I moved to Detroit eleven years ago, in what I thought was a short stay exclusively to attend graduate school. After witnessing the potential to work, educate, and maintain a studio practice here, I never used my ticket home to the East Coast. In just a few years after founding my neckwear design company, The […]
Sylvia’s at it again! This time she shows us how to whip up our own sidewalk chalk using plaster of Paris and powdered tempera. More: Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Crazy putty Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Rockets Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show – Maker Faire edition Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 01, Drawdio
These lovely lights from Kirsty of Kootoyoo are so charming and calming. Better yet, they are about as easy as a craft project can get. See how you can put them together in minutes over on her blog.
Remember Tomas Henriques’ Double Slide Controller? The Meta-EWI is a sort of ancestor to that device. Based around an Akai EWI breath controller, the Meta adds four force-sensitive resistors, an accelerometer, joystick and 16 tactile switches. The add-on structure is also removable and can be used as a standalone interface. More pics and a deeper […]
Competitive lockpicking growing in US popularity @ Boston.com. Based on what I’ve seen it’s true, more people want to learn how to pick locks just for fun and more events have lock picking sessions and workshops – While lockpickers thrive on the intellectual thrill of beating all sorts of locks, they oppose attempts to use […]
Here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. This weekend is Maker Faire Detroit! If you are in the area, you should definitely check it out. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Click on “Read full […]
I’m at the Henry Ford Museum, behind the scenes of this weekend’s Maker Faire Detroit. This is the nerve center of the entire operation. It’s hard to believe that a team with fewer than 12 core players can create an event with more than 260 makers. Current tasks include coordinating the needs of each and […]
