This bird’s nest project from Tali of Growing Up Creative is an awesome twist on a paper mache process. I love that it incorporates recycled and natural materials. Best of all, it promises to be messy (and worth it!).
This 4×9′ boardroom table was created for Ireland’s Boys and Girls advertising agency by fellow Dubliners agbc architects. It is, essentially, a 7-stud thick slab of random Lego bricks topped with a piece of tempered glass. More details and photos are available here. A timelapse video of its construction, (inevitably set to the not-so-soothing sounds of the William Tell Overture), is available on YouTube. [via Dude Craft]
Diane Gilleland’s gourd lantern project appears in MAKE, Volume 21, and is the subject of this week’s Weekend Project video! You can also download the project PDF that accompanies the video. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, or download the m4v video. From MAKE magazine: MAKE Volume 21 is the Desktop Manufacturing issue! If […]
If you’re an argyle fan like me, you’ll love this argyle applique t-shirt tutorial from A Hoot and a Holler. Using scrap knit material from cut-up t-shirts and a little Heat ‘n Bond, she creates a fantastic argyle pattern on a long-sleeved t-shirt. I love it! [via Grosgrain]
Maker Thomas Spaans built this rugged looking high-end portable iPod amplifier into a military ammo box. Housing two 70-watt amplifiers and woven kevlar speaker, the A-Box is as aggressive as it looks.
Just this morning Cory Doctorow blogged this snapshot, taken by one “Joel,” of an ancient gear burial ground at a scrapyard near Charlotte, NC. I wonder how many wild-eyed steampunks they’ve had come sniffing around since then. [via Boing Boing]
Don Sturrok made this loungy, immerse computer gaming rig out of an Ikea chair, aluminum pipe, and Kee Klamp and Kee Lite fittings from Simplified Building Concepts. Computer Gaming Chair Becomes Reality
