Make your own musical instruments
Tim Escobedo says, “Simple AND playable DIY musical instruments in PVC, plastic and anything else that’s cheap.” Pictured here on the left is the $12 Uke and at right is the Plastic Fantastic Sax. Link.
Month: August 2006
Plush You Toy Workshop
There will be a Plush You workshop at The Richard Hugo House on September 30th at 11:30am. Blair of Wise Craft will be teaching you how tomake your own “Wee” soft toy based on Hillary Lang’s “Wee Wonderfuls Wee” pattern. (See all the variety in the Wee pool in flickr.) The workshop is $10 and […]
Shopping cart sculptures
Ptolemy Elrington makes amazing sculptures from old shopping carts that litter our rivers and canals. See some of his amazing creations that also celebrate nature. Thanks Pekar! Link. More: Flickr photos from Birdfair 2006 in England – Link.
Portland Adult Soap Box Derby, Sept 9th
Team “Kiddie Pool-o-Def” wanted us to know about the upcoming Portland Adult Soap Box Derby on Saturday, September 9th. “An interesting group, ranging from those out for maximum speed to those avoiding speed in creative ways (including ours). Previous years have had 1/4 scale Winnebago’s, canoes, pirate ships, kiddie pools, giant snow balls, boom boxes, […]
Dr. Jeannine Mosely building the Business Card Menger Sponge
I’ve posted this to the MAKE blog but I know that this will interest the Crafters too. There’s some new photos up on flickr (and in the MAKE and CRAFT flickr pools) showing the building process of Institute for Figuring exhibit, “The Business Card Menger Sponge” by Dr. Jeannine Mosely which is now on display […]
Toolmonger Review on Black & Decker’s AutoWrench
Toolmonger has a great in depth review and test on Black & Decker’s Auto Wrench. Toolmonger says, “We were concerned about the AutoWrench’s strength, so we built a cool test rig to measure exactly how much torque it could take. Afterward we disassembled our test subject and found some parts Makers’ll definitely want to scavenge […]
Bakken Summer Science Camp
Justin says, “What do you get when you bring over 150 kids into a workshop and tell them they can build whatever they want? That is what we did at the Bakken Summer Science Camp and they came up with some amazing stuff. Boats, cars, robots, secret alarms, ping pong ball throwers, light up dog […]