This week on Corinne’s Craft Closet, I show you how to transform yourself into the creepy but classy, La Catrina, complete with how tos on hair, makeup, and her hat. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube.
Lisa Pongrace’s cupcake cars are powered by electric motors, and evolved from a costume idea for Burning Man. After building the first prototype, her friends wanted their own mobile muffins and helped create a fleet of confectionery art cars, now known as Acme Muffineering.
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 18 celebrates the release of the new MAKE magazine v28, all about toys and games you can make yourself.
Pam Deluco brings her typesetting expertise to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 and assists participants in letterpress printing their Facebook status updates. The process gives an appreciation and understanding for what the bookmaking craft was like in the 19th century, and folks get to take a bound record of their interaction with this vintage form of technology.
Laura Allen urges attendees of Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 to disconnect from the water grid. Utilizing technology that can be easily implemented in residential areas, grey water is taken from the waste stream and redirected in appropriate ways. With fresh water being a precious resource, these teachings seek to assure conservation for the future.
Halloween is on its way crafters! I fracken love this time of year. For this episode of Corinne’s Craft Closet, I share with you my favorite DIY Halloween resources.
At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, Katharine Jolda demonstrates the Cyclocarder, a bicycle powered wool carding machine. Inspired by the cotton gin, pedal power spins raw wool so the fibers are aligned and can easily be used to make thread or fabric.
