The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
If you’re a Lovecraft fan and have not yet seen the HPLHS’s 2005 silent-film adaptation of Call of Cthulhu, well, there may be nothing, anywhere, that’s more important than that you go do so immediately. So. Very. Good. The look they achieve on a low budget is amazing, and a lot of that is due […]
The dream-like and the practical merge with objects modern and objects vintage in the new blog of San Francisco designer Teagan Tall.
I love cupcakes, and I love baking, so I’m not quite sure why I had never actually tried to make cupcakes. My mini muffin tin holds tea lights. I didn’t even own a regular-sized muffin tin. But my favorite cupcake place, Love at First Bite, is across the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, and I just don’t get there that often. That’s probably a good thing for my waistline, but nonetheless, I jumped at the chance to try out the Cupcake Kit by Elinor Klivens from Chronicle Books.
elieve me, you have no idea how excited I was to receive Amy Karol’s second book, Bend the Rules with Fabric.
This week on the CRAFT Video learn some basics of fine metalworking. With a few simple tools, you can create neat shapes from copper (or silver or brass) sheet and add some fun texture. I made this copper and silver “triple bypass” get-well card for MAKE Senior Editor Gareth Branwyn, who’s recovering from surgery.
“Sister” Diane Gilleland’s project guide to weaving without expensive equipment, Weaving Un-Loomed, comes to us as an e-book, elegantly situating itself somewhere between environmental consciousness and convenience. It starts up with an introduction to weaving’s concepts and terms, then inspires you with pattern ideas and material choices. The five projects inside really do have something […]
Sean @ MAKE points us to this entire chess set made entirely from chainmail. David Austin writes: One of the first important decisions I made was what wire size to use. I decided that in order to fully articulate the style of traditional chess pieces I was going to have to use thin wire and […]
