16-year-old crafter Ellen sewed herself two dresses out of J Cloths (a reusable household cleaning cloth) for her GCSE art & textile project. Fantastic!
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Thursday April 25th, 2013 2:32 PM
Categories: Craft, Sewing | No Comments
James Capper is a London-based artist and maker who builds powerful hydraulic machines. Inspired by engineering marvels of years past, a survey of his mechanical sculptures are on view at...
Posted by Nick Normal | Monday April 1st, 2013 1:35 PM
Categories: Art & Design | 1 Comment
Twitr_janus is a live physical avatar — a puppet that can be controlled remotely through Google Drive, Twitter, and Skype. Inside: an Arduino and webcam. Outside: hot glue face (shaped...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Thursday February 14th, 2013 10:05 PM
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design | 3 Comments
UK-based makers combine their passions for industrial design, coffee, and bicycles into the Velopresso, a pedal-powered espresso machine that generates no electricity, no motor noise, and is capable of hauling...
Posted by Nick Normal | Tuesday January 29th, 2013 2:30 PM
Categories: Food & Beverage, Home | 14 Comments
Jason Birch built a hand held MAME device using a Raspberry Pi connected to a 3.5" LCD screen. The unit is powered from a battery pack and runs for around...
Posted by Nick Normal | Tuesday January 22nd, 2013 4:45 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Raspberry Pi | 6 Comments
Instead of cricking your neck to drink from a water fountain, what if the fountain cricked its neck for you? Tropism Well is an interactive sculpture that senses when someone...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Friday November 9th, 2012 12:03 PM
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design | 4 Comments
I was under the impression, before seeing this video from intrepid propcaster James Bruton of Xrobots.co.uk, that rotocasting was only practical if you had a machine to automatically spin the...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday October 29th, 2012 10:12 PM
Categories: Home, Workshop | No Comments
Spooky prop maker TwistedUK made this "Circus Freak Puppeteer" from multiple model forms, PVC pipe, and a wiper motor.
Posted by Nick Normal | Thursday October 25th, 2012 10:44 AM
Categories: Home | No Comments
Mika Aoki makes glass art inspired by mold spores, viruses, plants, life, and death.
Posted by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith | Wednesday October 24th, 2012 2:07 PM
Categories: Art & Design | 2 Comments
To mark the passing of Hans R. Camenzind (designer of the 555 timer chip), MAKE reader Jim Frize freeformed this lovely little oscillating circuit as a solemn tribute. More: See...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday August 23rd, 2012 7:40 PM
Categories: Electronics | 15 Comments
James Bruton of Southampton, UK, creator of the Dollar Store Arc Reactor, is at it again! This time, he built a Terminator endoskull out of parts from his local 99p...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday July 2nd, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: General | 5 Comments
This fantastic automaton created by Keith Newstead shows a gardener watering a large killer tomato, and just barely getting snapped up the plant's jaws. Keith built this colorful and charming...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Sunday June 24th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Workshop | 3 Comments
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