This month’s theme on Make: Online has been DIY Movie Making, and we’ve seen all sorts of excellent projects like a scanner movie , a round-up of DIY special effects, and an excellent iPhone stabilizer. Projects are great, but it never hurts to have some concrete knowledge as well, so I bought six movie making […]
OK, so, it’s not “symmetrical” book stacking. And I know for a fact that a human being did it. His name, it turns out, is Paul Octavious, and he’s trying to raise book stacking to the status of fine art. [via Dude Craft]
Mason-Dixon Knitting By Kay Gardiner & Ann Shayne Now in paperback, Mason-Dixon Knitting by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne is a entertaining jump into their world of knitting with hilarious attitude from the ladies who speak their mind on their blog of the same namesake. The book is filled with stylish and sophisticated patterns for […]
Handmade gifts are always meaningful, but infusing your gifts with symbolic meaning takes them to the next level. Enter a wonderful animal-filled resource in the form of Spirit Animals: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Animal Companions by Stephanie Iris Weiss (Chronicle Books). This delightful little 5×7 book is a veritable pocket companion of animal symbolism […]
Ancient wisdom advises not to judge a book by its cover, but in the case of Felties by Nelly Pailloux, the sheer adorableness you see on the cover is very much indicative of what’s inside. Squares of felt always invoke images of grade school art class for me, and Pailloux has a way of taking […]
ongratulations to Stephanie of Winnipeg, Canada, Kimberly of Palo Alto, CA, and Adrienne of Chicago, IL for each winning a copy of the new book, Hat Heads by Trond Anfinnsen.
I’ve wanted to get into knifemaking since I was a teenager, but for years had been deterred by the belief that I first needed to buy a bunch of expensive equipment, like a 3-wheel belt grinder and an annealing oven. Then I found Wayne Goddard’s $50 Knife Shop, which is a compilation of material originally […]
