Laser-cut gingerbread
Malmö, Sweden hackerspace Forskningsavdelningen (“The Research Department”) celebrated the holiday with a little gingerbread, laser etched with some excellent ASCII art… and their founding date in hex, oh yeah!
Holiday Projects
American Museum of Natural History Origami Holiday Tree
I wish I could see this beautiful origami holiday tree at the American Museum of Natural History in person. Five hundred origami sculptures were created by volunteers to adorn the 13-foot tree. Each piece reflects an actual object or specimen found in the exhibit hall. The theme of this year’s 13-foot tree is Discovery, featuring […]
How-To: Brass Rocking Horse
Johngineer writes: My mother collects rocking horses. She tries to get at least one each year for Christmas. This year, she couldn’t find anything she liked in the stores, so I made her one out of brass stock I had lying around. I did a little CAD drawing to help myself visualize what it would […]
How-To: Brass rocking horse
Johngineer writes: My mother collects rocking horses. She tries to get at least one each year for Christmas. This year, she couldn’t find anything she liked in the stores, so I made her one out of brass stock I had lying around. I did a little CAD drawing to help myself visualize what it would […]
Caga Tió — Catalonian holiday log tradition
The Caga Tió is a rustic holiday tradition in Spain. Parents find a small log and paint it into a character that children keep and feed as a pet. Successively larger painted logs are secretly substituted later to make the character grow. On Christmas, the children gather around and beat the log with sticks until […]
21st century Christmas gift making
My son Blake and I always try to make something to give our family for Christmas. In the late ’90s, we were quite proud of the packing/box art (inset) we made for some handmade (not by us) ornaments we gave out. We found one of these boxes in the attic this year and it looks […]
How-To: Transform a Chandelier
As the year comes to an end, I say, “Out with the old, in with the pretty!” The world needs beauty, and let’s face it- everything looks more lovely when it’s lit by a shimmering crystal chandelier. Transform a funky, rusty, metal light fixture in one afternoon with Krylon paints. Suddenly your dinner becomes a […]