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.
Slade sent us this great Instructables how to on making LED earrings. In the intro, “I’ve made these simple earrings for friends before. They will glow well over 12 hours and can be made for less then 10 dollers of parts.” Link.
Micro art is going to be BIG this year, er small! – “Chinese micro-painter Jin Yin Hua has painted an image of a giant panda on a single human hair. The artist took 10 days to create the mini-masterpiece using a single rabbit hair as a paintbrush. Visitors to a Chinese gallery who wanted to […]
If you are in NY you must check out “The Workmanship of Risk” exhibit at the St. Lawrence University. Curated by KnitKnit founder Sabrina Gschwandtner the exhibit looks at handcrafts for conceptual rather than utilitarian purposes. From the site, “Juxtaposing knitting with mechanically reproduced media, needlepoint with politics, and sewing with social critique…” Pictured above […]
Sean writes – “PACK-MAN is a modified version of the game PacMan in which five joysticks combine to move the single PacMan. In other words, if three people move their joysticks upand two people move theirs down, then PacMan will move up. If one person moves left and one person moves right, PacMan will do […]
Here’s how to save a snow flake, with super glue – ” Ever wanted to catch a snowflake and keep it forever? You can. This is a photograph of a snowflake that fell in January 1979, but it isn’t a 27-year-old photo. It is a recent shot of a snowflake that’s been sitting in chemist […]
Mark writes – “Mr. Mc Groovy’s sells plastic rivets for connecting cardboard boxes- has plans to make some neat kid’s playhouses, a firetruck…Rivets could be used for other materials like coroplast, etc.” – Link.
Easter is coming up in a few weeks and its time to celebrate all things Spring. I’ve collected a few crafty Easter projects that you can make or just be inspired. Go cute or go gothic! It’s all up to you. Hillary Lang’s Wee Bunny Pattern [ via ] Link. Crochet Carat with Carrots pattern […]
