Crochet Graffiti in Seattle
When I read the review Goli posted of the new book Yarn Bombing, I remembered that I found some yarn-fitti in Seattle. I was in town for the Urban Craft Uprising, and there was some great mural art near our hotel.
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Tiny Felt Sculptures
I want to cuddle all the pieces in this felt sculpture by artist Esty Gertzman (pipapiep on Flickr) which includes needlefelted and sewn felt. You can see the entire photo set of sculptures and drawings, as well as more artwork on the web at ZooArt Esty Gerztman. You can also browse the small felt wares […]
Mark’s fabbed violin
Mark has been working on variations of this electric violin for a few months now at the Boston Fab Lab. For Friday’s Learn 2 Teach Project Exposition, he got it into a playable condition and demonstrated it to visitors at the South End Technology Center. He used Open Office Draw to design the files, and […]
Full scale matchstick car
From the picture quality, this looks like an oldie but a goodie. This full scale car replica was made with almost a million matchsticks. Crazy! More: Matchstick art MatchstickMan – The incredible Matchstick Uke Sydney Harbour Bridge made of matchsticks Eiffel tower made of matches
Geographic jewelry
Earth Brooch Silver is a piece of jewelry made from a custom-selected piece of topography, 3D printed in wax and then cast in silver. I’ve been working with my friend Matt Mechtley to print out geographies on my MakerBot using USGS data, but these folks have got it down! Via Core77.
Nitipak Samsen’s coin-flipping machines
This video shows nine different coin-flipping machines designed and built by Nitipak Samsen of the Design Interactions program at the Royal College of Art. His aim is to build a machine that can predictably flip a coin to land either heads up or tails up.
Hermit crabs in glass
A shy glass blower made a glass shell for a hermit crab… “glass houses” video here… Scientists at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium at Portobello near Dunedin are looking at hermit crabs in a whole new light. The crabs have moved into new man-made glass shells and it’s opened up a new […]
