Homemade cruise ship
Stephane writes – “An ex coal miner of the Lorraine Collieries, France, has built a 90 tons liner replica of the The Majesty of the Seas in his garden. He now sails with it.” – Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
FutureFashion Event in Italy
Saturday night in Pisa, Italy will be the first ever FutureFashion event. The wearable technology fashions featured are divided into four categories: Communicative, Adaptive, Fun, and Expressive. From the site, “How will we dress tomorrow? We will wear smart clothes, intelligent garments, that change color, shape, adapt to their environments, are expressive in new ways, […]
HOW TO – Silkscreen posters and shirts
Shannon writes – “Silkscreening is such a great happy medium — nestled comfortably half-way between hand-drawn and mass production, more colourful than photocopying and with an aesthetic all its own. Artist Shannon Gerard broke out her silkscreening gear to make cool shirts and posters for her upcoming comic launch, and despite being crazy busy has […]
HOW TO – Make a lens hood from a plastic bottle
David writes – “Here are lens hoods for cheap and easy-to-get Russian/Ukrainian cameras are not so easy to come by. This site shows how to make them from household materials” – Link.
Print on Fabric
Yes its time to run to the grocery store for even more freezer paper. Here’s a tutorial on how you can use your inkjet printer to print onto fabric! (Note: This will only work on ink jet printers that have water resistant inks.) Link.
HOW TO – Hollow out a light bulb
John writes – “I have a tutorial on how you can re-purpose a burned out light bulb. The uses are endless, art projects, science experiments, fish bowls for tiny fish, a place to start small plants.” – Link.
Sideways circus
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rob posted up photos from the Sideways Circus project he and Veronica Verkley created for the show Mods and Rockers, part of Digifest 2006, at York Quay Centre Toronto – Link.