Craft & Design

From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.

Pinball hall of fame – MAKE @ Vegas

Pinball hall of fame – MAKE @ Vegas

Strange memories on this Interop night in Las Vegas…The MAKE team hit the Pinball Hall of fame. The Pinball Hall of Fame is an attempt by the members of the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club to house and display the world’s largest pinball collection, open to the public. A not-for-profit corporation was established to further […]

Vintage Craft Publications

Vintage Craft Publications

It’s always fun to take a look back and see how the history of crafting has changed (or not changed) over the decades. I’ve collected a few scans from my friend, Dolin O’Shea’s vintage craft magazine and book collection from the 1920’s to the 1960’s up on my Flickr to share. Link. Also, Arwen O’Reilly […]

HOW TO – Paper Mache Bowls

HOW TO – Paper Mache Bowls

Here’s a fun spring project you can make on your own or with your kids. Paper mache bowls! All you need a favorite bowl covered with plastic wrap, tons of tissue paper scraps, glue, pressed flowers, paint, or anything else you want to add to your piece. I love the added addition of color and […]

HOW TO – Print color images on to wood

HOW TO – Print color images on to wood

Radiorental writes “Based on the letter tiles instructable you can make any number of objects from key fobs, jigsaw puzzles. Most applications require nothing more than sealing the image with some varnish which also helps the colours stand out. However in this instructable I show an alternative method of ‘printing’ an image on to wood […]