Tour the elegant and hypnotic motorized wave sculptures, created by visionary maker Reuben Margolin. In the Maker Workshop John Park upcycles a discarded shopping cart into a stylish easy chair, and Mister Jalopy details the unsung wonders of his 1950 Studebaker. The Maker Channel features a treadmill bike, an obedient, robotic foot stool, a homemade […]
Kick back with John Park as he demonstrates how to upcycle a no-longer-usable shopping cart into an easy chair. This Make: magazine-based project offers an introductory look at how to cut, bend, and shape metal using metal cutters, saws, vice grips, and other tools common to home workshops. John also attempts a “deluxe” version of […]
Reuben Margolin, a Bay Area visionary and longtime maker, creates totally singular techno-kinetic wave sculptures. Using everything from wood to cardboard to found and salvaged objects, Reuben’s artwork is diverse, with sculptures ranging from tiny to looming, motorized to hand-cranked. Focusing on natural elements like a discrete water droplet or a powerful ocean eddy, his […]
In this ‘Hidden Treasures’ segment, Mister Jalopy waxes philosophic about the the unsung wonders of his old 1950’s Studebaker, emphasizing how old-school design and build techniques can inspire and teach today’s new generation of makers. Get the m4v or subscribe in iTunes.. Or watch on YouTube or Blip.
Make: television presents: Treadmill Bike – Brent Curry crosses a two-wheeled bike with a treadmill to allow the ‘rider’ to produce a double-whammy of a workout. RoboStool – Steve Norris’s remote-controlled robotic foot stool comes to him wherever he wishes to sit. Foundry – 14 year olds Oliver Ramin and A.J. Brackovitc make their own […]
Linoleum asphalt mosaics, also called Toynbee Tiles, are artworks permanently embedded in pavement. In this video I’ll show you how to construct your own from inexpensive materials. You can get real linoleum (don’t use vinyl flooring) for this project by ordering free samples online. By cutting out a mosaic design in the linoleum and sandwiching […]
Hey folks, we’ve wanted to do this for a long time and now it’s happening! Transcripts and closed captioning for our videos (YouTube). It will take some time to do all the videos but we’re going to experiment and see how it goes. The first one we did was “MAKE presents: the LED” – if […]
