Leah Peterson has a cool site for craft trades. What’s this you ask? All you have to do is sign up on Leahpeah’s Trade a Craft site and upload a photo of your handmade item you want to trade by this Thursday. The trade happens on Friday, May 18th. Check the side bar for all […]
A big thanks to Jeffrey Yamaguchi at the 52 Projects blog. He just did an interview with me and it’s posted now on the 52 projects blog. Also, if you are in need of creative inspiration, pick up a copy of his book, 52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity. You can read my review […]
Dale has some sad news about the Shipyard in Berkeley, home to many many maker projects, he writes – The Shipyard in Berkeley, a collection of shipping containers and a collective for artists and tinkerers, was given three days by the city of Berkeley to “vacate and abate” or face fines of $2500/day. The Shipyard […]
The latest Tips-N-Tools is out, don’t forget if you send us in a tip you get a MAKE pocket ref! Arwen writes – My very dear Readers, I hadn’t thought of it this way before, but spring is all about knots: hammock knots, sailing knots, rock-climbing knots, tying-stuff-to-your-truck-to-take-it-to-the-dump knots. Keith Hammond, our copy chief extraordinaire, […]
Maker Faire (Bay Area, SF) is just weeks away, May 19th and 20th – it’s a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers. Last year there were long lines […]
Mark just posted about the latest MAKE that should be hitting the stands soon! MAKE Vol 10 is about to hit the stands. I just got my advance copy and am really excited about this one, and not just because my daughter and I are the cover models. This issue has a bunch of electronics […]
SwapThing is partnering with the folks at MAKE and CRAFT to get creativity flowing and help the environment at the Maker Faire. SwapThing enables the swapping of any combination of items and services between swappers, as well as direct purchases. A cornerstone of SwapThing are the SwapCircles, which are groups for communicating and swapping based […]
