Last weekend, AS220 held its annual Fools Ball, a fundraiser that also happens to be Rhode Island’s best party of the year. MAKE sponsored the event and provided copies of the magazine to attendees who signed up for an AS220 membership. It was an incredible event. In addition to using the main AS220 building (Empire […]
If you’ve been to Maker Faire, you’ve likely seen Jon Sarriugarte’s (Oakland, CA) SS Alpha Fox vehicle, or his awesome Boiler Bar. Now he and his cohort are building a Snail Car on top of a stripped down VW bug. You can follow the build here. [Via Boing Boing]
PingMag has an interview with Yoshiharu Shinohara, a Japanese “furin” (glass wind chimes) maker. Lastly, please tell me what it takes to be a craftsman in this day and age. Lately, parents of young people will come up to me, and say “My child is really quiet and withdrawn, and just likes to stay in […]
Nice collection of Pocket sundials. Pocket sundials can be over 1000 years old, arguably making them the world’s first watches – and with no moving parts to break. Typically they were carried by shepherds, where there are a variety of designs, from the French Pillar Sundial to the Tibetan Time Stick. More: DIY Sundial for […]
The Lightcoder by artist Geraldine Juarez is an analog urban communication device in the form of a bag made from reflective mylar that uses a light source to encode messages into morse code. The bag itself comes with the Morse code alphabet guide, a map of Manhattan, a broken digital compass, lantern, aspirin, rad-block, dust […]
Although we’ve seen train car record players before such the kind that “drive” over the record platter itself and play tracks as it moves in a circle. This “Sound Chaser” is actually a train track made from old records that have been spliced together to look like a real track. As the train drives over […]
Fourth of July fireworks might seem tame to Matt Stromberg via Gizmodo. The Savannah College of Art and Design professor of foundation studies and sculpture uses rocket fuel, explosives, pyrotechnics, propellants and munitions to create earth-shattering art. These energetic materials are used to manipulate metal, wood and paper — using destruction to create art. Stromberg’s […]
