Do we really know what dinosaurs looked like? Maybe the T-Rex didn’t have stumpy little claw-arms. In this illustration, posted by apeox of Half Dracula Half Cinderella, there are some dinosaurs reimagined with beefier arms and big thumbs. I would enjoy seeing them embroidered on a pillow. Thumbs up. Correction: Please excuse my dinosaur ignorance! […]
My crafty Michigan pal Veronica Knight crocheted her very own viking costume, complete with epic beard, for Halloween last year and will be using it as her entry into this weekend’s Motor City Beard and Moustache Championships. Enjoy this achievement in crochet work with me, won’t you?
Jamie Nichols and Phillip Ross, of Team Metrofiets, with one of their cargo bikes (not a utility bike for the competition) The Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge is a design and build competition where some of the best custom bike crafters in the US, along with student teams, vie to create the ultimate modern utility […]
I’m really loving these origami critters made and designed by Uruguayan artist Román Díaz.
I have a thing for traditional pysanky, the wax-resist Easter egg style from the Ukraine, but when I was browsing through Etsy for some inspiration, I stumbled across I really like these minimalist pysanky from Etsy seller Pysanky Panky. (She also has many more classic eggs as well.)
The folks at HacDC have now done four successful “spaceblimp” launches. The latest took place this past Sunday (April 10) in Maryland. They write: We launched from Breezewood Elementary School? at 1:30 pm, the balloon popped at 2:41 pm at 103,764 ft, and touched back down at 3:09 pm. Again, we were exceptionally lucky with […]
MAKE’s interview with hardware hacker Akiba highlighted a fascinating trend: individuals and small groups taking their safety into their own hands by creating, modifying, and networking radiation detectors, a.k.a. Geiger counters, rather than relying on governments for information. The following projects and kits aim to put Geiger counters in the hands of ordinary makers. Resources […]
