Realistic Arm From Thread and Nails
Artist Alan Dindo created this impressive image of an arm, called “In Your Arms,” from just red thread and nails.
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DIY Designer Necklace
I am loving all of the bright and colorful textile, rope, and thread jewelry I am seeing this summer. Honestly wtf did a rad spin on Proenza Schouler’s 2011 resort line with this DIY version of the colorful rope and thread necklace and I adore the result. What a great statement piece. More: DIY Rope […]
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Fastidious, intricate, and dreamy, the woven thread installation of French artist Sébastien Preschoux is one web I’d like to be caught in.
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The crafter at Twitchy Fingers was wanting to use up some remnant embroidery floss, and she came up with this! She says she started out trying to make an eye, but it turned into something more abstract. I love it. Especially how all the colors are indistinguishable when they are all coiled together, and then […]
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Quick fix for a stripped lens mount
From the MAKE Flickr pool I was particularly non-plussed upon discovering my vidcam’s lens thread had been stripped while using an exceptionally cheap wide angle attachment. Rather than sending it in for repairs I pondered the options – epoxy? tape? ick! To my surprise, I found that a small piece of fabric placed between the […]
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