The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
The Klutz Book of Balloon Twisting by Karen Phillips Klutz.com Ages 8 and up I went through a serious balloon twisting phase as a kid, somewhere between my obsession with the steel drum and sewing purses. My parents got me a book and kit for making all sorts of things from these long, skinny balloons, […]
Learning the basics of how to make your own chainmail is one of those skills that can have far-reaching applications in your crafts. This week’s flashback comes from way back in 2006, from the pages of our very first issue of CRAFT magazine. Annalee Newitz provides you with the know-how you need to get started […]
The Shrinky Dinks Book by Sherri Haab & the editors of Klutz Klutz.com Ages 6 and Up I absolutely was in love with Shrinky Dinks as a kid. I couldn’t get enough of them. But after I spent time tracing, coloring, and baking them, I never really knew what else to do with the finished […]
My friend, Christie, got about a bucket of “blood” “vomited” onto her head by a ceiling-mounted ghoul, and came out looking like Carrie on prom night. I saw it happen, and the moment is frozen for me like a scene from a Dario Argento movie: Christie’s blond locks, suffused by a pale, flickering, blue-green backlight, her mouth slightly open as she looks up, laughing, into the torrent of black, sticky ichor that tumbles, in exaggerated slow motion, onto her face. In my mind’s eye, I can still see my own gaping mouth reflected in a small, spherical droplet of that blood as it spatters across space and time. I think that droplet will be falling, in my memory, for many years to come.
I probably reread at least one of Jane Austen’s novels a year, picking the title to suit my mood: Persuasion when I’m feeling pensive on a frosty fall morning, Pride and Prejudice when I need a bit of a pick-me-up, Emma when I have a jones for some juicy gossip. So I was delighted to […]
This week I’ll show you some more metalworking techniques including files, rotary abrasives, and how to make a ball-head rivet with a butane torch. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/08/craft_video_intro_to_metalwork.html
Savory Baking: Warm and Inspiring Recipes for Crisp, Crumbly, Flaky Pastries by Mary Cech, photographs by Noel Barnhurst As it gets colder this autumn, what could be lovelier than a leisurely weekend day in a warm kitchen? Baking at home is fun and rewarding, but there are only so many cookies and cakes you and […]
