Clay Feathers
100 Layer Cake shows us an easy way to make feathers out of clay. This is a lovely project that you can interpret any way you want. Use your feathers as decor, a gift topper, or a place card as shown in the photo.
DIY Projects
Dad Builds Son an Iron Man Arc Reactor
Awesome Maker, and even awesomer Dad Kristoffer Dominic Amora dropped us a link to his Google gallery of pictures from the “working” arc reactor he made for his son to wear to the new Iron Man movie a little while back. It’s a great medly of repurposed parts and creativity, and you can see from the smiles on Rayne’s face that the effort was more than worth it. See select pictures above, or check out out Kristoffer’s galley to more.
Learn About LED Matrices
Collin Cunningham’s videos remain golden! In Circuit Skills: LED Matrix he talks about LED matrices and how to control the LEDs with a multiplexing IC. He uses it to make a mini game machine! Many an experimenter, hacker, tinkerer, & maker have heeded the call of the mighty matrix – and it’s no mystery why. […]
Stamp a Lampshade
I Spy DIY did a fun lamp re-vamp using sponges as stamps. This is such a great way to brig a geometric and/or neon moment into a room and give a simple shade a whole new look.
Pom Pom Rug
This great pom pom rug was made by Pip Lincolne and featured in the latest issue of Frankie Magazine. I spotted it on Poppytalk who wrote that it’s so easy to make that all you do is attach a bunch of pom poms onto a piece of burlap. Sounds easy as can be and looks super cozy!
Seven-Segment Matrix
June’s Component of the Month is the diode, and a 7-segment display actually consists of seven light-emitting diodes! So, why not matrix them up? Skot Croshere built a matrix out of 512 7-segment displays: he calls it the DigitGrid: The DigitGrid is an array of seven-segment displays. There are 4096 LEDs, forming 512 7-segment digits […]
Are you a Maker? Get Your Projects Into MAKE
Do you make stuff? Do you have fun projects you’ve developed with electronics, or crafting, or furniture, or toys? If so, MAKE wants to hear it! As the voice of the maker community, we want to be YOUR voice to show off the fun things you’re doing in your workshop, gameroom, or garage.
