This sounds like so much fun, I’m tempted to drive up to NYC for the day to attend. As part of MoMA’a amazing Bauhaus exhibitions, events, and workshops, Douglas Repetto (Dorkbot founder, artist, and teacher at Columbia) will be doing a workshop, called “Walking Tables and Wrestling Foals: A Hands-on Workshop and Musical Performance.” Here’s […]
From ConceptArt.org user Jiangzu (who says “I am so addicted to sculpting that I forget to eat half the time”) this awesome Sculpey-and-wire rendition of one of Lovecraft’s master baddies from At the Mountains of Madness. This thread includes more shots and details of this and other creature builds. [via Propnomicon]
Fra Fondi, of HobbyMedia, sent us a link to this video, part 1 of a report on the recent Make: Tokyo gathering. The vid is in Japanese, but still fascinating to watch. We get Dale Dougherty and Phil Torrone, they get a dude dressed up as a cowboy! I feel cheated. Make: Tokyo Meeting 04 […]
Over the past few years, I have been fascinated by Michael’s Halo armor project. The piece that first caught my eye was his M6G pistol made of foam. Insulating foam is a fascinating material, due to its’ consistency, low cost and ease of tooling. Machined foam can be cut quickly, and can be finished with a variety of surface treatments from diluted white glue to some paints. He’s been posting to the MAKE Flickr pool for quite a while, allowing us to see what he’s up to as the projects evolve. Recently, we’ve had an email exchange where he has shared some of the process and techniques that he is employing on this masterful personal project.
Ever since you made one of those turkeys out of an outline of your hand in kindergarten, you’ve probably been aware of the fact that Thanksgiving might not be the preeminent maker’s holiday. Unless your forte is food. Or turkey papercraft. But being thankful, taking stock of ourselves and our world, is something we should […]
A reader named Jim from Arizona sent us an email a while back about his nine year old son, Schuyler, aka “Doctor Professor,” who wanted to join the Make: Money program to fund his DIY, robotics, and electronics projects. At nine, the kid is already teaching Arduino to 4-18 year olds in the Phoenix area. […]
My buddy Jon makes these awesome little puzzle boxes from acorns. There are four shown in the video: one pair consisting of a smaller hinged acorn that nests, matryoshka-style, inside a larger one with a wire spring latch; a larger, locking nut that is opened by removing a small pin; and, finally, a large hinged version that is unlatched by knocking it against a surface from a certain angle.
