Silk painting – direct method tutorial
Katherine says, “My daughter Sara Gorman, age 7, will be demonstrating how to paint a silk scarf using the Direct Method which means she will paint on the silk directly without the use of any resist.” Link.
Month: August 2006
Portable consoles as musical instruments…
Peter writes “Homebrewers are going beyond standalone musical applications on game consoles to hacking next-gen mobile systems into full-featured MIDI/music controllers, wireless or wired. We’re watching the development of a new wireless Sony PSP control solution for MIDI, mousing, and even playing Ableton Live; a tracker and MIDI interface for the GP32; and a hacked […]
HOW TO – Convert a tractor to electric
Pekar writes “Step by step instructions for converting you old gasoline Allis Chalmer’s “G” cultivating tractor into a smooth running, non-polluting, energy efficient, whirring and humming electric miracle worker that will seed and weed your fields for pennies a week -AND with even more power than the original gasoline version!” – Link.
DIY Rear projection bedroom TV project
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Cmpalmer writes – “Our bedroom TV went out a few months ago and the bedroom wasn’t laid out well to use our video projector, so I built a rear projection TV mounted to the foot of our four poster bed…” – Photos & Link.
Etsy + CRAFT contest entries
Entries are coming in for the Etsy + CRAFT magazine contest. It’s been fun to see the different projects. Here on the left is a preview of one of 5 notecards you get with a recycled vintage skirt by supastarr and on the right is KiWiCuties beatiful CRAFT card. Keep the cool stuff coming gang! […]
HOW TO – Make a digital compass
Max show you how to make a digital compass (source included) – Link.
HOW TO – Build a cheap wide angle adapter
Richard writes “Based on the Instructibles post about using door viewer to build a cheap wide angle adapter for a digital camera, I put together a post about how to build an adapter for a camcorder, and how to process the video to get the best results. “ – Link. More: $11 Super Wide Angle […]