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Speaker cozies for art exhibitions

Speaker cozies for art exhibitions

Recently my boyfriend Alex had a video piece to exhibit in an all-white gallery, and he needed sound. There were limitations as to what could be drilled into for mounting things, but there were eye-bolts in place where speakers would likely go. I stitched up these little outfits for my grey desk computer speakers and, […]

Del’s wooden machine

From the comments – Ned shows us this very excellent video of “Del’s Beautiful New Wooden Machine”, and beautiful it is! An intricate hand-cranked machine made entirely of wood and glue (no metal or other materials). It was designed and built by my friend Del, using many different woods and incorporating a variety of mechanical […]

Maarten van Gelder’s origami

Maarten van Gelder’s origami

This in from the comments: Back in the late 80s, Maarten van Gelder had already come up with a set of origami gears: Neat gears, but they only tell part of the story. Van Gelder’s work is amazing, and his commitment to help explain it is fantastic. Maarten van Gelder is a retired programmer, who […]

DIY Bride

DIY Bride

MAKE Flickr pool member Whymcycles cross posted the above image to The DIY Bride pool. As it turns out, there are loads of great things that the clever maker can do to spice up that most special of days. You and your family can create some wonderful materials for your wedding, from hand-made invitations, personally-crafted […]

Night of the Living Dead Pixels

Peter writes in the comments about Blender. He and his mates did an independent study to learn Blender, an open source software platform for 3D design and animation. The results of their work is a clever short film titled The Night of the Living Dead Pixels. Their video animation was awarded best short film at […]