I had just set the doll down on the floor of my studio when my kids walked in to see what I was making. Unfortunately, I was in the process of disemboweling yet another one of their beloved toys. This has happened once before during my Mechamo Crab build so I should have known better […]
A magician friend of mine occasionally asks me to build tricks for him. I’m flattered and find this to be incredibly cool, especially after Michael Caine’s portrayal of the magician’s engineer (pronounced all French and awesome) in the movie The Prestige. This time he wants a remote controlled ventriloquist’s jaw mask to deploy on unlucky […]
PT @ MAKE points us to this awesome crochet bacon wrap. It’s got much more variation in the color than previous bacon scarves I’ve seen. Creator ladylinoleum says, “Because everything tastes better wrapped in bacon…even people!” More: Bacon Scarf Fleece Bacon Scarf Pencil scarf and MASSIVE super duper scarf round up on MAKE The AntiCraft […]
Turn a bunch of dead watches into… a motorcycle? Sure. Why not? Recycle Old Watches
Filip Dujardin builds some unusual structural images from existing architectural photographs – Every montage, says Dujardin, is one project. It begins with an idea for a specific image. Often he starts off by building a model of the form he is trying to achieve – at first in cardboard, but he has recently discovered SketchUp. […]
When my kids were smaller, we had some really fun craft parties. I especially liked helping kids make holiday presents for their parents; projects like these easy beeswax candles were a great success! Check out this Wikipedia article on beeswax, too. Via Crafting a Green World
Best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places, Mitch Altman is interested in any technology that gives people more choices for improving their lives. You don’t have to be a Buddhist monk to meditate, or a Sleeping Beauty to sleep well. Achieve these altered states of consciousness, and others, […]
