Month: November 2011

Building the MakerGear Mosaic 3D Printer – Part I: The Frame

Building the MakerGear Mosaic 3D Printer – Part I: The Frame

Ohio IT professional Rick Pollack founded MakerGear, LLC in 2009 to “develop products and services for the rapidly expanding maker community with a focus on advancing digital fabrication.” Working with wife Karen, Rick has already brought two fully-developed desktop 3D printers to market—a well-regarded Prusa Mendel kit and their flagship design, the Mosaic—as well as a line of accessories and upgrades for each.

Fabric-Inspired Tattoos

We’ve featured many crafty tattoos here on the blog, but this set of fabric-inspired tattoos might be some of my favorite I’ve ever seen. The staff members at Spool and Loop (sister fabric and yarn stores in Philadelphia) took their love of fabric designs and turned them in to a series of tattoos in a […]