3D-fabbed “owl wrap” for headphones
Eric Weinhoffer made this owl wrap for his Skullcandy Ink’d in-ear headphones on his Makerbot. Owl Headphone Wrap More: John Park’s earbud owl 3D-printed 7-piece puzzle cube
Month: August 2009
Tree Ring Paintings by Tracy Melton
Artist Tracy Melton’s Tree Ring paintings (featured on Apartment Therapy NY) are made from dead red and white Elm trees and acrylic paint. I love the way it looks both natural and stylishly modern at the same time. He sells his artwork in his Etsy shop, focuslineart but currently no tree ring paintings are available. […]
Living root bridges
Wow, how cool are these bridges, “grown” by training roots to grow into the shapes you want for your structure. In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built – they’re grown. The living bridges of Cherrapunji, India are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica […]
Back-to-School Schultüte
Marie at AlphaMom shows you how to make your own back-to-school schultütte — the German tradition of sending your first-grader to school with giant cone filled with school supplies and goodies.
A-Room-A-Loom Exhibit in Portland
Artist Julia Sherman of Workspace 2601 has recently opened a new exhibit at the Social Environmental Art Gallery in Portland, Orgeon. “A Room-A Loom” spans the space of the gallery, creating an environmental loom. The loom itself is really simple and anyone can be taught to to use it in about 5-minutes. People are invited […]
How-To: Desert Dust Goggles
Gareth @ MAKE writes: It’s almost time for Burning Man, and you know what that means — no, not rampant nudity — dust. Lots and lots of dust. Tom Elverston decided to make his own pair of black leather dust goggles — tres Mad Max — from an old leather jacket and some pieces of […]
2009 Parallax Propeller design contest
Parallax announced their 2009 Propeller design contest. The deadline is November 16, 2009, so you still have plenty of time to get your project started. The grand prize is $2000! Projects will be judged according to the following factors: 30% Propeller Design Appropriateness Determined on applicant’s ability to use the Propeller’s unique architecture to achieve […]