How-To: Farmer’s Market Carpet Bag
Make a rugged yet stylish carry-all with this farmer’s market carpet bag tutorial!
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.
Sculptures From Clothes Inside Clothes
Artist Britt Ragsdale created this intriguing sculptural installation called Casualties in Form from just clothing layered on top of more clothing.
Frank Catalfumo: Making Shoes for Nearly 70 Years
New York-based filmmaker and photographer Dustin Cohen recently shared a beautifully made short video profile and photo essay about classic shoemaker Frank Catalfumo. Now 91 years old, Frank has been making and repairing shoes in his Brooklyn shop, F&C Shoes, since 1945. He still goes to work five days a week, working alongside his son […]
Robot Puppet Party at Maker Faire
The Hello World Program would like to invite you to a Robot Puppet Party at the Maker Faire Bay Area next month. Hello World has been running for about a year, building a library of video tutorials on a variety of open source tech topics, narrated by handmade puppets. Guido the Python teaches the Python programming language, of course, while the robot Unique ID discusses robotics, circuitry and the basics of object-oriented programming. Currently under construction is a new fox puppet who will be in charge of HTML tutorials.
Catching Up With Sketchfab Co-founder Alban Denoyel
Sketchfab, a website for uploading and sharing 3D models for free, is a great way to easily add an interactive element to your web content. Their model viewer can be embedded in almost any webpage, and they’re adding new features on a fairly regular basis. I caught up with co-founder Alban Denoyel to check in on their progress.
Faux Marble Table
Poppytalk is such a lovely blog for inspiration, decor, and cool DIY projects, like this DIY faux marble tabletop project.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Natalie McKean
Northern California artist Natalie McKean creates striking and gorgeous works of art that often focus on the intersection of the natural world and machines/robots. “Man versus technology has always been a favored theme of mine,” she says. She’ll be exhibiting at Maker Faire Bay Area this year, so stop by and say hello!