My brother Pat wrote me: Check out “Alone in the Wilderness” featuring Dick Proenneke living alone in Alaska. It’s on our PBS affiliates a lot here (in Florida). He is a true pioneer, a 1960’s “maker” at work, building everything by hand, using tools he made. He has no electricity. Shoots it all on […]
Thinking about doing some stitching on the go? Check out this fantastic travel embroidery case by Erin from Clever Charlotte! Not only does it look cute, it can also help keep your fingers safe and your embroidery time stress-free by giving a good home to any runaway pins and needles at the bottom of your […]
Jonathan Brainin’s Pendulum Video is a mesmerizing video sculpture work-in-progress. A camera points at a video monitor which is displaying the image from the camera. When a second monitor swings in front of the first, it creates a beautiful repeating pendulum pattern across the screen. Check out Jonathan’s videos for a few other modes that […]
Very clever trick from next month’s issue of The Family Handyman, submitted by reader Joseph Johnson. If you have “helping hands,” clamping wire leads against a washer, as shown, stabilizes the whole setup dramatically by connecting the two arms with a rigid member, so you can bear down a bit more with the iron without […]
Photo by Flickr user cbcastro Have you ever eaten fiddlehead? Fiddleheads are the furled shoots of certain varieties of young ferns, and according to Wikipedia, fiddlehead is part of the traditional diet in northern France, in parts of Asia, and among Native Americans. They are not cultivated, so they’re only available seasonally. And that season […]
Loving Living Small did a great faux dipped vase in gold.
Jessica at How About Orange made this simple and lovely origami lantern from a tutorial on Passengers on a Little Spaceship. I love that such a beautiful piece of home decor can be fashioned from paper. More: How-To: Origami Cat Bookmark @Craftzine.com blog Interactive Origami Jellyfish Swarm @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Jello Origami @Craftzine.com blog
