Needle-Felted Hubble Space Telescope
Astounding needlework by space wonk Jen Scheer, aka @flyingjenny, now up for auction on eBay.
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Thingamajigs Fundraiser Concert
If you’re in San Francisco this Friday and are looking for some makerly entertainment, consider checking out the Thingamajigs Fundraiser Concert at Meridian Gallery. Proceeds from the event go to help artists attend the 14th Annual Music for People & Thingamajigs Festival in September.
Photo Embroidery Collaboration
Trendland featured a next-level collaboration that was created for the June 2011 issue of Dazed and Confused. Photographer Richard Burbridge, Italian artist Maurizio Anzeri and stylist Robbie Spencer created these string art portraits that combine black and white photography and intricate string work to make the images vibrant, 3D pieces. I am really digging this […]
Releasing a Jar of Art Every Day: an Interview with Kirsty Hall
All images by Kirsty Hall Since January 2011, UK artist Kirsty Hall has been making a small piece of art every day and then hiding it somewhere in the world. This year-long project is called 365 Jars, because each art piece is housed in or based on a glass jar. Her intent is to place […]
Pen Plotter Expresses Grayscale With Ink Bleed
Paul Ferragut’s Time Print Machine interprets color saturation as the time the a pen is allowed to soak into blotting paper. DIY printing system using felt pen on blotting paper. This machine functions in a similar way to a CNC machine, with an incorporated program to print any image using a time-based algorithm. According to […]
Combat Gnomes
MAKE regular Shawn Thorsson, of Petaluma, CA, casts and paints these rather brilliant army man / lawn gnome mash-up figures in his home workshop. They are available in both painted and unpainted varieties in Shawn’s Etsy shop, and there’s also a Flickr set full of great in-process photos.
Balanced Stones in Running Water
Our own Mark Frauenfelder discovered the work of Boulder, Colorado interventions-in-nature artist Mike Grab in the best possible way: He happened upon one of Mike’s sculptures, in the wild, soon after its completion. Simply put, Mike Grab balances rocks, one on top of another, in flowing water, with no glue or other means of support apart from gravity itself.