Month: April 2014

I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of this delightfully frightful ghost trap made from felt by Steff Bomb at the Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Show in New York last night.

This industrial origami-Inspired laser cut dino costume was a big hit at the inaugural Lehigh Valley Mini Maker Faire. As expected, a steady stream of children tailed the reptilian pied piper, in awe of it’s crafty cardstock awesomeness.

The story of how I made Joris, a knitted plush creature that somewhat resembles a dragon.

That’s a wrap for Maker Faire UK for this year, the fifth here at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Growing from just 30 makers to 350 in just five years, this year’s faire was the biggest, and loudest, yet.

Arduino-controlled soundwave visualizer levitates glowing beads acoustically.

The Cinehack project is all about the stuff they won’t teach you at film school. Like a lot of maker projects Cinehack was born through necessity, if you can’t afford to rent the right equipment, then you’ll have to build it.