Incredible cardboard models
Instructables user piaferre shows us how to slice up a 3D model of an object an recreate it in cardboard and putty. It looks very labor-intensive, but what amazing results!
Year: 2009
iTunes DIY Spotlight Featuring MAKE!
We’re ecstatic about iTunes’ recent DIY spotlight feature, showing off MAKE and CRAFT video podcasts, as well as some other great DIY podcasts. Remember check out our podcast archives and if you like what you see, subscribe to MAKE in iTunes!
Isla Corbett’s Felt Designs at Renegade Craft Fair in SF
One of the exciting things about being involved with Craft and Make is getting to go to all the fun events. Meeting artists, crafters and makers in their own community is the very best part. Currently the team here is involved in some “Mini-Maker Faires.” It was at the first Mini Maker Faire that I […]
Let’s take a Summer MAKEcation!
Last year, Phil, bless his pointy little head, came up with the idea of the “MAKEcation.” With gas prices at an all-time high and so many news stories about families vacationing on the cheap, close to home, or even AT home, he had an idea for the MAKE community. Why not encourage people to stay […]
Vote for Swap-O-Rama-Rama in the Grant for Change
Maker Fair’s own Swap-O-Rama-Rama has been nominated for a grant in the Grant for Change program. Your vote for it is needed! The founder of Swap-O-Rama-Rama, Wendy Tremayne is also a writer for Craft and Make. Please cast a vote today!The way you vote is to log in, and rate it by clicking the stars […]
Jo Hamilton’s Crochet Portraits
Jo Hamilton creates these stunning portraits in crochet, based on photographs. They remind me of pastel drawing, but using stitches instead of smudges. (Thanks, Andrew Salomone!)
Typewriter modded for music
Fabien Cappello’s “Typing the Sound” does just that by triggering individual notes with each typewriter keystroke – a simple idea with pleasantly whimsical results. Build info is scarce on this one, but the basics come across in the photos here (tactile switches placed beneath each key are presumably trigerring MIDI).