NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – The Pirate Bay 3D Prints Hollywood
Makerbot has a great post on this too.
Month: January 2012
Crafty Events
Click to add an event to the online calendar Email me if you have a call for vendors. Coming Up This Weekend: Indie Wed Chicago, IL Jan. 28 14th Annual Sugarloaf Crafts Festival Chantilly, VA Jan. 27-29 Call for Vendors: Moon Block Party Pomona Street Festival Pomona, CA Jun. 16 Fee: $100-$150 Deadline to apply: […]
Make: Live Takes a Holiday
We look forward to bringing more of the awesome to future Make: Live programming. But for the moment, we’re talking a break, doing some regrouping, and figuring out what form we want a future Make: Live to take. Look for a likely re-boot in the Spring.
Project: Perfect Manicure with Stamped Nails
Fun, creative, crafty manicures are the bees knees. I have recently become addicted to the art of nail stamping. The little stamp kits are simple- etched plates, a scraper and a stamp. They allow anyone to apply perfect designs to their nails, without having to be an expert. My cousin Mallory has a rainbow collection […]
Art Hack Day in Brooklyn
I’ve been looking forward to Art Hack Day for many months now, and it’s finally here this weekend in Brooklyn! For the 50+ artist/hacker participants it’s actually a 3-day long “happening” of collective creativity and DIY expression that will culminate at 7pm on Saturday, January 28th, with a public exhibition of all of their fabrications. […]
Converting a Milling Machine into a CNC
Joel Miller of Massachusetts (known for his excellent MakerBot Transformer) is working on converting a milling machine into a CNC. He’s even creating his own enclosure with touch screen, complete with PCBs he etched himself. Joel’s blog posts have tons of information on how he accomplished each step of the project — check ’em out!
How-To: Woven Perler Bead Candleholders
With two crafty daughters, my house is always stocked with a bucket’s worth of Perler (or Hama) beads, and I’ve always thought it would be fun to veer from the pegboards they come with and string them into something beautiful. Well now I’ve found just the project. Kate from Mini-Eco has been weaving them into […]