We’ve written about Jeremy Mayer’s typewriter robots before here on Make, but here are a couple new ones he has built that make interesting use of the keys as teeth and the innards as legs on this spider-like bot. He’s also bent the body to add more expressive features to the “face” of this bot. […]
Nerdbots, ound object robot sculptures for your “inner nerd” via NOTCOT. Oddly obsessed with all things robot, married couple Nicholas and Angela from Kansas City, Missouri, decided on a whim one day to do nothing other than to build one themselves. After piecing together parts found at their favorite antique and thrift stores, they created […]
Blob Mentality A home-improvement project by Greg Lynn evolves into the Blobwall, a modular wall system produced by Panelite… via Beyond the Beyond. Its name may reek of science fiction, but Greg Lynn’s Blobwall was conceived under pretty prosaic circumstances. Inspired by kids’ outdoor toys and 1970s Italian interiors, Lynn had the idea to put […]
Liane sent in this fantastic site by Joshua Knuth, sculptor and taxidermist here’s a recent post about paint a specific type of fish… The animated gif shows the process. When you’re done checking it out, tour the portfolio – it’s amazing. This is my method of reproducing the colors and pattern of this species . […]
Excellent video – “Beneath the surface of Brooklyn’s oldest and most exclusive neighborhood lurk the ghosts of a darker past” @ The New York Times Weekend Explorer video. Lots of artists of the past were once there and now it’s currently home of my favorite artist-maker Joe Coleman (featured at the end of the video). […]
Nice how-to over on Hack a Day making your own networked graffiti wall… Ian writes- Wondering what we did with our web server on a business card project from last week? It’s powering a giant LED graffiti wall. Animations can be user-submitted using the online designer. You can watch a live feed of user animations […]
Instructables user hands_on made this concrete lamp from concrete, glass, and steel, three materials I’m trying to wrap my head around recently myself. The lamp is really very modern, and I think it would look very lovely on a desert porch or in a museum lobby!
