Artist, Lucky Jackson, is creating a piece of custom art each day for 365 days in a 365 Days of Lucky project. So far, they’ve all been delightfully charming stitcheries, primarily of people. A recent theme of her work has been “I think I love you but I’m a preteen and my Mom says it’s […]
I bet you didn’t know that there’s a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it’s called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the traces replaced with conductive thread, allowing your projects to light up, and still be huggable and wear friendly. Today we’ll show you how to make your very own glowey-eyed cuddle monster you can sew together with the threadbare essentials. Lets go! More: wp.me/p1CIX9-uOU
Bored with Instagram yet? How about building your own camera to capture lomographic imagery? Joe Pirela’s DigiLomo camera is one smart looking DIY digital camera built by repackaging the guts of a point-and-shoot into a larger (and nicer looking) walnut and aluminum body that accepts a SLR lens.
I love when people find inspiration to stitch on everyday objects that weren’t necessarily intended for stitchery. Camilla of Family Chic transformed an inexpensive IKEA pencil cup with some yarn and a tapestry needle. It’s fun to play with different stitches and design, and would be easy to unthread and change out when you get […]
Vancouver-based makers eatART have been working away at their most recent creation, Titanoboa, a 50 ft mechanical snake. They displayed the work-in-progress at this year’s Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, and it’s come a long way.
I had a sense, as early as Tuesday, that it was going to be a yellow kind of week, and sure enough, the MAKE Flickr pool has proved it out. And though yellow has lots of negative connotations, it happens to be my favorite color, probably because it reminds of me construction equipment and power tools. Oh, and flowers. I have credible reports from people who have actually seen nature that flowers are sometimes yellow, too.
