We’re heading in to summer, and that means I’m collecting ideas for projects that I can do with the kids while they are out of school. I’m bookmarking this collection of perler bead bracelet tutorials that Helena of Craft and Creativity gathered as something to try with my daughter. The bold colors and geometric designs […]
Everybody’s favorite slingshot aficionado, Jörg Sprave, is at it again. Got an old set of steak knives sitting around the house collecting dust? Why not turn them into a battery-powered whirligig of doom? Using a battery powered drill, some MDF, and a timing belt, Jörg constructed one mean looking rotary slicer.
Good old red-blue anaglyphic 3D works on ordinary screens, can be printed using any color printer, and requires only super-cheap glasses for viewing. Steve White wanted to see how cheaply he could build a digital camera rig for creating red-blue 3D stills and video. His goals included real-time preview ability, focus and parallax control, and […]
A few weeks before Maker Faire, we got a call from Nora Herting, founder of ImageThink, a company that provides live “graphic facilitation” services to conferences and meetings. Nora loves Maker Faire and she offered up a wonderful gift from her company: the time of two great illustrators, Heather Willems and Lloyd Dangle (you might […]
MythBusters host Adam Savage talks to KQED about the importance of fostering the instinct to make things by hand at Maker Faire.
Our own Meg Allan Cole is concerned about your sunglasses. She’s worried that your sunglasses are too plain to properly enjoy this holiday weekend. Luckily, she and the gals from Emotistyle have a solution – bedazzled shades! Check out Meg’s video, after the jump, for an easy upgrade to your current sunglasses. If you like […]
Make yourself a new accessory for the weekend with this how-to by Creme` de la Craft.
