Andrew made a pair of shoes that control Michael Jackson songs when plugged in (using Force-sensitive resistors)… “The initial idea involved a pair of old sneakers, repurposed, to dynamically manipulate a sound file. Basically I wanted to build shoes that would BOOM! when you walked. The louder you stomp the louder the BOOM! In a […]
Alee_anne writes – “This year AWESOME ARTS Australia invited 10 communities throughout regional and remote Western Australia to participate in an engaging and fun project, using art as a context for equitable and productive exchange. Bike Lab uses a purpose built, self-contained kit featuring bicycle parts reinvented as enormous meccano-like components, with computer cut plates […]
Steven writes – “In keeping with your coverage of the crocheted coral reef, I thought you might be interested in the coral reef that my friend sylvia has been working on since last year. She uses pipe cleaners, balloons, coffee filters, rubber typing fingers and god knows what else to make the individual pieces.” – […]
Woodpixels are six sided blocks with different shades on each side, you can make your own pixel art (Mario, Pac-Man ghosts, etc). Wouldn’t be that hard to make a DIY version either… [via] – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make pixel art – Link. Make Pixel Art – Link. 3D pixel Duck Hunt, in real-life […]
Artist Jennifer Maestre makes incredible aquatic themed sculptures from colored pencils [via] – Link. Related: Power drill pencil sharpening… – Link. Pencil Carving – Link. Portrait made from crayons – Link. Sculptures carved from crayons – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mister bend made an incredible custom camera… “I find myself humming the Imperial March under my breath an awful lot when holding this thing… These are the parts that make up Darth Handy. Clockwise from top left we have… 75mm Nikkor-SW in a fotoman helical mount, sitting on a custom […]
I don’t know too much about this series of sculptures exhibits, other than MAKE Flickr photo pool member certainly has an eye for good stuff… – Link. It looks like a few of these were all made from the same erector-set like parts.
