I’ll admit it: after the Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Year’s-Valentine’s Day decorating craziness, I’m feeling more than a little holiday burn out. But, this zipper shamrock brooch from Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous is just the cute, simple piece I needed to ease me into St. Patrick’s Day. It would also make a pretty fantastic kid craft! More: Shamrock […]
Jonathan Hudson is an artist who specializes in recycled materials. “Girl Put Your Records On” is a female form sculpted from vinyl records. From his site:
Educated in the field of science I am constantly experimenting and exploring new approaches to my subject matter. My intentions are to create well-crafted works of art that visually speak to the viewer and evoke an emotional response. When possible I try to use recycled materials and repurpose them for something other than a landfill. As a Biologist it is disturbing to note the rate of devastation our species is inflicting on our planet. Recycled/Repurposed Art is at least one step in the right direction.
Cut Out + Keep finds a creative new way to re-purpose plastic spoons!
Can’t. Type. Must. Do. This. Project. In all seriousness though, this tutorial from A Beautiful Mess is inspiring, simple and right on trend for spring.
It’s Thing #16909 from faberdasher, directly enlarged from Thing #12208 by emmett (who is also a central node in the Thingiverse cube gears phenomenon). All of these complex bevel-geared kinetic sculptures can be traced back to the mechanical papercraft of Haruki Nakamura, which was, I believe, first adapted for fused-filament printing in Thing #4683 by […]
OK, yeah, that’s cute. Incidentally, Lego element #3176, Plate, Modified 3 x 2 with Hole is also available in red. From reddit user spatiality. More:35-lb Lego Heart
Sure, this awesome TARDIS cross-stitched card from our own Haley at The Zen of Making is touted as a Valentine’s Day card, but I’d argue that a true geek couple would love exchanging it any old day of the year. And if you don’t have time to stitch it up before your romantic escapades tonight, […]
