Here are some upcoming craft fairs. Please add any craft fairs that you know of to our online calendar (if they aren’t already there). if you know of a craft fair call for entries. Thanks! Click on the jump to see the East Coast and international call for entries. Coming Up This Weekend: Silverlake Art* […]
Mark posted this on Boing Boing and it made my heart all a-flutter. It reminded me of both my first car, St. Francis the Wonder Car, a yellow, ’63 VW bug, and the John Muir book, How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive, that kept it going. The car was called St. Francis ’cause a lot […]
Flickr user zachaholic built this VU toaster, using a sound volume meter to directly control the heat of the toaster
As a man with a degree in philosophy, another degree in chemistry, and three engineers in my immediate family, I have to admit this strip from Zach Weiner of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal pretty much hit me right between the eyes. [Thanks, Matt Mets!]
Skateboarder slash artist Haroshi creates art made from recycled skateboards. While his Mario art rocks, my favorites are the skateboard decks made out of recycled decks. That’s like, recursive or something. Skate decks eventually see its life shortened by snapping, cracking and/or wearing out. Purchasing new decks is a never ending cycle and this was […]
Michelle Stitzlein makes these beautiful giant butterfly sculptures from junk, “including piano keys, broken china, license plates, rusty tin cans, electrical wire, bottlecaps, and other miscellaneous items.” [via Dude Craft]
A new font? – Skinographie typeface made of skin using clothespins via NOTCOT.
