Fabulous Flowers, by Anne Akers Johnson Klutz is out with a summer-y new project book/craft kit for kids, Fabulous Flowers. Inside are printed and perforated shapes to build 20 different paper blooms, along with all the stem wires, sparkly centers, glue and tools you’ll need. Want to try this craft out? we have a project […]
Here’s a fun, 1-minute how-to video by printmaker and Etsy merchant Beside The Willow Tree. You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn about the process in such a short time, and you’ll be soothingly entertained at the same time (or at least I was). The lovely final product looks like this: How to […]
Make: Live episode 10 is our first Hackerspace Roadshow! Thanks to our guests from Twin Cities Maker, Milwaukee Makerspace, i3Detroit, and Noisebridge. Catch up on video and notes from the show here. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download Make: Live episode 10 in its entirety (m4v or Vimeo). Also check out the chat […]
This 1947 wedding dress is stunning even without knowing the backstory of the fabric from which it’s made. This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved Maj. Claude Hensinger during World War II. In August 1944, Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over Yowata, Japan, […]
Clearly, I need to make some of this! Intructables user mikeasaurus shares how to turn regular Silly Putty (sometimes called Thinking Putty) into magnetic putty. All the supplies are readily available, including iron oxide powder, which is found in art supply stores.
Kudos to Bre Pettis and the MakerBot team for doing such a great job on the Colbert Report last night. It was like a 5-minute infomercial for the MakerBot. Who would watch this and NOT want one? Also my friend, DC artist (and current MakerBot Artist-in-Residence) Jonathan Monaghan, helped with scanning Stephen’s head and made the eagle Stephen that’s shown. Way to go, Jonathan!
We sold out of the Netduino Plus at Maker Faire and just got them back in the Maker Shed. The Netduino Plus is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework. The Plus also features an on board MicroSD slot and RJ-45 jack for Ethernet connectivity.
