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These are are just a few of architect and artist Gregg Fleishman’s amazing “panel puzzle” designs. To left, a 2002 chair called Nebula II, and to right, a timeline showing stages in the evolution of his 1979 Lumbarest design, the first prototype of which dates to 1975. Besides furniture, Gregg also designs buildings and model vehicles using a similar body of techniques.
Keep little minds and little fingers occupied during long car trips and vacation downtime with this tangram travel puzzle tutorial from Delia at Delia Creates! [Via One Pretty Thing] More: How-To: Make a Tangram Puzzle @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Heart Felt Tangram Puzzle @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Giant Outdoor Twister Game @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Gnome Lawn Bowling […]
We’ve run a lot of paint chip projects here on Craft (see below), but Liz Apple’s rainbow wall of paint chips blows me away. It took 7 hours and more than 600 paint chips! (Via Poppytalk Handmade. More: How-To: Paint Chip Art Paint Chip Gift Decoration Embroidered Paint Chip Cards Giant Paint Chip Valentine
Ray McNamara of Launceston, Tasmania, built this omnidirectional robot using a Lego Mindstorms parts, Technic motors, and is programmed in RobotC. I really love how Ray explains exactly how he designed and programmed his robot! A Holonomic platform is one of the many types of Holonomic drive trains — it can move forward and backward […]
These MAKE branded items from Alchemy Goods are made from upcycled materials like bicycle innertubes and car seatbelts. They are made in Seattle and are built to last! Check them out now in the Maker Shed.
Tired of letting perfectly good fish skin go to waste? Apparently Icelandic artists Fanney Antonsdóttir and Dögg Guðmundsdóttir were, so they started making lights out of dried cod fish that they call Uggi Lights. The lamp refers to the old Icelandic tradition of drying whole fish. The fish were hung up on special wood constructions […]
Gareth over at MAKE posted this ingenious little tutorial about how to make a chocolate bowl using a balloon. More: How-To: Chocolate Bowls Kitchen 101: Chocolate Skills Recipe: Chocolate Banana Pops
