Seattle-based artist Tamara Clammer began teaching herself leatherworking in 2004, and today she makes an array of imaginative masks and accessories. As she writes on her website: It didn’t make sense to anyone that I would buy expensive tools and supplies, rent a space, and have no idea how to use any of it. But […]
From his backyard lab in Redwood City (a stone’s throw away from Maker Faire — well, maybe with the aid of a trebuchet) Ben makes things that usually require a lot of money and sophisticated equipment: an electron scanning microscope, silica aerogel, and freeze-dried astronaut ice cream.
Who knew evil mad scientists could be so nice? Lenore and Windell are two of the happiest makers I know.
littleBits is a great way to introduce people to electronics prototyping without soldering or accidentally frying components.
Taos, New Mexico-based artist Christian Ristow, veteran builder of robots, animatronics, and all things kinetic, creates provocative, interactive pieces like Hand of Man and Fledgling. One of his newest pieces, Face Forward, created for Burning Man 2011, is a 12-foot-tall robotic human face, whose major facial movements can be controlled by viewer participants. Each of […]
