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If you are in the Los Angeles area, stop by Machine Project on Sunday August 10th from 1-3pm for Tex. Tex is a meetup for those seeking skills trade, collaboration, inspiration, techniques, and exposure to topics with an emphasis on fiber, physical computing, textiles, wearables, and all matters of materials. Our own Syuzi Pakhchyan, author […]
Treehugger points to this fun post on ProQuo, highlighting ten creative responses to junk mail, which include shredding the non-glossy stuff to use as garden mulch, and making paper.
Unfurled created these hilarious (and delicious-sounding) “Morning Mummies” using strips of bread dough wrapped around a chocolatey Nutella filling, then baked.
Dorkbot Seattle recently played host the Catastrophic Cacophony Workshop: Josh Kopel, former co-organizer of MakePhilly, brings the maker challenge to Seattle. The theme is catastrophic cacophony and the challenge is to build the loudest, craziest, flashiest automated “musical” instrument ever. You will have to be able to step back and let your creation play by […]
Shelterrific tips us off to the Sample Scrap shop, which offers up discontinued and excess fabric from textile industry manufacturers, repackaging it into fun sampler packs for crafters.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any cuter at Made With Love By Hannah‘s blog, Knick Knacks & Ric Rac, she comes up with this great new tutorial for making toadstool doorstops from fabric, ric-rac, and old yogurt containers filled with gravel.
Mitch writes in about Greg Blonder, who made this prototype slide rule clock with LEGO Mindstorms. The positioning of the two rules makes up the hours and minutes. I like the idea of sketching in a platform like Mindstorms; it sure beats building an entire custom circuit just for a proof-of-concept prototype.
