This Week in Making: Crafty Drinking, Raspberry Spi Cams, and Engineering a Third Thumb
This week, visit a Portland bar with a crafty side, build your own spy camera, and check out some talented makers.
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.
Weekend Watch: Build a Simple Trebuchet from Household Items
This simple trebuchet project proves that anyone can be a maker and that you can create something from nothing.
How Burning Man Helped the Arts Community Collaborate and Evolve
Find a group near you that does Burning Man projects, and start working together with other makers on extensive collaborative art projects.
This Sonic Amplifier Replica from Overwatch Actually “Shoots” Music
John Edgar Park’s replica of Lúcio’s Sonic Amplifier, from the video game Overwatch, mimics the gun’s in-game ability to “shoot” music.
Crafting Adventure Time’s Enchiridion as an Ode to Medieval Book Making
Frank Zhao put his book making skills to the test, and crafted the “Enchiridion” from the TV show “Adventure Time.”
Transforming a Game Boy Camera into a Tool for Astrophotography
Alex Pietrow customized a Nintendo Game Boy Advance’s camera so that it could take pictures of celestial objects.
Abstract Painter Builds Clever Machines to Deposit Paint
Toronto-based painter Callen Schaub collaborates with the machines he makes to create process-based paintings.