By Diane Gilleland Hard-shell gourds, sometimes called calabash gourds, are some of the world’s first cultivated plants. They are harvested from their vines in the fall and then air-dried for several months. When a gourd is fully dry inside and out, it forms a woody shell that can be cut with simple tools. Cultures all […]
Following in line with today’s 3D Thread Illustrations project, Michele Made Me shows you how to roll up strips of denim to create a tree which she then used as the design in her denim pencil cases. [via jean repair]
By Wendy Tremayne My friend, textile artist and blogger Heather Cameron of True Stitches, says of crafter Gretchen Elsner, “Writing about Gretchen is like trying to remember a dream that keeps slipping away the more you try to capture it.” The dream that I am having of Gretchen Elsner is one populated by archetypal creatures. […]
Scott over at What I Made shares his latest project for turning a tin can into a cool tea light holder. His hand-drawn illustrations of the step-by-step tutorial are spectacular and really worth checking out. Enjoy!
Nick Brewer’s looking for support for his documentary on kickstarter: Last December, in 70 cities across four continents, thousands gathered to celebrate Santacon. There are rules… you must wear a Santa suit, or some other holiday attire, a hat is not enough. Santa has to act like Santa, being jolly, handing out gifts, playing reindeer […]
Instructables user whamodyne made a self-watering planter from a rag and a 2-liter plastic bottle: I have a black thumb due to my forgetfulness on the watering of plants. By the time I remember and rush over with the wattle bottle, the plants have croaked and moved onto the next plane of existence. I was […]
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange, or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
