How-To: Concrete Camera
If plastic and cell phones aren’t your thing, then check out this picture perfect tutorial from Instructables user amuu on making your very own concrete camera.
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How-To: Concrete Death Star Vases
Geeky crafters, I have found your weekend project: Make a set of awesome concrete death star vases with HomeMade Modern!
How-To: Concrete Cylinder Vase
I can’t resist a project that looks like lab glass, so this concrete cylinder vase immediately caught my eye.
Bench Made from Upcycled Wood and Concrete
Using wood end pieces from other projects, A&Ré design mated the resulting slab to simple and clean looking legs made from fiber concrete. The legs were made in collaboration with betonWare, making for a unique look while still being sturdy. The result is called the Essence Bench, a piece of furniture I certainly wouldn’t mind […]
How-To: Build With Pumice
Interesting off-beat find via kris de kecker’s “No Tech Magazine,” which today linked to WIKI-style and PDF versions of Klaus Grasser and Gernot Minke’s 1990 book “Building With Pumice.” Turns out pumice, a foamy igneous rock, often tan in color and generally known for its ability to float in water…
Concrete pong console
Dutch maker Guus Oosterbaan used a cheesy off-the-shelf pong console, gutted it, wrapped the guts in duct tape, and embedded it in a concrete block. He also made a radio embedded in cement.
Instant shelter: Just add water!
Concrete Canvas shelters look like an amazing way to deliver shelter to emergency situations. The building arrives in an airtight bag, is pulled out with a vehicle and inflated. The building can be deployed by just two people (and a bit of machinery) in 45 minutes. After squirting with water, the concrete impregnated fabric sets up and is ready for use in 24 hours. Covering it with an earthen berm helps keep it temperature controlled, and the interior can be kept as a sterile environment.
