Screen printing tutorial
On today’s BBtv, teen correspondent 5t311a demonstrates how to do basic screen printing. BBtv: HOWTO guerrilla t-shirt silkscreening with “5t311a”
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Shadow cast panel art
Drzach & Suchy’s Shadow Casting Panels display one of multiple images in a single display surface determined by lighting position – The main observation underlying the concept of SCP is that the shadow cast by a physical object depends on the shape of the object and the direction of the illumination. This enables the control […]
Crazy casemod round-up
Dark Roasted Blend has a large round-up of weird, wonderful, and thoroughly unnecessary computer casemods. Some of these you’ve likely already seen in your online haunts, others not. Cool Computer Case Mods
If he only had a heart
Posted for Gareth Branwyn (who’s 30 miles out to sea at the moment): Our pal Meredith Scheff, who helped us put together the Contraptors Lounge at the Bay Area Maker Faire, has been commissioned to build a beating, mechanical heart for this year’s Burning Man (yes, for Mr. Splinters himself). She’s documenting the build process […]
Interview with Louie Raffloer, blacksmith
I recently did an email interview with blacksmith Louie Raffloer of Seattle’s Black Dog Forge; I also visited the forge to see a demonstration of his induction forge. The shop is an amazing place, with a huge assortment of equipment, art, anvils, and racks bristling with tools – a collection that’s obviously taken years to […]
Flower vase provides a soundtrack to the current state of the plant it holds
The “Cantaro” is a digital flower vase that creates music according to the current state of the plant contained within it. If the plant is watered the system plays watery sounds and if there is a lot of sunlight, the sound is “happy and bright”. We just wonder what happens when the plant is wilting, […]
Subtext visualizes network protocols through sequenced lights
”Subtext” is an interesting art installation that attempts to visualize Internet traffic and the protocols it utilizes through sequenced lighting effects. From the description: “Subtext” (2008) is a generative excavation into these discourses, capturing the semantic content of a network messages and transforming them into glyphs of light which, in sequence, form sentences corresponding to […]