Jackson writes in with this news from the Steel Yard in Providence, RI: On Saturday, October 27th the Iron Guild will be presenting their 5th annual Halloween Iron Pour, right here at the Steel Yard. Come by at 7pm for another unforgettable performance. These punk rock foundry geeks have been known to pour molten iron […]
CRAFT’s own Katie Dougherty took a visit to Oklahoma City this weekend for the big Girlie Show event! Here’s her recap of the event by Katie: Howdy from Oklahoma City! I attended the Girlie Show this weekend on behalf of CRAFT. The Girlie Show took place in the Farmers Market Building, which was built in […]
Pia van Gelder of Dorkbot Sydney writes: Dorkbot Sydney recently held a two day electronics workshop in Newcastle at a festival called Electrofringe. The workshop was designed by Aras Vaichas an engineer/artist/dorkbotter from Sydney. We posted an account of the festival including details of the two machines we all made (the Nibbler and the Brainlet). […]
J. Eric Townsend of Dorkbot Pittsburgh writes: Join us at brillobox (Thursday 18 October, 7:30-9:30) for this month’s dorkbot pittsburgh. Our speakers will be: – Lori Hepner: Lori is an interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on aspects of coding through spoken and computer language in digital culture. Ambiguous visual representations of binary code are used […]
The Maker Faire caravan passes by Jack Sparx’s (a.k.a. John Dyer’s) mad scientist’s lair to pick up a cache of high-voltage toys to truck to Austin. Ah… the techno-carny life. Jack Sparx 2K7 takes his toys to Austin! – Link
If you’re in L.A. tonight, be sure to stop by Reform School between 7-10pm for the Ryan Jacob Smith opening, Be Prepared. From the website: …We are proudly featuring the work of Mr. Ryan Jacob Smith from Portland, Oregon. Ryan is also one of our Student(s) of the month (check out his hand-screened tees). The […]
The third annual PLUSH YOU! show opens at Schmancy in Seattle this weekend. Be sure to stop by the opening on Friday night to check out dozens and dozens of amazing plush goodies (such as the funny Moon-Eye Fish pictured above, sewn by Lizette Greco from a drawing by her 6-year-old son). Schmancy owner Kristen […]
