Crafty Events

Scenes from the last Handmade Music

Yup, last week’s Handmade Music party was entirely off the hook and awesome. Full fledged performances by E-Squared and Peter Edwards of Casper Electronics. Plus a hauntingly interactive piece by Ranjit Bhatnagar and a demo of Eric Archer‘s Dronematrix handheld synthstrument. Good times – and of course more to come next month! (5/21/09 to be […]

Maker Revolution

Maker Revolution is an event put on by Willoughby and Baltic on April 25 and 26, 2009 in Boston Join Willoughby & Baltic April 25 & 26 for the Maker Revolution. As part of Cyberarts Boston, the two-day event will focus on do-it-yourself art and technology and will include art, performances, presentations and hands-on workshops. […]

A week of plastic bags

The people of Sustainable Duxbury was looking for a way to raise awareness about plastic bags, so they figured that gathering up the bags people put aside as they did their recycling would give a good visualization. They got more than they bargained for…Janna ran some numbers: Here are my calculations of the square area […]

Handmade Music: Bent Edition – tonight!

Handmade Music: Bent Edition – tonight!

Coinciding with NYC’s Bent Festival Handmade Music initiates an especially hacked event tonight at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. The free event features a pretty amazing lineup including – “modular synth meets circuit-bent Barbie dolls. noise, drone, dance party with Peter Edwards of Casper Electronics.” – A surprise mystery instrument(s) from Handmade Music superstar Ranjit Bhatnagar, […]