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If you follow CRAFT, as well, you may have seen Rachel’s post back in January about Oregon jeweler Shannon Conrad’s interlocking Lego rings. Shown above is the result of Shannon’s very first experiment with casting from Lego elements, a one-off solid silver Imperial Stormtrooper minifig she made for her 11-year-old son. It weighs 1.5 oz (44g). I know Lego fanboys who happily would trade their own teeth for one of those.
Born on this date in 1452 in Tuscany, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Wikipedia) is the original “Renaissance Man,” and thus near and dear to all our hearts here at MAKE. By the time he died in 1512, aged 67 years, his achievements had established him, arguably, as the most diversely talented human being who ever lived: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Oh, and namesake of a very famous turtle.
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” posted this awesome image to his Facebook page. He writes: Thanks to Dan Burden for this image from the Deep Archives, taken during a 1988 photo session with him in Florida. I’m aboard the Winnebiko II, which used a hacked Radio Shack Model 100 in the console, along with a […]
Back in February, I posted about the awesome tiny craft room created by Christine Ferrara of The Call of the Small. Things in miniature, especially for dollhouses, have always been one of my favorite things. It goes back to the dollhouse my parents made for us when we were kids (and that we refurbished a […]
Here’s our weekly craft fair post! Please add any upcoming craft fairs to our calendar, and if you know of a call for vendors. Click on “Read full story” to see the call for vendors. Coming Up This Weekend: Artist Village/Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco, CA Saturday, Apr. 17, 11am – 6pm Sunday, Apr. 18, 11am […]
Over in Sydney, Australia, the fine folks at Robots and Dinosaurs entered the annual Rocket Car Day.
By Susan Beal If you’ve ever wanted to try building a raised bed for vegetables, herbs, flowers, or anything else you want to grow, it can be as simple as this pared-down version: a few pieces of inexpensive lumber and a short afternoon’s worth of drilling and digging. I built our second 8’×4′ bed, just […]
