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.
Deadprogrammer’s Cafe writes “It seems like humans will try to fold and rearrange just about anything. Paper, money, postcards. Some people make a living folding their members in surprising manner. Others fold dollar bills. What chance did humble Metrocard stand from being turned into an art material?”… Link.
Amazing model working Roller Coasters models built from 1995-2002. Building a working model roller coaster is an extremely complex process. Many things must come together to make a model roller coaster work properly. All of the following topics must be taken into account – layout, design, track, rails, cross ties, track support, wheels, cars, train dynamics, lift mechanisms, sprockets, chains, motors, brakes, magnets, tools, materials, adhesives, molds, and paints. Link.
This Russian forum has some really neat photos of a couple interesting PC case mods – the first is a metal milk tin. The mod adds a clear window, cow print fur and stuffed cow which looks out. The second is a metal waste paper basket. Thanks Karel! Link.
These are shoes, but not as we know them, Toto. Worn Again take materials like charity store coats, ex-military parachutes, prison blankets, car seat scrap leather, old towels and recycled rubber, crafting them into some funky looking trainers… Link.
Another from Shadowstitch- he picked up a wooden velociraptor skeleton model from the thrift store, sadly someone took all the parts out. But, that didn’t stop him from making, he used the pillaged toy as a template to trace the bone patterns, then made a huge version. This is a great idea…
Gas, Tires, Oil writes “A blog entry about cutting 2′ section out of the middle a metal futon frame and welding the halves back together. The original mattress still fits, but now the short way is side to side and the futon takes up much less room”. Link. The rest of the blog has a lot of great stuff too…
The Box Doodle Project asks its participants to cut up a cardboard box, doodle on it, turn it into a work of art, take a photo and post it to a collective gallery. the rules are quite simple: rearrange a box to make any kind of figure or object. make the most of least. [via] Link. Here’s my version, made from an iPod box.
