Every other week, CRAFT’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Craft: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Lindsey North, projects intern On my first day as an official CRAFT intern I entered the lab for the first time. It was like entering a new dimension, […]
Japanese artists’ Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi have created an “esoteric” programming language called Pa++ern that translates input from visitors to their exhibit or from virtual visitors through Twitter and turns them in to graphics that can be embroidered on t-shirts. Visitors to the gallery enjoy the movement and sounds of this highly used but […]
With our Crafty Travels theme going on this month, I thought we could take a little trip to Japan courtesy of this week’s flashback. CRAFT Volume 03 was our Japan Style issue, and it offers a ton of Japan-inspired projects and articles. One of my favorite is the tiny sewn kitties by Aranzi Aronzo that […]
Learn how to make Totoro cream puffs in the tutorial by Anna the Red’s Bento Factory. [ via Boing Boing ]
The fabulous Lisa Katayama points to these adorable felt speakers on her equally fabulous TokyoMango blog. Whether they’re Russian stacking dolls or Kokeshi, they definitely seem like something you crafty, techno-savvy readers could easily re-create at home. Send us some photos if you do, or post them in the Craft Flickr pool.
Girl’s Day is March 3 in Japan and to celebrate Zakka Life has a tutorial on how to make an origami empress.
I had never thought about using needle felting with soft circuits but Yoshida Tomofumi has! She makes and sells these small kits with LEDs, conductive thread, battery and a snap. I love the little tail-biting snake! If you’re looking for a stateside kit like this, try my similar kit or the Sparkfun e-sewing kit. Via […]
