Sat. Jan.27, 2007 6-10pm, Seattle. Mike Leavitt will be sculpting one of his “one-off” action figures from scratch to close his artist action figure show, “The Art Army Guerilla Crew” at BLVD Gallery (2316 2nd Ave. Seattle 98126) – Link & show.
Stupidfaceboy writes – “While the recently posted link to premade flatpack toy PDF’s is cool, Computer Arts magazine released a tutorial in an issue last year describing how to make your own. It covers the process of designing, drawing, printing, and building your own flatpack toy from scratch. “ – Link. Related: Readymech papercraft monsters […]
CRAFT should be hitting the stands, I saw the latest issue and it’s great – Nat has the details… “Today’s the day Crafters where you’ll find the latest issue of CRAFT: 02 on newsstands today! Volume 02 is themed “Creative Copies,” where you’ll learn to make felted fruit, build a circuit board mini cabinet, crochet […]
Ben writes in with his “making a plane a day and filming it” project… – “I got one of those paper airplane page-a-day calendars for christmas this year. It has over 300 different planes that you have to put together, so I’m trying a little experiment and recording the process of making the plane each […]
Nat writes – Hey Crafters! We have an exciting new contest on craftzine for Valentine’s Day! It’s our “Recycle Your Heart” Valentine’s Day Card Contest where you can express your true love by creating a card made from recycled materials. Yes, that’s right. It’s time to check the cabinets, find the old fabric stash, grab […]
Delphine of Non Dairy Diary has the most excellent tutorial on how to make your own brush settings in software programs such as Photoshop, Painter, Gimp, etc. She goes through all the steps on what to do and shows examples of presets, using pressure, texture, etc. All her tips/techniques are so helpful. Don’t miss checking […]
We love swaps and this week’s featured swap on Swap-Bot (check out their new homepage) is the Magic Yarn Ball swap. Just add some trinkets and treasures and roll them up in a ball of yarn for your new friend to discover. Then as you knit or crochet, you’ll get little gifts that will unravel! […]
