Laura Cesari, aka Chain of Being, makes beaded models of the solar system that, by the way, can also be worn as necklaces. Her work was recently featured on the blog of Carl Sagan’s Planetary Society:
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We get a lot of makers applying to sell art lamps in Makers Market, but Erik Smith’s are definitely on the high end when it comes to aesthetics and on the low end when it comes to prices. If you’re a collector, or in the market for a handmade lamp for yourself or as a gift, check out Erik’s shop. Or better yet, make one of your own! Or, even better, if you’ve already made one, post a link and show it off in the comments. If I get enough responses, I’ll do a reader-made art lamp round-up sometime next week.
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A kiridashi is a kind of all-purpose Japanese utility knife, of minimalist styling, commonly without a separate handle. Hand-forged for $45 from bladesmith Scott A. Roush of Washburn, Wisconsin. Includes leather sheath, tassel, and naturally-shed horn bead.
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When you first turn the POSC on, the LED will light for a fraction of a second. If you’ve got it hooked up to an amplifier, it’ll also squawk for a second. Playing it is as easy as licking your finger and tapping, rubbing, pressing, or smearing it across the two contacts. The amount of incident light on the photoresistor controls the frequency, so experiment with playing it under different lighting conditions. Jim and Kat have produced a bunch of software for digital post-processing of the POSC signal. For mroe info, see the Sonodrome website.
Continue ReadingAl Linke has just thrown down the gauntlet by entering his DIY Magic Mirror in our Gadget Freak Design contest! Al’s prototype won the Tech Grand Prize in our 2008 DIY Halloween Contest, and the kit he’s developed is for sale now in Makers Market. It features a Sleeping-Beauty style floating, talking face in a gilt-framed mirror with an amazingly wide variety of integrated and integrable functions–even a breathalyzer!
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We, the staffs of MAKE magazine and Make: Online, are proud to present the MAKE: Staff Picks collection on Makers Market. We’ve combed through the listings on Makers Market and picked out our favorite stuff, from our favorite indie makers, and assembled it all in one place for easy browsing. There are Petri dish monsters, micro FM transmitter kits, hollow spy bolts, silica aerogel samples, and tons more! If you see something you like, but can’t justify the expense, why not take a sec to enter our Tweet-it-to-win-it contest? You just might get it for free!
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Brooklyn-based sandbenders EXOvault iPhone Cases made a big splash back in February when they first introduced these custom cases machined from solid billet aluminum and/or brass. They’ve expanded their product line since then to add fancy engraving and rosewood inlay, and their prices seem quite reasonable, starting at $110 for the basic aluminum model shown above and ranging up to $165 for the fancy engraved brass version.
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