Embroidered Wooden Ornaments
I love the mix of hard and soft textures in these embroidered wooden ornaments from Kristy at Kootoyoo.
Month: December 2008
Wooden robot art
The always-crafty and industrious Jeffrey and Jillian over at Because We Can have created these really cool CNC-milled puzzle-like wooden robots. They stand 10″ tall and are made from 100% sustainably-harvested American Maple. Finished with water-based dyes and waterborne lacquer. Available in blue, dark brown and blonde. $40 each. They also sell some pretty awesome […]
More robot gift guides!
Here’s a great robot gift guide from the folks at robots.net, Steve writes – It’s time once again for our annual countdown of the top 10 Christmas gift ideas for robot geeks. With the growing popularity of robots, everyone knows at least one person who spends all their time building strange little machines. What do […]
Lamps take root in the forest
This sculpture from Norway was made from hundreds of old vintage lamps in an attempt to create a “crowd” like atmosphere of inanimate objects in the wild. Interesting use of light and furniture to create this installation. via Environmental Graffiti
Sustainable penguins
Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo is in the process of building a new Humboldt penguin exhibit that conserves energy; they’re installing a natural filtration system, and they’re using geothermal energy to keep the pool at a penguin-pleasing temperature range of 50-60 degrees Farenheit. State-of-the-art engineering allows the new penguin exhibit to help us reduce our environmental […]
Joss Whedon on Crafts and Craftiness
Remember when Kim Werker put the call out to crafters to help get the message to Joss Whedon that she’d like to interview him? Well, it worked! Visit CrochetMe to read the whole wonderfully geeky thing, which includes gems like this (on knitting versus crochet): It’s an age-old war. Like the werewolves and the vampires. […]
Catch a fallen star
Kiteman has a very romantic Instructable on collecting real-life fallen stars – meteorites. In the Maker Shed: Find The Best of Instructables in the Maker Shed! Instructables.com has become one of the most popular magnets for makers and DIY enthusiasts of all stripes. Now, with more than 10,000 projects to choose from, the Instructables staff, […]