Douglas writes in to tell us about this inspiring panel discussion to be held at my alma mater, The New School. From the site: Many contemporary artists are using craft to make diverse and timely political statements. Because creating crafts is so often social and communal, they can play a vital role in the public […]
WANTED: A Maker who can curate the MAKE Flickr photo pool – The MAKE Flickr photo pool is MASSIVE 3,000+ members, about 20,000 photos with amazing projects, hacks, mods, etc getting added each day. So – we’re looking for someone who is active in our pool or is a fan. Lots of folks have it […]
Artist Mouna Andraos is organizing the second annual Thing-a-day. Sign up on thing-a-day.com to participate and then spend half an hour every day of February creating something and share the documentation to the site. Sign up begins January 21st. Link.
Josh writes in with the infoz for the next MakePhilly meeting – The next meeting of MakePhilly (http://www.makephilly.com) will feature guest speaker Don Miller (also known as NO CARRIER) who creates fast paced, colorful visuals for live music events and interactive art installations by hacking 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) consoles with custom programmed cartridges. […]
Marci Senders sent us the announcement for an upcoming lecture at the Textile Study Group of New York by Thomas Campbell, curator of the Metropolitan Museum’s “Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor.” From the announcement – From the Middle Ages until the late eighteenth century, the courts of Europe lavished vast resources on tapestries […]
One of the more interesting variations on the steampunk theme has been Steam Wars, a vision of the Star Wars universe through a Victorian lens. In this vein, there’s now a Steam-Wars LEGO contest, announced on the LEGO Star Wars forum FBTBForums. The contest runs through January and the first place winner gets an AT-AP […]
We are etching up a new batch of CRAFT Leatherman tools! Get them while they’re hot… LASER HOT! Small enough to fit on your key chain, the “i Craft: things” pocket tool is the perfect companion for mobile fixing, cutting, hacking and crafting. This is a limited offering with custom “i Craft: things” laser lovingly […]
