When I don’t have a piece of ribbon long enough to fit the package I’m wrapping, I turn to saved scraps. I wrap two pieces that just meet each of its ends in the back and tape them down. I then take two more scraps and do the same thing, but this time weave them […]
Through his company Images Scientific Instruments, John Iovine has been designing, making, and selling Geiger counters for nearly 15 years. MAKE’s Paul Spinrad talked with him about the recent run on Geiger counters, how (in)accurate and misleadingly described many of them are, and two new counters he’s designing for MAKE Volume 29: a standalone data-logging […]
Burda Style has a great roundup of sewing projects made from all those fabric scraps you’ve been collecting!
Sung Kim’s father gave him his first skil saw when he was just seven years old. His mother provided him with modeling clay as a safer alternative not long after that. Sung’s grandfather-in-law, ship builder Dean Stevens, left him a coveted collection of hand tools decades later. These influences shaped his abilities as a woodworker, but his desire to create sound formed him into a Maker.
I love this modern take on the granny square with The Purl Bee’s new pattern to make a granny stripe blanket. The photo above is a great detail shot showing the different color options but I love the idea of even making the stripes closer together and having a shade of lovely colors to add […]
Our friends RadBrad and KoolKat, from Atomic Zombie, posted this cool SpinScooter build on Make: Projects. Besides the fact that it requires welding (if you can do this, maybe a friend can), it’s fairly simple project, and the result is a wacky mutant bike build that would is a challenge to ride and to master. […]
Repurposing with denim is a natural. Who doesn’t have an extra pair of jeans lying around that are outgrown, out of fashion or worn out in some way? Put that denim to good use by making up a few Denim Do-it all Bins.
