Our featured image from the MAKE Flickr pool, this week, from Robert Birkenes, is a lovely work-in-progress shot showing off his build of Ross Orr’s Panoramic Pinhole Camera project from MAKE Vol 09.I’m also partial to Michael Jones’ shot of the wooden clockworks he’s building based on Clayton Boyer’s plans. Oh, and that wooden spool […]
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: pom pom trim and wig!, by mandalinarossa Black pearls handspun yarn, by snowberrylime fiber art in progress!, by cornflowerbluestudio Little seedling, by fibrouspics Crochet ruffle handpainted doll 149, by A Little Vintage
Via HaD: Rainbows are revered as religious signs, the subject of ancient poems, adopted by social movements, formally described through science, and spread through memes. The fascination with rainbows is endless, transcends human categories, and embodies intense positivity. We created the Rainbow Machine to share our joy of light art. We set the machine up […]
Our featured image from the MAKE Flickr pool this week is by regular contributor Peter Barvoets, aka lookseeseen. Its subject is a glowing Geissler tube (Wikipedia), an early type of low-pressure gas discharge tube invented in Germany in 1857. Peter has another great shot of the same tube here.
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Potholders Front, by happysewlucky Sarah’s Doll, by made by agah Luftiges Perlencollier “Buntes Treiben”, by Jabberwocky’s Treasury tiny hearts, by cornflowerbluestudio I follow rivers – flipped, by MizzieMorawez
Clever gimmick from Germans Jirko Bannas and Oliver Seltmann, who, under the name Lightboys, market a few different types of these wall- and ceiling-mounted “light pictures.” This one, with a frame designed to suggest a giant instant film print, is called Polaboy. [via Dude Craft]
Remember Dazzle, the method of complex geometric camouflage painting introduced in WWI (designed to disguise the direction, size, and types of ships at sea)? Last year, New York University’s ITP student Adam Harvey’s Dazzle CV project brought a similar technology to modern facial recognition software.
