My Little Pony enthusiasts are serious about their ponies. Apparently there’s a whole community of folks who lament the fact that the dolls have actual doll hair that you can brush and style, which looks nothing like the pony cartoon characters. Purists were up in arms. Leave it to a maker to answer their distress […]
Slipcasting is a molding process for ceramics that can be used to produce hollow forms having a relatively thin shell. It is an ancient, elegant, ingenious technique, consisting of six basic steps…
From artist Fabien Clerc, this fully-functional set of two ceramic turntables (and a ceramic mixer) called back in the good old days. The work is dated 2009, and appeared in an exhibit at Geneva’s Rath museum.
I love this post from DPS about transferring digital prints to wood. The technique seems simple, and list of supplies isn’t beyond what most people have in their garage or crafting space. To complete the transfer, all you need is: Laser printed photo Wood cut to the same size as photo Gel Medium (must be […]
Let’s be clear; making in software is still making (except when it isn’t). Robert Hodgin created 12 pieces for the Eyeo Festival that happened a couple of weeks ago at the Walker Art Center and they all sit at the tricky intersection between visualization, art and “making in software.” The twelve pieces posted to Vimeo […]
Often, we try to repair broken things in such a way as to conceal the repair and make it “good as new.” But the alternative “better than new” aesthetic—that a conspicuous, artful repair actually adds value—has obvious symbolic appeal for the DIY community. Here’s an authoritative definition of kintsugi from Charly Iten, a noted expert on Japanese art…
I recently came across the cartoons of GD Konstantine, and I really like them!
