Artist Laura Cesari has worked with a variety of media throughout her education and career. She’s explored electronics and fashion and has studied with well-known quilt and bead artists. Her latest endeavor is translating the universe into gorgeous jewelry. Her collection of astronomy-inspired necklaces immediately caught my attention over in the Makers Market, so I […]
This is an impressive use of Arduino, two servos, a webcam and Processing to tilt a ball platform. I was pretty sure I saw a copy of Make: magazine under the platform…
This plush chainsaw and severed hand are great fun, and could possibly teach the young ones about tool safety (though probably not)! Made by Steff Bomb, who also has an Etsy shop. [via Geekologie]
It’s springtime, which means it’s time to get back on your bike! Here are ten of my favorite bike accessories for utility, safety, and style. Got some bike projects to share? Post ’em up in the comments!
This interesting video — really a commercial for iFixit — has some fascinating things to say that would resonate with makers. Do you see yourself slaving over some 386 trying to get it to work? If iFixit creates a Wikipedia-like repair guide, will you contribute? Leave a comment with your thoughts. [Via bunnie’s blog] More: […]
Congratulations to Nicole from St. Joseph, MI, Patricia from Seattle, WA and Karen from Minneapolis, MN for each winning a copy of the book, Toe-Up Socks for Every Body by Wendy D. Johnson from our recent giveaway. More giveaways are coming soon!
Silicon Valley software engineer Ari Krupnik makes what he calls “pixel mosaics” as a hobby. Besides dice, he’s also used bullet casings and M&Ms. You may have seen Ari in this full-page ShopBot ad in MAKE 14. His rendering of Che Guevara, above, uses 400 black dice. He’s also done one of George Orwell. (“Maybe one day my prose can be as fluid as his,” says Ari–hear, hear!) This page includes another dice example and some good detail on Ari’s process.
