Amie Miller writes: I was inspired by the Katamari paper toy you posted in the CRAFT blog a week ago and made my own owl version, Hoots. There is a link to download the pattern and a picture of the finished project. I would love to see Hoots in other locations, so photos of your […]
Phillip and I are up on rocketboom today chatting with Kenyatta Cheese about some of the things we’re looking forward to at Maker Faire. Check it out. – Link
Check out Amy at Craft Chi’s tutorial on how to screen print with paper stencils. Link. Update 2:10pm: Amy is on a roll here. She’s got a new tutorial just up on screen printing with a thermofax machine. – Link.
Bunnie writes – I love looking at PCBs (printed circuit boards) using x-rays. Great for failure analysis. One of the coolest things, I thought, was seeing a PCB tilt in real-time; you get a good sense of the actual spacial relationship between all the layers on a PCB. I took a series of stills today […]
What do you do with your old Playstation 2’s? Turn them into these stylish plastic chairs! That’s what British design firm Sprout Design did with the Reee Chair (available for sale on the British shop pli this fall). These chairs are made of 100% recycled plastic Playstation console casings. Who knew gaming could turn into […]
Leah Peterson has a cool site for craft trades. What’s this you ask? All you have to do is sign up on Leahpeah’s Trade a Craft site and upload a photo of your handmade item you want to trade by this Thursday. The trade happens on Friday, May 18th. Check the side bar for all […]
Huh, this chair is made from recycled PS2s (and perhaps other game consoles)… – [via] Link.
