Making Your Own Kind of Music 8/4/2007 1:00 PM PDT When Ezra Daly couldn’t find a good slap bass guitar for less than $1,000, he looked around for the materials to build his own–and the Frankenbass was born. It was created from a Moto Guzzi motorcycle gas tank, a chrome tailpipe, and scrap mahogany. Ezra […]
I’m on my way to Defcon for the weekend. I’m looking forward to meeting people and seeing cool projects! Some friends and I are competing in the robot competition with an autonomous gun shooting robot we built for target shooting. Then on Monday, I get on a plane with 38 other hackers and we’re off […]
Victoria E founder of the SF Craft Mafia gives us a heads up for the upcoming event next week, “A Family Affair: Tips & Treats with the SF Craft Mafia” happening at Stitch Lounge (192 Gough Street, SF). Victoria gives us the skinny on the event and even includes a fun mini-interview with Leslie Yang […]
The AIGA/LA, the professional association for design, along with Santee Village Lofts, will be hosting Craftivism, an outdoor marketplace bringing activism together with crafts. This one-day crafts fair is open to the public and will feature local designers showcasing unique products, contemporary artwork and one-of-a-kind design gifts for sale. All ticket sales will benefit the […]
Hey crafty stitchers! If you are in NY show your crafting spirit and join the NY Mets for their Stitch N’ Pitch event. Get a group of your friends and share in the fun. Plus, who can resisit the tote bag filled with craft goodies? Find out how to get tickets to the event from […]
Over at the Steel Yard blog, Jackson writes: Camp Metalhead, the Steel Yard’s two week summer youth program, is firing on all cylinders! By the first day, all ten of the students had learned to cut steel using the versatile oxy acetylene torch. A morning trip to our partners over at Mid City Steel and […]
The latest Exploratorium: Maker Saturday Webcast is up – CandyFab, the sugar printer created by Windell Oskay and Lenore Edman, creates 3D sculpture by stacking 2D images made of sugar. This sweet project ties together many disciplines–motion control, woodworking, microcontroller programming, sewing, reverse engineering, circuit hacking, high-power analog electronics, 3D modeling, and computer programming. Windell […]
