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A Sculptor’s Origami Inspired Woodland Creatures (Plus One You Can Make Yourself)

A Sculptor’s Origami Inspired Woodland Creatures (Plus One You Can Make Yourself)

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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UK resident Joe Thompson decided he wanted a sculpture for his garden. Joe first made paper versions of both the squirrel and reindeer before making the “final” steel version seen below. According to him: The overall idea took a bit longer than the design. I wanted to make a basic sculpture for the garden, so spent […]

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The Giant Spider Awakes in Nantes

The Giant Spider Awakes in Nantes

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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Watch La Machine’s incredible performance of their Grande Araignée, or Giant Spider, in Nantes this past weekend.

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How to Ship a 50-Foot Serpent to France

How to Ship a 50-Foot Serpent to France

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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The Serpent Twins, originally made for Burning Man, are making their way to Nantes, France, for the first annual Maker Faire Nantes, July 9–10. We were dying to know how one goes about shipping two 50-foot serpents across the globe, so we caught up with Kyrsten and Jon en route to France.

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6 Sci-Fi Cat Dwellings That Let Your Pet Make a Giant Leap for Feline-kind

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Does your cat spend all day dreaming of exploring the stars? Well, there’s no way to prove they don’t, so here’s six Sci-Fi cat houses.

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