Ask MAKE is a monthly column where we answer your questions. Send your vexing conundrums on any aspect of making to askmake@makezine.com. If we don’t have the answer, we’ll scare up somebody who does. Tracy Wood said: “My problem is I start projects and don’t finish them!! ;(“
If you look up “octopus anatomy” in Google Images, you will mainly find detailed illustrations of the internal organs. Unfortunately, they don’t do the anatomy of an octopus justice. I saw the octopus I’d dissected as a piece of art: a clean, tightly-packed bundle of clearly distinguishable parts with a great sense of symmetry. I photographed everything from different angles as reference for the 3d model I was planning to create. The goal was to start work on something I’ve dreamed of for a long time – a library of very detailed anatomical models.
Here in the Maker Shed there’s a lot of love for Spikenzie Labs’ Solder: Time Watch Kit. It’s easy to build and the finished product looks as well as it functions. Now through Sunday at midnight, it’s 30% off, making it even more attractive!
If you like to crochet and cats that look like they are in a bad mood, then this amigurumi grumpy cat pattern by Denise Ferguson is the stuffed toy for you.
If you’re down with Downton, dreaming of The Doctor, and hooked on Sherlock, you’ll love this awesome Brit TV-inspired Sherlocked sweatshirt tutorial!
I adore the simplicity and style of this designer-inspired triangle bag from Between the Lines!
In the current issue of MAKE, Alastair Bland writes about how the amateur sake fan can brew the beverage at home. Before the story came out, a group of MAKE staffers headed over to the excellent Hana restaurant in Rohnert Park, Calif. for some Japanese food and sake. It was a tough assignment. While there, I asked sake sommelier Stuart Morris and visiting sake brewer Daijiro Hosaka how sake was made. Morris, by the way, is the sixth non-Japanese “master of sake” in the world. Did the experts think sake can be made at home? Watch our interview to find out. Then pick up a copy of MAKE and see if you can brew your own.
