Mast Brothers chocolate in Brooklyn makes small batch chocolate, highlighted in this Cool Hunting video. They call it “craft style,” which here in Brooklyn means all the men involved in the process are sporting beards, right?
We covered the work of Eric Strebel in the lead-up to Maker Faire Detroit. He contributed to our “Making Detroit” series. Now he and partner Jim Nogarian have brought their design for the Solar Vox personal USB solar charger to Kickstarter. They’re looking for $35,000 in funding to bring their product to market. Solar Vox […]
Susi of craftroom and Kat of Kat Knits just started a new craft challenge for 2011 called Iron Craft. The ladies will post up weekly challenges where anyone can join in on the crafty fun and show off what they made. From the site: Every Thursday one of us will post a creative challenge to […]
It’s a new year and Ecouterre asks 28 eco-fashion experts (including yours truely, their eco-fashion predictions for 2011. Ecouterre writes: We asked 28 eco-fashion movers and shakers, including a museum textile conservator, a fashion professor, a vegan coat designer, an online curator of preowned clothing, and several of our media comrades in arms to offer […]
The Kinect allows tracking of users without additional markers. We develop a magic mirror that generated an overlay of a video image with volume visualization from a CT volume. Such a system could be used for education of anatomy. [Via Beyond the Beyond]
By Andrea DeHart Everywhere you look these days people are mad for plaid. I’ve always liked the “lumberjack look,” and I wanted to find a way to refashion an oversized plaid flannel shirt, with a feminine twist. I recommend starting with the largest men’s shirt you can find at your local thrift store. This project […]
I’ve long admired the sleek details of Patricia Zapata’s paper craft designs. On A Little Hut, she shares with us her basic tools for paper crafting. The Martha Stewart bone folder may have to be a little New Year’s craft treat to myself.
