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.
Mike writes – “For those who don’t know, Shapelock is a polymer (plastic) similar to polypropylene except that it has a very low temperature softening point. The idea is that you heat some water to around 160 degrees F and dump some of the pellets into the water to soften them to a moldable state. […]
Marc writes – “One of the things we love most about doing the Wooster Collective website is that we are contantly learning new things from it. We know from the emails that we receive that people come back to the site each not only to get inspired, but also to learn new things. Almost every […]
Do you need a little robot turtle friend to keep you happy at your desk? I sure do. Walkie Bits are from Japan (of course) and they are tiny little robot turtles that come in all different colors. They crawl around, chirp, and play music if you’d like them to. Link.
After you see these awesome robots made from commercial product boxes, you’ll never throw any of your boxes away. This bot above is created from an XBox.com box. Others are made from Pop-Tarts, Dove Soap Bars, Phillips Light Bulbs…you name it. From the site, “While in Antarctica, I became obsessed with this project from the […]
Jeff made a pretty spiffy looking wallet from plastic bags, he writes – “Ironing plastic bags together required careful control of the iron temperature – also, laying the plastic between two layers of paper helped transfer the heat more evenly. The result was a paper-like material similar to Tyvek, made by DuPont, which could either […]
We’ve covered this hologram kit before, and so far the Makers out there have reported limited success, but it seems like a fun project I’d like to try – “The Design a Hologram Kit has everything you need to make your own transmission holograms – up to 20 of them. Each film plate is a […]
Courtney writes – “I needed to make a two color decal for one of the drummers in my band. The best way to layer two different colors of vinyl is to use a light table. I don’t have a light table, but I do have a glass-topped picnic table in my back yard. Here is […]
