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UK art student Lauren Porter spent a good ten months knitting a full size replica of a Ferrari which used about 12 miles of yarn. I like what she says here, “I get men admiring the racing lines and old women look at the needlework.” Link.
Arbel Egger added her paper bead mobile photos to the CRAFT flickr pool. She followed this tutorial on making recycled paper beads and uses scrap paper from old magazines, junk mail, and catalogs. Looks like a fun way to get rid of all that trash! Link. Related: Paper Bead Keychains – Link. Making Paper Beads […]
Jeez, this Nixie clock is made from a ton of cold-cathode tubes – [via] – Link (translated). Related: More Nixie – Link.
Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls has created “Hobbibot 2006”, her sewn vision of a futuristic robot who will knit up our projects for us if we just don’t have time. Hillary explains cheekily, “The latest model even includes a research function which will hunt around for hours online for cute designer patterns and then automatically […]
We’ve been posting a lot of bicycle mods, hacks and projects from the MAKE photo pool (we’re going to give away a few prizes, so keep them coming) – and last week we visited SCUL, a gang that likes to ride strange vessels called choppers, the most exotic bikes, here are a few photos from […]
Michael writes – “My girlfriend asked me to make an alignment jig to help her rubber stamp a logo onto business cards. I spent about 5 minutes looking around the house for materials, half thinking of how to build it and half thinking about how to get out of building it. :) Then, eureka, the […]
The Renegade Craft Fair is gearing up in Brooklyn, NY this weekend!! If you are around the area don’t miss all the talented crafters and their cool goods. About 200 of them will be traveling from all over the country, so don’t miss this chance to meet and greet with your favorite peeps. Link.
