Michelle Hamer’s Hand-Stitched Pixelated Images
Artist Michelle Hammer re-creates fascinating images of the real world in these stunning pieces of hand-stitched needlepoint.
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“One of these days I’m gonna get my bricks organezized”
“You mean organized?”
“Organezized. Organezized. It’s a joke. O-R-G-A-N-E-Z-I-Z-E-D…”
“Oh, you mean organezized.”
Penny postcards
USGenWeb, a genealogy site, has a really cool collection of penny postcards, organized by state. I love looking at the old structures – can you imagine driving on this bridge?
Strobridge Lithography Company calendar cards
Peacay at BibliOdyssey found this incredible University of Cincinnati exhibit of calendar cards produced by the Strobridge Lithography Company.
Image transfer
I just found this great tutorial on image transfer – they cover lots of different transfer mediums for use on wood, paper, fabric, and glass. Xylene is a really toxic chemical, I’d stay away from it – the other mediums are pretty benign. I never knew you could use caulk! An image transfer is, to […]
MAKE Flickr Pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Twitter Fail Whale [above, top-left] Wind-powered string plucker Hydrophone eyeball? [above, top-right] Soldering floss [above, bottom-right] Cigarette tin “boom” box[above, bottom-left] PVC sprinkler = summertime fun
