Former Make: Online contributor Jonah Brucker-Cohen wrote in to tell us about ReFunct 09, a symposium of the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, that he’s involved with. This series of events will combine workshops, discussions, performances, and an exhibition on hardware hacking and circuit bending. On August 22, Jonah will be presenting one of his […]
Bill Gurstelle is a Contributing Editor for MAKE magazine. His most recent book is entitled Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously. You can follow Bill on his danger-quest at twitter.com/wmgurst. He is a guest Make: Online author for the month of August. Earlier this year, Michael Dubno invited me […]
Disclaimer: We at the MAKE blog do not advocate the construction or operation of chariots with giant whirling blades to chop people into bits, even if they are very rude. Nor, in general, do we like to celebrate the creation of unstoppable killing machines. Or even stoppable ones, for that matter. But we’re prepared to […]
Alex Queral does these wonderful heads, carved out of phone books (then painted with acrylics). In his Artist’s Statement, he says: I carve the faces out of phone books because I like the three-dimensional quality that results and because of the unexpected results that occur working in this medium. The three-dimensional quality enhances the feeling […]
“Where is your art?” is a collaboration between Márton András Juhász, Melinda Matúz, Gergely Kovács and Barbara Sterk. The piece uses hacked electronic toys, stripped of their furry little pelts, and connects them to Twitter. Every time the term “art” is found on the Twitter feed, the toys will speak the tweet. I want one! […]
I’ve seen plenty of hacks based on the iconic Etch A Sketch, however this one may take the cake. Andrew Sliwinski has added a third wheel (and a bunch of electronics) to the traditional toy design, allowing users to make drawings in three dimensions! An Anaglyphic display is used to present the image. A remake […]
Product Design students Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison built this cordless drill powered table top rotational molding machine in order to learn more about the process.
