How-To: Print on Fabric with Oil Pastels
Check out this tutorial for printing on fabric with oil pastels from Mary & Patch—I guarantee that you’ll never look at your cookie cutters and textured tchotchkes in the same way again!
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.
A Micro-House Inspired by a Prison Cell
Plenty of small homes and small interior spaces take their cues from boat and airplane interiors, however this is the first I’d heard about where the inspiration for the design came from a prison, and expertise from the prisoners.
Mac Mail(Box)
Italian designer Francesco Mugnai posted a great collection of 22 unusual mailboxes, of which seven geeky favorites are shown here. The Power Mac G4 takes the cake because of its double entendre. Suddenly snail mail has all new appeal. The X-Wing mailbox below was made by MAKE community member Craig Smith (and mined from our […]
DiResta: Photo Book
In each bi-monthly episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PT), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy gets all crafty and makes a quick portfolio by cleverly folding up photos of guitars he’s made
Binder Clip Bag
Seattle designer Peter Bristol’s Clip Bag translates those ubiquitous binder clips you find in offices into a funny and useful accessory that could almost be elegant, if it weren’t so silly. It’s one of those form translations that makes me say, “Of course!” The bag is made out of wool felt and aluminum tubing.
Joanne Arnett’s Woven Mugshots
I’m not sure what kind of loom she uses, but if you look closely at this incredible series of woven mugshots by artist Joanne Arnett, you can see that these remarkable images are created from a combination of wire and thread!
How-To: Glass Bead Mosaic Ring
Make a gorgeous piece of crafty custom jewelry with this glass bead mosaic ring tutorial!