Sean @ Make: Online points us to these precious lamps with blown glass mushrooms diffusing LED light, mounted gracefully in driftwood. The delicacy of form contrasted with a large and luscious on/off switch has me entirely not surprised that they’re Japanese.
I had hoped to post my completed sashiko embroidery yesterday, but alas, even today all I have to share is my work-in-progress. I vastly underestimated the sheer number of hours this project would take! (Almost 7 so far!) I’m working from a nifty kit that contained a printed piece of linen, special sashiko thread, and […]
While I was at the Maker Faire Detroit, I picked up a sweet Japanese embroidery kit from Tadaa Studios. It’s called Sashiko which translates to “little stabs” so it really is the perfect embroidery for me, the chronic needlefelter. The technique involves stacking up stitches on a long needle to create perfect little dashes. The […]
You know sometimes you see things on the internet you can’t quite explain? Japanese amigurumi master 203gow (pronounced niimarusango) recreated the creature from this inexplicable video in crochet. More: Crochet Dragon Crochet Buddha Amigurumi Creature Hat Crochet 3D Glasses
In case you didn’t love Hello Kitty to pieces already, now you can have this famous kitty as a snack with LoveBones’ inspiration with Hello Kitty mini pizzas and Hello Kitty bento box. A cute idea for kids’ parties or lunches. [via Tokyo Mango & The Daily Wh.at]
This Freedom Gundam is made of 175 pages of printer paper comprising 500 parts. The finished sculpture is four feet tall and comes complete with a process video. [via Kotaku]
Takumi at MAKE Japan tweeted me a link today o this amazing Japanese crafter, Saki Chikaraishi who crocheted a pom-pom iPod cozy. I love that the pom-pom itself becomes the perfect cushy base to prop up the iPad. Genius! Enjoy the rest of the post where you can see her amazing LED dragon head and […]
