Robyn Miller writes on Cool Tools: A few weeks ago, my 11 year-old son and I decided to sculpt, so we got out SuperSculpey Firm polymer clay. After working with this newer style of Sculpey for a while, we decided it totally kicks ass on softer styles of Sculpey. Why? Because it doesn’t flop over […]
This is one of our Thanksgiving traditions – we have card stock and colored pencils out for people to make hand turkeys. Yep, just like you remember from grade school, you trace around your hand and fill in the features. Kids and adults both really enjoy themselves, and it’s fun to see people get creative […]
Instructables has put together a list of suggestions for make-it-yourself gifts. I bet there’s going to be a lot of handmade gifts this year. Great! A wonderful silver lining to leaner times. I have a scarf that a friend knitted me for my last birthday. I was so touched that someone had taken that much […]
Jenna Faden and Jess Horton, recent Fine Arts graduates of Umass Amherst showed their recent work at the Duxbury Art Association Winter Craft Showcase. Together, they are pickled. They took a brief break from sales and knitting to show their work, saying “we’re really just grandmothers in disguise”, told some stories and returned to the […]
Brooke Stanton is the event coordinator of the Duxbury Art Association’s 36th annual Craft Showcase. On the evening before the weekend show, she explains a bit about the juried showcase that includes craftspeople from across New England. The DAA Craft Showcase is open Saturday November 22, 2008 from 10 am to 5pm and Sunday November […]
Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Labs is this many, expressed in a binary candle. He shows you how to make your own. Do you know how old he is? (BTW: I don’t think today is really his birthday, but let’s play along. He *is* 0100010.) Binary Birthday
Some of you guys must knit, right? (Come out of the closet, boy knitters.) I’m always looking for weird knits – I love this star-nosed mole named Cris (short for Condyluria cristata). It’s one of Fawn Pea’s Free Pattern Friday shares and it looks like a quick knit that would make a great holiday present. […]
