Here’s one of my favorite notes ever. It’s from a Lucy Leith, about her experience at Maker Faire, which she attended last year with her dad, Andy. My name is Lucy Leith, and I am a 13-year-old maker. I heard about Maker Faire through MAKE magazine, and thought that it would be a cool thing […]
Hannah, aka Plusea, is something of a legend in the soft-circuits community. We have covered her open-source work in soft circuits and sensors many, many times before. She has no fewer than 37 tutorials published on Instructables, 28 of them “featured,” almost all of which cover low-cost soft-circuit devices of her own design. Now she […]
Jessica Floeh writes in about her inspiring, empowering, and very well-documented insulin pump accessorizing project, Hanky Pancreas: I am Jessica Floeh , a Type 1 Diabetic designer working on ways to make the insulin pump into a positive conversation piece and ultimately a fashion statement. I wanted to share with my fellow Type 1’s a […]
Instructables user jess17a shows off the laser-cut wedding dress she designed and made, and shares tips for creating your own laser fashions.
Matt Mets spotted this completely rad laser jacket in the MAKE Flickr pool. I love how it looks both on and off, and while not completely practical (or safe, depending on the type of laser), I feel like it draws an interesting parallel to punk spikes and other aggressive fashion. [via Make: Online]
Ricky Wolbrom of New York City is edmdesigns. She creates one-off and limited-edition jewelry items in the steampunk vein. Shown uppermost is her Steampunk Ring with Turquoise Crystal, which was featured in the February 9 issue of Auxiliary magazine. Butterfly. Watch parts, cast silver wings. Steampunk Cuff. Leather, feathers, copper mesh, watch parts, faucet handle. […]
Vanessa Sorenson made the Tweet Sleeve, a wearable display to express your mood, at least according to Twitter. It looks for keywords in your tweets and lights up the sleeve in an according color. [Thanks, Greg Leuch!]
