Photograph by George Schaller The Flaming Lotus Girls (FLG) are no strangers to Maker Faire Bay Area, the world’s largest DIY festival, taking place on May 22nd and 23rd at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. This crew of creative and talented makers has participated in the annual fair since 2007, and this year they’re bringing an […]
Jessica Floeh has been developing Hanky Pancreas, an empowering fashion line designed around insulin pumps (for type 1 diabetics). She made a tutorial to get you started on your own: This tutorial will show you how to make a simple piece inspired by my transformative fashion collection, Hanky Pancreas . The current collection is for […]
Washington, DC artist Michele Banks, aka Artologica, is a painter who, in her own words, “uses an old and often-disrespected medium, watercolor, to create pieces that are anything but old-fashioned.” Her works in Makers Market focus on biological and medical themes, particularly the microscopy of living cells. Shown above is Cell Division Blue 1, a 12 x 9″ canvas executing using a special “wet-on-wet” painting technique.
A functional piece of kinetic art from Jaems Coury. Shown here is number five in a limited series of hand-made lamps.
Graffiti Research Lab Houston writes: In this document we will give a high level overview of what is needed in order to implement “Texas Big Face.” To implement facial transfers both for sculptures and persons you need to accomplish several steps. Setting up a system that keeps the persons face stable, a system to capture […]
Dolly Mixx, painted the most amazing plate for her mother’s birthday. I love this blowout of color and flowers and mushrooms! Tallie and Button are her mother’s dogs, and they could not be more adorable. I also have to say that I’ve fallen hard for the fashion art and nail awesomeness on her blog…
Forget a light saber, I want a POV sword! It’s no surprise they were developed by super maker Mortiz Waldemeyer. [via Fashioning Technology]
