PingMag has an interview with Yoshiharu Shinohara, a Japanese “furin” (glass wind chimes) maker. Lastly, please tell me what it takes to be a craftsman in this day and age. Lately, parents of young people will come up to me, and say “My child is really quiet and withdrawn, and just likes to stay in […]
Summer is a great time to make paper – you can make a mess outside! Here’s a site that shows how to make paper out of other paper. I found this Instructable on making paper out of dryer lint. You can make paper directly from plants! And stamp artist Michelle Ward has some great variations […]
“Pandimensional importer/exporter” Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich will be showing off some of her otherworldly wares in the Contraptors’ Lounge at the Maker Faire next weekend. When not winking in and out of the spacetime continuum, Molly fashions really cool wearable art/jewelry and retro-futuristic gadgetry and sells them via Dangerous Detritus. [Photo of Molly by Libby Bulloff, […]
From Craftzine: Jodie from Ric-Rac shares her thoughts on working with resin to embed objects for use in jewelry, magnet-making, and more. Extreme crafting – resin jewellery
Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Labs has baked up a batch of Sierpinski cookies and details how she did it. Who’s hungry for geometric self-similarity? I am! I am! Sierpinski Cookies
Whoa. Check out this cool cylon “robbit” posted to the Make: Flickr Pool. Cylon Animals
This Instructables author will be posting a 4-part series on making stop-motion puppets. This is their first such puppet, so who knows if they know what they’re talking about, but the initial how-to is thorough and well-documented. Looks promising. Stop Motion Puppet Pt. 1
