5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Ian Langohr
Montreal artist and fabricator Ian Langohr is a multi-talented maker who sculpts surreal and humorous over-the head masks.
woodworking
How-To: Sweet Pea Garden Bunk Bed
This sweet pea garden bunk bed—designed and built by Jenny from Birds and Soap with construction plans and a tutorial on Ana White—completely blows my mind. I would have loved to have this bunk bed (painted in primary colors, of course) when I was a kid! This bed has been a loooong time in the […]
How-To: Stained Wood and Leather Necklace
Make a pretty autumn-inspired stained wood and leather necklace with this quick and simple tutorial from Mandy at Fabric Paper Glue!
Cutting Wooden Gears with Ideal Grain
Ron, who is a craftsman of wooden machines, has figured out that, to best withstand environmental changes, the grain in a wooden clock wheel should run in a circle around the circumference, and in radial “spokes” in the middle. Real trees don’t grow that way, of course, so if you’re really serious about cutting wooden gears that will weather the seasons well, you need to cut them from blanks made up from a bunch of smaller pieces of wood arranged and glued so that the grain pattern, on the whole, is correct.
A Bookshelf for Bookworms
Redditor rariya posted this series of photos documenting the construction of a curvy bookshelf called Bookworm, which she designed and built as an assignment for class. According to her comments, the shelf is made of pine and is finished with linseed oil. It took about 35-40 hours to construct and she paid $165 for materials, […]
Meet The Makers: Sung Kim
Sung Kim’s father gave him his first skil saw when he was just seven years old. His mother provided him with modeling clay as a safer alternative not long after that. Sung’s grandfather-in-law, ship builder Dean Stevens, left him a coveted collection of hand tools decades later. These influences shaped his abilities as a woodworker, but his desire to create sound formed him into a Maker.
Kindergarten Shop Class
Julie Scelfo from The New York Times writes about woodworking classes that are geared toward a younger set of children, some even as young as five years old. From Brian Cohen, co-founder of Beam Camp: “My partner and I saw that kids were spending too much time interacting with perfect interfaces,” said Mr. Cohen, 45. […]