By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Continuing our fiber arts theme of past weeks, today’s Math Monday offers an excellent example of mathematical needlepoint. This piece illustrates a Hilbert curve, taken to the sixth approximation. The continuously changing color of the thread makes it easy for your eye not to lose its place […]
And we’re back with our thirteenth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Over on Facebook, many people were pining for a kit version of the Elegant POV clock. Gregory Wild-Smith summed it up well: I want… nay NEED a kit for […]
The Dumponaut, an art project envisioning a home made out of a dumpster. There are countless external controls on our existence, and a big one is the trade of capital for goods. The loophole lives in dumpsters: where there is surplus, there is an exit from the system. but it isn’t a true exit – […]
How adorable is this monster art tote from Craftster user, sadsilver. The lined tote bags are very simple, made from fabric from my stash. The monsters are made with polar fleece and eco felt. I stuffed each tote with a sketchbook and the monster teeth are made of six mini twistable crayons. She made them […]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: amanita by lilfishstudios, spool strip tease by maximum RABBIT designs, A dream postman by hobotariy.org.ua, and Onigiri by maycouture.
Fun With Matches: Science And Mechanics Apr, 1936
Kate of Two Little Banshees shares a great tutorial for putting together this baby quilt using six different fat quarters of fabric.
