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4 Tips for Constructing Duct Tape Scale Models

Jacob LaRocca

Jacob LaRocca is an electrical engineer who loves to build duct tape models in his spare time, as well as make props from movies and video games for his company Rocket Props.

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March 28th, 2016March 28th, 2016

Duct tape is super versatile and can be used for making super detailed models if you know how to work with it.

Maker Pro Q&A: Stuck on Sugru

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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@dcdenison

June 29th, 2015June 30th, 2015 4

Sugru is a “moldable glue” that has found a place in many Maker toolboxes. Inventor Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh talks about finding her product’s niche.

DIY Dancing Baby Groot costume

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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October 8th, 2014 0

Take a look at this dancing baby Groot costume made by Instructables user darcy3529 from just paper, duct tape, and glue.

Jacob LaRocca’s 100% Duct Tape Serenity

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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September 20th, 2014 0

Massachusetts-based community craft studio Artisan’s Asylum are showing off this internet-famous duct tape model of Serenity from Firefly today at World Maker Faire.

How-To: Duct Tape Business Card Holder

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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March 28th, 2014 0

Give your business card case as much creative personality as the cards inside with this handy and customizable duct tape business card holder tutorial!

Make a Duct Tape Electric Rose

By Rachael Hellenga

Rachael Hellenga

I'm launching a start-up called Conducti to get conductive tape & thread into the hands of people who will invent something crazy with it. Conducti.com is an extension of my consulting practice--I design interactive exhibits for science centers and children's museums.

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February 14th, 2014July 2nd, 2015 1

A rose is a rose, unless it’s duct tape, electric LED rose.