Incandescent sculpture
Dylan Kehde Roelofs creates these handblown light-up sculptures, complete with filaments and all. – Link.
Makers
Meanwhile, in a Parallel Universe 3 doors down and across the street…
You couldn’t ask for a better poster boy for Eccentric Cubicle than my bud in Utah, Joel Dubliner. He’s working his way through the nano projects in preparation for digging in to one of the larger builds, and has already earned his Maker wings with a quick and dirty mod to the drill press lathe […]
Interview with Johnny Lee
Alan Parekh, of HackedGadgets, has a short interview with Johnny Lee, the computer engineer whose Wii remote hacks we (and everybody else on the InterTubes) have blogged about. Johnny also created the popular $14 Video Camera Stabilizer project featured in the premier issue of MAKE. AP: Your Wii projects have been taking the Web by […]
Cal Lane profile
Our cohort at Craftzine point us to this New York Times profile of Cal Lane, the artist we blogged about a few days back, who plasma-torches delicate lace patterns into steel. Turning Steel Into Lace – Link Related: Plasma-cut lace art – Link
Automaton restoration site
Automatomania is a site run by a UK couple who restore antique automata and wind-up signing birds. The site has videos of the wind-up machines in action, a gallery of their restoration work, and a workshop, which so far, has precious-little content. Automatomania – [Thanks, Patti!] Link
Plasma-cut lace art
Mind-boggling lace patterns cut in metal with a plasma cutter. Artist Cal Lane does “dirt lace” too (final image). Cal Lane – Link
Revisiting the “Editor’s Choice” winners
While you’re busy digesting your New Year’s feast (or nursing last year’s hangover), why not check out the amazing Makers who won Editor’s Choice “Blue Ribbons” at this year’s Maker Fair Austin. It’s quite a cavalcade of stars and you may have missed some in the flurry of post-Faire postings. [Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!] […]