Repair is the new recycling
The Platform 21 manifesto: Platform 21
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Not so lazy Sunday… Weekend Project – 5-Minute Foam Factory
There’s still time to start making or just watch this week’s Weekend Project: 5-Minute Foam Factory. You can view the video here, or subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered each week.
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Checkin’ In: Green Girl Wendy Tremayne
Wendy Tremayne has graced the pages of CRAFT magazine since Volume 02 with her column Re: Fitted, exploring a different instance of creative reuse or green art in each installment. In Volume 03, she showed us how to use nature’s bounty to create natural boundaries, like this fence: And in Volume 06, she introduced us […]
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Weekend Project: 5-Minute Foam Factory (PDF)
With this easy-to-make hot wire foam cutter, you can reuse leftover Styrofoam to create treasures from trash! Thanks go to Bob Knetzger for the original article in MAKE, Volume 16.View the PDF of this project and then pick up MAKE, Volume 16 here for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Continue ReadingWeekend Project: 5-Minute Foam Factory
With this easy-to-make hot wire foam cutter, you can reuse leftover Styrofoam to create treasures from trash! Thanks go to Bob Knetzger for the original article in Make: Volume 16.To download The 5-Minute Foam Factory MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete 5-Minute Foam Factory article in MAKE, Volume 16 “5-Minute […]
Continue ReadingRepurposing our manufacturing infrastructure for economic revival
The Steel Yard Blog has posted some information on Pawtucket Rising, a documentary that profiles the rebirth of Pawtucket, RI, the birthplace of the American industrial revolution: The documentary profiles the birth and evolution of Pawtucket’s arts district through adaptive reuse of empty century-old factory buildings as an engine of economic revival. The birthplace of […]
Continue ReadingWeekend Project: The Bytelight
Make a high-tech mood light from a flourescent lamp and a bunch of old memory chips. Thanks go to Ross Orr for the original article in Make: Volume 09To download The Bytelight MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Bytelight article in MAKE: Volume 09 “The Bytelight” and you can see […]
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