a button which engages the built-in motor, allowing the sand to flow freely. Holding the pen close to a surface achieves fine line, while pulling the pen farther away gives a wider, more airbrushed look. I spoke with Benedikt about treehouses, tools, and his design process.
How-To: Crocheted Mini-Skein Bracelets
Too many tiny skeins and yarn leftovers kicking around your stash? Have some stash busting fun with this crocheted mini-skein bracelet pattern!
How-To: Origami Bat Decoration
If you need some last-minute Halloween decorations, have some paper handy, and you’re a savvy origami-maker, then you might just want to rustle up a mess of these lovable origami bat decorations from How About Orange.
Attention Shoppers: Makers@theMint is Coming to SF
Makers are taking over the historic Mint in downtown San Francisco on November 23-24. Coming right before Thanksgiving and the holiday season, Makers@theMint is a pop-up retail event featuring unique handcrafted goods and other maker merchandise. Makers will turn the old Mint into a giant maker department store. There will be a technology pavilion showcasing the latest technologies in and other pre-production prototypes.
How-To: Texture Drawing Machine
One of my favorite things about the maker community is the ability of makers to take something that seems unremarkable and re-imagine and reengineer it as a tool for art or creativity. That’s why I love this this video featuring Brooklyn-based artist Joey Parlett and his fantastic texture drawing machine.