Crafty and green way to go… To help it survive — and thrive — in Britain’s shrinking textile industry, Hainsworth, a 225-year-old, family-run wool mill in West Yorkshire, England, has developed niche uses for wool. Its product range includes the uniforms worn by the Royal Guards at Buckingham Palace, the felt lining inside Steinway pianos […]
Paul Strohmeier built this beautiful animated origami bird flock system using a flexible stretch sensor, an Arduino, and some servos.
Hacked Kinect used for “Ghost in the Shell”… A new age in interactive technology takes you directly into the world of anime. Celebrating the 3D re-release of “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society” (ph9.jp/?) from March 26, Kayac Inc. has created a special promotional booth that places you right inside cyberspace. […]
In the latest CRAFT Video, Meg Allan Cole shows us how to use ripped cardboard as a template for this color block mountain painting.
In this video we learn about the Zoomorphic Collection exhibition in London, co-curated by Emma Hawkins and her antique-biz father J. B. Hawkins, featuring over 200 “animal objects for human use” as seen throughout history.
Jillian Tamaki has created some amazing embroidered works of art featuring Penguin classic book covers. See the all the covers as well as some great works in progress of Jillian stitching. [via Twitter @BrettBara]
What’s not to love about Christopher Locke’s Analog Tele-Phonographer? Constructed from a salvaged trumpet and various machine parts, the device amplifies and directs music played by a docked phone without the need for additional power. And it looks pretty cool to boot! [via Gizmodo]
