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.
David from Durham writes – “Many Make readers will probably remember the print zine Experimental Musical Instruments. It’s not in print anymore, but still has a website for back issues etc. and a great set of links & resources. They also sell very cool hardware for making said instruments, for instance, 5/8” magnetic spot pickups, […]
Chuck writes –Your post ‘Houses woven out of trees’ made me think about Axel Erlandson and his Tree Circus. I’ve often dreamed of using Axel’s techniques on banyan trees to grow house frames. Looks like someone is going to actually do it! – Link.
David writes – “Spamgraffiti is a series of online installations created from spam. Each environment is created by spooling through one email account and visually articulating the spam on a series of layers. Newer spam appears above and slowly filters out older spam below. As the rate of spam increases over time per account, the […]
A wonderful collection of things that make music, Mike writes – “Here are most of the projects I’ve built/modified from 2000 to present. Click on each picture to see the details of the instrument. Some of the older projects will just have a sound sample when you click rather than link to another page with […]
Whipup has posted some of its recent favorite posts and there are a bevy of new projects and ideas that will cure the dreary winter doldrums. I love these suncatchers and the scrappy owls with matching cards. Thanks Kath! We are loving the site! Link.
There’s an IDE MP3 controller board for DIY music player on eBay might be worth checking out – Board Description: * Stereo Design. * Support 2.5″ and 3.5″ IDE hard disk up to 200G. * Support ID3 Format * 7 Level Equializer * MP3 Chipset STA013, CS4340 * Black Light LCD display with 7 buttons. […]
Powderly writes – “This is the newest video released from the makers of LED Throwies. It is lost footage from the Graffiti Research Lab Archive. This short video documents the genesis of the LED Throwie. Watch Fi5e and Resistor get up on the highline in NYC.” Link. Previous: HOW TO – Make LED Throwies – […]
