kniveblock
kniveblock by Dutch artist Maarten Baas – [via] Link.
Month: January 2008
Jenny Hart Interviewed on CraftBoom
CraftBoom has posted a new “Crafting Heroes” interview with Sublime Stitching’s Jenny Hart, where she tells us all about starting her super-popular D.I.Y. business. Link.
Make a trippy RGB light with Mitch Altman in Providence, RI
Mitch Altman (inventor of the TV-B-Gone and Brain Machine) will be at this month’s DC401 meetup to talk about community building and show you how to mod a MiniPOV into a trippy RGB light. If you’re in or near Providence, this is not to be missed! John Duksta posted the details on the DC401 blog: […]
DIY Arduino on a prototype board
The myriad incarnations of the Arduino are really a testament to the effectiveness of platform standards that are designed around an open hardware, open source model. The Tinkerlog provides us with another example of this with an alternative take on the “breadboardable” Arduino: A couple of month ago I ordered my first Arduino board. It […]
Cal Lane profile
Our cohort at Craftzine point us to this New York Times profile of Cal Lane, the artist we blogged about a few days back, who plasma-torches delicate lace patterns into steel. Turning Steel Into Lace – Link Related: Plasma-cut lace art – Link
HOW TO – Make Felt Cat Toy Critters
Craftster user Bumfuzzlerumdum shares three simple patterns for creating these cute cat toy critters, ideal for filling with catnip or stringing onto a stick. Link.
Mother of all glass substrates
I like Bunnie’s pick @ CES (Bunnie is an engineer, worked on Chumby also on the MAKE advisory board. CES is the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, USA) – The most stunning thing I saw at CES this year was no gadget, however. It was a mock-up of the “motherglass†substrate that Sharp uses […]