Our CRAFT photographer Sam Murphy took some great shots of the crafty action that happened this past Friday in San Francisco for PARK(ing) Day. From the site: PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public […]
If you’re in the Baton Rouge, Louisana area, Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft will be speaking at Louisiana State University on Wednesday, September 24th at 5pm in the Design Building, Lecture Hall 103. Don’t miss it!
Real Work is a collection of artwork by Mark Moskovitz about workers who have lost a sense of physical exertion in their job. It consists of a few installations and videos, but my favorite has got to be Labor Movement, a piece of gym equipment where you lift real rocks: Labor Movement is the centerpiece […]
Make has the distinct privilege of being included during the final Bay Area Backroads segment on October 4th and 5th, 6pm PST. For makers in the Bay area, tune in to KRON channel 4 (NBC) and catch Michael Rosenthal’s last show. Everybody else, check out Bay Area Backroads’ website to see other episodes and, with […]
The debut of American Maker at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago was this past Saturday. American Maker is similar to a small Maker Faire, featuring approximately 20 Makers and their amazing projects. We had thousands of people come out and enjoy the Show & Tell, which was part of LabFest and Science […]
More specifically, things got coated with a thick layer of gore courtesy of the Gore Cannon. More on that in my next post; for now, thanks to all of our presenters for a great event: Nick Pietraniec explaining his work-in-progress guitar hero-bot. Edwin Wise and his Abyssal Organ. Meredith Johns (pictured) and Carolyn O’Hara from […]
The peeps at Handmade Detroit tip us off to this new event happening in Ferndale called DIY Street Fair, which happens this weekend. Here’s what you can expect: This free 2-day event invites artists, hand-made crafters, local and national businesses, non-profit groups and organizations, musicians, local restaurants, michigan brewers and others who live and work […]
