Two of my favorite people got married (to each other!) earlier this month, and it was a celebration to make even the most hardened wedding-goer tear up. Kristin and Jim had their wedding at the Chabot Observatory and Science Center in Oakland, Calif., which made perfect sense for a couple who met while getting their […]
We don’t have a Wii gaming system in our house, but this new game is the first thing that’s tempted me to change that. Kirby’s Epic Yarn™ is due out this fall, and incorporates a crafty look and feel to its graphics. Kirby’s first console platform game since the Nintendo 64™ days introduces an amazing […]
Kate Hartman and Hazel Meyer (both at OCAD) have developed a project called Nudgeables, where the wearers of a garter/brooch pair can communicate with each other over a short distance, “nudging” each other with small vibrating motors. The garter switch is activated by crossing one’s legs, and the brooch has a clever soft “pinch” switch. […]
John Baichtal over at MAKE points us to these amazing life-size wooden spacecraft replicas. Found on Designboom: This wooden replica of the Hubble, created by artist Pete Hennessey of Melbourne, Australia. But wait, there’s more: he’s done recreations of Voyager, Mission Control, and a superbad version of the Lunar Rover, above. Pardon me while I […]
Instructables user bongodrummer writes: Let’s transform an old and unused sewing machine into a scroll saw so we can make some wooden decorations (and a load of other cool jazz). If, like me, you had an old sewing machine (I tend to collect these things when they are getting thrown out by people) knocking about, […]
Meredith Scheff came up with this ingenious sew-though soft circuit technique using flexible copper clad laminate, which she etched and then ran through the sewing machine. Keep an eye out here on CRAFT later today for a video interview with Meredith at Maker Faire where she shows off a very cool application of this technique! […]
Ayman Shamma not only made a steel pan drum application for his iPad, but he also made some conductive fabric mallets with which to drum. Great work! More: Collin’s Lab: DIY iPad Stylus
