How-To: Puffy Origami Heart Garland
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, here’s a paper heart garland video tutorial by The Cheese Thief to help add some colorful sweetness to your day.
Month: January 2012
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – “ATMs” Become Phone Recycling Centers
“Cash for gadgets” is the new “cash for gold”.
Embroidery Hoop Wall Storage Pockets
Amy from During Quiet Time made this awesome embroidery hoop wall storage pocket for her partner using this free pattern from Sew Daily. I don’t know about you, but I could certainly use a few of these in my studio! [Via Pinterest] More: Embroidery Hoop Laundry Bag @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Embroidery Hoops as Picture Frames […]
Interactive Still Life Tumbles When You Tilt The Frame
Neat idea, skillfully executed, from artist Scott Garner, who writes: On the hardware side is a custom-framed television connected to a rotating mount from Ergomart. Attached to the back of the television is a spatial sensor from Phidgets, makers of fine USB sensors. On the software side is a simple C application to communicate with […]
Math Monday: Mathematical Quilting
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Quilting is one of the everyday activities in which people use mathematics without necessarily realizing it. Geometric thinking is required to make any modular quilt pattern, but some quilters also choose mathematical subject matter for their quilts. This quilt by Camilla Fox shows a symmetric pattern constructed […]
Recipe: Pâte à Choux
By Paul Stern When I first heard the words pâte à choux in baking class, I thought my teacher had sneezed. Also known as choux pastry, it is pronounced pat-ah-SHOO. Had she said, “We will be making cream puffs next class,” I would have known what she meant. Anyway, the main pastry ingredient is eggs. […]
Tiny Trebuchet Launches Virtual Bananas
ITP students Will Jennings and Lia Martinez built a small catapult (not a trebuchet in the strictest sense) that, when pulled back and released, announces “Banana” and triggers a video projection of said fruit flying into the wall. From Lia’s site: