Camper Obscura
Photographers Jonathan Blyth and Matthew Pontin of FOTONOW turned a camper van into a mobile camera obscura and have been taking it all over the UK for visitors to experience it.
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.
How-To: Picnic-Style Placemats
Get a jump on those summer outdoor eating plans with this picnic-style placemat tutorial!
How-To: Magnetic Cork Planters
Display your succulents for all to see—and secure that A+ math test to the refrigerator—with cute magnetic cork planters!
Every Day a Shirt
Every Day a Shirt is a Tumblr blog where crafter and entrepreneur Jesse Genet posts a freshly modded shirt, every day. Jesse is the co-creator of Inkodye, a photosensitive fabric dye that develops its color in sunlight. It’s pretty neat. Compared with screen printing, this process is a breeze. Jesse and her company, Lumi, will be at Maker Faire Bay Area this year, so plan to stop by and check out this interesting new technique for printing on fabric.
Tessellating TARDIS iPhone Case Cross-Stitch Pattern
Our very own Haley created this very appropriate new Tesselating TARDIS iPhone Case Cross-Stitch Pattern!
How-To: Patchwork Planters
Transform pretty fabric scraps into garden-worthy works of art with this patchwork planter tutorial!
Shake Hands with Francis at the Maker Faire Bay Area
Brian Matthews of Flapping Sprocket creates beautifully intricate machinery, wings, and other contraptions in his Los Angeles studio. For the second year running, he will be at the Maker Faire Bay Area as a mobile exhibit, roaming the Faire with his hand puppet Francis, a metal marvel finely articulated enough to shake your hand.