Artist Long-Bin Chen carved these intricate sculptures out of phone books. [via Dude Craft] Have you checked out our Green Projects Contest yet? Some clever, fun projects and ideas have been submitted. Vote for the ones you like. Put up your own projects, grab your “tag,” and spread it across the interwebs. Get your social […]
Jeri Ellsworth shares her simple secret to learning electronics: give your permission to make mistakes!
Head Huggers has a tutorial for knitting an aviator-style cap. It’s cute, and I think it might be next on my list. But first I’m going to finish the striped fingerless mitts that I started at Bazaar Bizarre a couple weeks ago (I’m making them in light blue and gray).
I spent the afternoon after Christmas having a leisurely read of Selvedge magazine, and was thrilled to see their review of Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works, a show of little-seen textile pieces at Hauser and Wirth in London. The show sadly just closed (not that I would have made it to London in time!), but […]
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Back in June, I posted about mathematical objects made on a lathe. Here are two more difficult examples, both by Claude Lethiecq, a wood turner working near Montreal. I have examined these in person and they are truly masterpieces of technique. This first object consists of twelve […]
Here are a few of our favorite tools that we covered in 2010. Please tell us what some of yours were, in the Comments below. #10 Gorillatorch Blade LED Light, $59.95, Maker Shed [From Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Tools for Makers] #9 James Vreeland’s homemade hammer, inherited from his grandfather. Read the moving story in […]
It’s no secret around here that I’m a huge geek, and scrolling through our Geek Crafts archives is one of my favorite pastimes. I was thrilled that we were able to devote an entire month to Geek Crafts back in September, and here are some of my favorite projects from that month. Go out and […]
