1960’s “Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments,” by Robert Brent and Harry Lazarus, is now freely browsable on Scribd, and can be downloaded as a .PDF after either paying $5 or uploading a document of your own in exchange.
I remember the god’s eyes crafts from summer camp, but these works of art from Jay Mohler blow those clean out of the water. I’ve been making Ojos de Dios ever since seeing such yarn and stick mandalas in almost the exact form made by Huicholi natives of Mexico, and lamas from Tibet. Later I […]
Netherlands-based design firm HEY HEY HEY created this Rube Goldberg machine which promotes its own identity: Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine (or just Melvin the Machine) can be described as a Rube Goldberg machine with a twist. Besides doing what Rube Goldberg’s do best – performing a simple task as inefficiently as possible, often […]
Make subscriber Jim wrote in to let us know about instrument maker and circuit bender Cavan Fyans and his positively retro and fully bent analog and digital noise inducers. Part exploration of constraint, part purpose-built interaction, his work has a visual aesthetic that compliments the aural assault locked within each piece. Check out his site […]
Here’s a rather sophisticated take on a traditional summertime dessert, and a fun idea for 4th of July celebrating. Melissa and Nancy of Best Friends for Frosting lightly toasted marshmallows using a creme brulee torch, and then dipped them in chocolate and graham cracker crumbs. There’s a nice how-to on their blog. Any dessert involving […]
Here’s an excerpt from my new book, The Practical Pyromaniac. It’s a bit different than a lot of the other projects because it deals with making things NOT catch on fire. It’s a pretty simple chemistry project. By the way, it makes paper fire resistant, not fire proof.
Yesterday I posted my milk crate closet storage. Today I’ve found the perfect complimentary craft. Cornflower Blue made a great laundry bag using an old pillowcase and a large embroidery hoop.
