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February 28, 2009
Unsold cars around world
This is starting to look like an art project...
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Feb 28, 2009 06:20 AM
Arts, Culture jamming, Transportation |
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February 26, 2009
Blown glass light bulb animals
Starting at $320, these Blown Ups light bulbs are a little out of my price range, but very interesting. Are there any glass blowers out there who've made their own light bulbs? Via Cool Hunting.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 26, 2009 07:00 AM
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Christian Faur's crayon pixel art
Christian Faur's crayon pixel art via BB.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 26, 2009 02:00 AM
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Offline Commenting
As someone who spends a lot of time engaging with people online, I often think about how great it would to extend online commenting out into the greater world. Now, you may be saying to yourself, "What kind of world is greater than the internet?" Well, let me tell you, my internet companion, if you turn away from your computer screen, there is a big wide world out there; a magically tangible world of people and things!
Relax... there is no need to fret!
This transition from the online world into the real world is made easier by these things called "stamps." Like the similarly named "stamp" tool in Photoshop, a stamp allows you to replicate an image over and over in your file (or "environment," as they often call files in the real world). Now you can easily engage in the actual world with the same repetitive and meaningless interaction that would normally exclusively be reserved for the internet. Does it get any better than this?
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 26, 2009 01:00 AM
Arts, DIY Projects |
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February 25, 2009
Yet another Drawbot
Here's a sweet piece with a dad and his two daughters working with a drawbot they made from yogurt cups, DC motors, and art pens. They made some really nice wrapping paper. What a great thing for kids to be able to declare: "We made robots and they drew the art on the paper your present is wrapped in!"
BTW: Our very own Jonah Brucker-Cohen did a drawbots project in 2001. You can see the piece on that at his website. [Thanks, Jonah!]
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 25, 2009 04:44 PM
Arts, Kids, Robotics |
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Brooklyn’s new culinary movement
Brooklyn’s new culinary movement - a lot of handmade action and guys with turn of the century beard action, industry is seeping back - and it's starting with food it seems...
These Brooklynites, most in their 20s and 30s, are hand-making pickles, cheeses and chocolates the way others form bands and artists’ collectives. They have a sense of community and an appreciation for traditional methods and flavors. They also share an aesthetic that’s equal parts 19th and 21st century, with a taste for bold graphics, salvaged wood and, for the men, scruffy beards.
Rick Mast, 32, said he and his brother were initially attracted to the borough because it was cheaper than Manhattan. “But now I think the real draw is the creativity,” he said. “In Brooklyn, to be into food is do it yourself, to get your hands dirty, to roll up your sleeves. You want to peek in the kitchen in the back, as opposed to being served in the front.” ....The Brooklyn Kitchen carries major brands, but it is the sole retailer for knives from Cut Brooklyn, a local specialty knife maker.
“It’s difficult to keep those guys stocked,” said Joel Bukiewicz, Cut Brooklyn’s owner and solitary employee. “It’s like sweeping a dirt floor.”
Maybe that’s because Mr. Bukiewicz takes 10 to 12 hours to fashion one eight-inch chef’s knife. In an average week he will make between four and six knives. He first learned how to make hunting knives in Georgia, and started creating kitchen knives in his small Gowanus workshop in 2007.
“There’s an appreciation here for craftsmanship and people who work with their hands,” Mr. Bukiewicz said. “I had no idea there was going to be this convergence of artists, artisans and food culture in Brooklyn.”
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2009 09:00 AM
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February 24, 2009
Bugle dinosaur
This sculpture by Constantin Luser is called "Virbrosaurus" and is made of bugles and tubas. Do you think it was chromed after it was shaped? I never really learned how chroming works. Via VVORK.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 24, 2009 09:00 PM
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Rolly conducts AIBO performance
Rolly conducts AIBO performance!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 24, 2009 05:00 AM
Arts, Robotics |
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Googly eye clock
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Googly eye clock would be a fun remake to learn from with an Arduino and an motorshield... via BBG.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 24, 2009 12:00 AM
Arts, Remake |
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February 23, 2009
Gaping hole costume
Clever gaping hole halloween costume.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2009 08:00 AM
Arts, Halloween |
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AT-AT Boom Box
Freaking rad - AT-AT Boom Box via BBG.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2009 07:15 AM
Arts, Music |
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Pirate 2 Pirate Kopimi Station
Pirate 2 Pirate Kopimi Station. Aram writes -
The Academy Awards Pirate 2 Pirate Global Party was a great success! Part of the face2face/stick2stick craze is the “Pirate2Pirate Kopimi Station” at cafe MÖRDER, Berlin. Come along and get the files! Empty 8 GB stick required!Obviously this is not something we are encourage folks to do, but this is a very good idea for art/movie posters and for content owners who *do* want to share their works. Does anyone know the make/model of that USB copier? I'd like to build one of these so folks can get all the Make: television episodes at Maker Faire!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2009 07:00 AM
Arts, Culture jamming |
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February 22, 2009
Maker Shed weekly wrap-up
It was another fun week in the Maker Shed. We managed to sneak in a few builds even though we spend the early part of the week at the 2009 NYC Toy Fair. Next week I am going to continue my How-To Tuesday series on programming the Arduino [part1, part2] and we will feature more new products in the Maker Shed.
The week started out with a quick video build of the Aurorarium by Gakken. It's a really easy to build kit that puts on an interesting light show.
Create your own aurora-like effects with this awesome device. Leave the cone on and enjoy the soft changing lights, or fill the tray with water and see the amazing aurora lights on your wall or ceiling. Instructions are in Japanese but features highly detailed assembly pictures, sorry no English translation at this time. Easy to build.
In the Maker Shed: Gakken's Aurorarium
Later in the week I did a video build of Gakken's EX-150 Electronic Experimental Kit in honor of Alessandro Volta. This is by far my favorite electronics learning kit. It features 150 fun and educational experiments.
The Gakken EX-150 kit is a series of educational electronics kits produced by Gakken in the late 1970s. The kits use denshi blocks (also known as electronic blocks) to allow electronics experiments to be performed easily and safely. Over 25 years after its original release, one of the main kits from the series was reissued in Japan in 2002 and now you can get it here! Instruction Manual Included is in Japanese. English PDF Instructions available.
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Next we checked out one of the modified Maker's Notebooks that I had in my studio. I couldn't decide on what stickers to use so I added an LCD and displayed them all!
Put your own ideas, diagrams, calculations & notes down in these 150 pages of engineering graph paper. We've also included 20 bonus pages of reference material, from useful stuff like electronics symbols, resistor codes, weights and measures, basic conversions and more, to really useful stuff like the amount of caffeine in different caffeinated beverages and how to say "Hello, World!" in various computer languages. The covers of this hardcover book are printed in cyan "Maker" blue with a white grid debossed front and back. Grab one today!
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I wrapped the week up by checking out the Thing-a-ma Kit. It's a really cool DIY synthesizer that I can't wait to build and customize.
Make, mod, hack, and bend your own analog noise monster! The Thing-a-ma Kit is a DIY analog synthesizer that you control in a different way. The amount of light falling on its photocell eyes change the pitch and modulation, allowing to you use it LEDacles, or any changing light source, to created audio madness! If none are in stock, take note, more are on the way!
In the Maker Shed: Thing-a-ma Kit
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 22, 2009 07:31 AM
Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics, Maker Shed Store, Mods, Music |
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February 21, 2009
In the workshop with tin toy maker Loran Scruggs
Etsy gives us a peek into Loran Scruggs tin toy making process. Loran's appreciation of colorful packaging and timeless product labeling results in some classic handcrafted pieces. I think many with the "flow" of making she refers to.
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 21, 2009 02:00 AM
Arts, Crafts |
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February 20, 2009
Vicodin earrings
I recently had knee surgery, and afterwards was prescribed Vicodin for pain. It makes me sick, so I had to get something else, and was left with a full bottle with which to make art. First up is these earrings, which I will soon coat in a layer of shellac to prevent crumbling.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 20, 2009 09:00 PM
Arts, Wearables |
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Box of Clouds viewer
Digital artist Kim Laughton made this cloud viewer out of an old keychain photo viewer. The backlight of the LCD screen was removed so you have to hold the box up to the light to see the clouds drifting by inside.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 20, 2009 05:30 AM
Arts, Photography, Remake |
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February 19, 2009
Bear sleeping bag
Via BB, artist Eiko Ishizawa made this bear sleeping bag/soft sculpture. It just looks so... comfy!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 19, 2009 09:00 PM
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Masterpieces of the Prado Museum
Wow, incredible use of Google maps and Google earth for a museum...
Experience some of the most important Masterpieces from the Prado Museum. In the next two weeks, you will be able to access a new painting every day on Google Maps. The Prado Museum's Masterpieces in ultra high resolution. Zoom in and browse the pictures with your mouse or key controls to experience the masterpieces in ultra high resolution. To access all of the masterpieces in full screen and to see the Prado museum in 3D, use Google Earth. See a new masterpiece every day in Google Maps. To view all masterpieces together, use Google Earth.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2009 07:30 AM
Arts, Online |
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Zipper tape
French artist Benoit Lemoine created “zipper tape” which allows him to add zippers to objects in public places via Urban Prankster.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2009 06:30 AM
Arts, Culture jamming |
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February 17, 2009
Copper Band-Aid
I'm taking an introductory metalworking class, and for our first sample project I made this copper Band-Aid. I formed the strip on a hydraulic press (read: car jack in a steel frame) sandwiched between layers of acrylic (bottom) and flexible urethane (top). The pad is textured by running it through a roller against some window screen, then I applied a water-based white patina. The overall texture of the strip is hammered and buffed. It's about seven inches long. I'm excited to learn more about metalworking!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 17, 2009 09:00 PM
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