Bruce Damer, The EvoGrid, Dorkbot-SF, 2009-04-08 from pronoiac on Vimeo. Here are a couple of talks from recent Dorkbot SF meetings. The first one is MAKE contributing author Dave Matthews, talking about “software as the new hardware.” His talk his entertaining and thought-provoking as always. The second talk is of Bruce Damer, speaking about meteors, […]
The annual American Craft Council’s conference, this year called “Creating a New Craft Culture,” is offering student scholarships to aid in attending the conference in Minneapolis, MN on October 15-17. Students must be nominated by a faculty member or administrator, and the deadline is June 1; it’s open to undergraduate and graduate students. More info […]
The ITP Spring Show 2009 was another great display of “interactive sight, sound and technology”. MAKE stopped by to check out all the cool projects, and we took some pictures and videos that we will be posting over the next few days. You can still check out all the great work tonight, May 11th, from […]
As a part of Youth Baseball Week, The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum hosted a Stitch N’ Pitch event a few weeks ago on April 19th. About 150-170 people stop by for lessons on either needlepoint or crochet. Libby Butler-Gluck of TNNA and Stitch N’ Pitch remarked that interestingly enough, most wanted a […]
For all you fiber + art lovers in the Bay Area, CRAFT friend Ashley Helvey has a event coming up on Tuesday, May 12th at the August gallery in Oakland that you won’t want to miss! “Sheep and Weeds” is a collaboration between Ashley Helvey and Sasha Duerr, natural dyer and textile educator who teaches […]
Head on over to Brooklyn this weekend for the Spring Handmade Cavalcade happening at The Bell House (149 7th St. between 2nd and 3rd Aves.) from 10am to 4pm each day. Shop for gifts for grads and moms! This fair features fantastic housewares and pretty paper goods for hosts and hostesses, as well as apparel […]
Eric Beug posted up this awesome footage from the last Handmade Music event here in Brooklyn. It includes some great detail shots of E-Squared & Pete Edwards instruments in use. [via Create Digital Music] … and just in case you missed it, here’s the video I grabbed from the event –
